Oil/Acrylic Painting: Abstracting the Real (In-Person)
with Frederic Kaplan
$450
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
Fall 2024 CE Policy Guide, including withdrawal/refund policies
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Regular: Sep 20 - Nov 22nd, 2024
Fri for 10 weeks from 9:00 am - 12:00 pm
Samuel M.V. Hamilton Building
(215) 972-7600
128 North Broad Street
Philadelphia, PA 19102
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Room: 463