Continuing Education at PAFA

Fridays, 9 a.m. - 12 p.m. 
Instructor: Frederic Kaplan
Ten-Week Course (30 Hours)
Credit: Non-Credit or 1.0 Undergraduate Credit (See Below)

Using oil or acrylic paints, exploit a wide range of techniques and artistic languages to transform everyday reality into expressive, symbolic, or personal statements. Base your paintings on unique studio still-life arrangements or use your own photographs as a starting point. Topics discussed and demonstrated include using color as an emotive element, designing compositions to convey mood and movement, and employing energetic mark-making. Open to all levels and appropriate for beginners.  For less experienced students, materials, color mixing, and basic techniques will be reviewed.  

Course Objectives – The student will learn…   

• Selection and use basic materials, including the characteristics of various commonly used colors, solvents, and mediums   
• Execution of a variety of direct and indirect painting methods.   
• Approaches to interpreting and modifying observed reality to achieve emotive, symbolic, and compositional goals   
• Descriptive, emotive, and symbolic use of color, shape, and mark   
• Basic color theory and color mixing   

Optional: This course is available for 1.0 undergraduate credit for $595. Select credit option with price adjustment when registering. 

Register by: September 13 

Materials List 

Fall 2024 CE Policy Guide, including withdrawal/refund policies