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Classes and Workshops
• Beginning Oil Painting: Minnetonka Center for the Arts, 8 Thursday afternoons, 1 to 4pm. Jan. 2 to Feb. 20
Oils have a workability unlike other painting mediums. They also feel connected to art history. Learn the basics of the medium: how they work, feel, and react to other colors and substrates; how they can be applied to a surface with brush, knife, or finger (with a glove on!). We won’t be painting masterpieces (just yet), but we’ll be playing a lot, mixing colors and developing a feeling for how paint comes off your brush, and how you make marks. See materials list on website. Feel free to use water soluble or cadmium-free oils.
• Advancing in Oil Painting (Intermediate): Minnetonka Center for the Arts, 8 Thursday evenings, 6 to 9pm. Jan. 2 to Feb. 20
Continue your exploration of oil painting with new challenges designed to improve your ability to capture and interpret your subject. We’ll build on basic techniques and develop new skills while painting a variety of subjects, working from a variety of source materials – including how to select and interpret photographic references. Bring your own painting supplies, or see the materials list on the website. Oils (or water solubles) preferred, but acrylic painters with some experience will nd this class useful too.
• Intermediate Oil Painting:
Edina Art Center, 6 Tuesday evenings,
6 to 8:30pm. Jan. 2 to Feb. 11. Also: Feb. 25 to April 1
In studio: If you've painted in oils for years or have some experience with the medium, there's always a lot to learn. Continue to explore color mixing as you paint subjects of your choice. I will work with you on design, brushwork, and understanding color as value. You will practice drawing with the brush and explore different ways to create paintings that you can be proud of. Work with water soluble oil colors if you wish.
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