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Mid-Semester Extended and Short Courses/Workshops Beginning Oct. - Dec.
in All CE Fall 2024 In-Person and Online Courses & Workshops
The Painter's Palate: Food Painting in Oil and Acrylic (Online)
with Susan Sullivan
Tuesdays, 6 – 8 p.m. (Zoom with posted Canvas Content)
Instructor: Susan Sullivan
Six-Week Short Course (18 Hours)
Credit: Non-Credit Only
Whet your appetite for painting by whipping up food studies in oil or acrylic! Alla prima still life painting is an excellent way to hone your color mixing and paint handling skills, and food subjects – whether bakery confections or lunchtime leftovers – are perfect for learning to capture form, light, color, and texture rapidly and expressively. Discussion and demonstration will cover tactics for setting up your composition, mixing color, and exploring paint application techniques for oil and acrylic. Examine food depictions from historical and contemporary artists for inspiration and admiration. Combine palette and palate to create compositional concoctions that are personal, whimsical, or visually delectable. Instruction is geared toward oil or acrylic painting, but students may work in their drawing/painting media of choice. All levels are welcome.
Image: Susan Sullivan.
Register by: November 1
Fall 2024 CE Policy Guide, including withdrawal/refund policies
Fast and Unfussed Oil Painting (In-Person)
with Roger Chavez
Wednesdays, 9 a.m. - 12 p.m.
Instructor: Roger Chavez
Six-Week Short Course (18 Hours)
Credit: Non-Credit Only
Cultivate fluid mark-making and bold approaches to subject matter through rapid and loose painting studies. Tight and precise painting, especially in the early stages of an artwork, can sometimes lead to work that appears stiff and over-labored, or to locked-in compositions that are difficult to change or correct. Working from the still life, cityscapes, and the life model, utilize short, small painting exercises to learn new ways of starting paintings, keeping compositions open to adjustment, and both initiating and retaining a sense of freshness in your forms and brushstrokes. Instruction will address color mixing, painting materials and methodologies, and the importance of setting a viable learning environment for your painting practice. Discover the beauty and freedom of loosening up your painting! Note: Tuition includes a $15 models fee.
Register by: November 1
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Watercolor Workshop (In-Person)
with James Toogood
Saturday – Sunday, 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Instructor: James Toogood
Two-Day Weekend Workshop
Credit: Non-Credit Only
Interested in learning or improving your watercolor skills? All materials and techniques will be discussed, including the selection of papers, brushes, and pigments, as well as transparent and opaque painting methods. Students will work from still-life subjects and/or their own source material. All levels welcome.
Register by: November 1
Fall 2024 CE Policy Guide, including withdrawal/refund policies
Oil Painting: The Art of Color Workshop (In-Person)
with Frederic Kaplan
Saturday – Sunday, 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Instructor: Frederic Kaplan
Two-Day Weekend Workshop
Credit: Non-Credit Only
Whether you’re an experienced painter or just starting out, knowledge of color is essential. This workshop will improve your color-mixing skills and help you understand how colors interact. Through demonstrations and exercises you will explore how colors contrast, complement, and combine to create lively, engaging paintings.
Register by: November 8
Fall 2024 CE Policy Guide, including withdrawal/refund policies