Name: Create Your Own Abstract
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Create Your Own Abstract

$85

a 2-DAY CLASS

Instructor: Rebecca Tolle

Date: Fridays, May 9 & 16th

Time: 9:00 to Noon (3 hours)

Where: Amy Ahrens Studio in New Prague, MN

Cost: $85 per class

Materials: provided for the exercises, but feel free to bring your own. Square panels 9″x12″ or smaller.

Even if you would like to pay in person, please sign up below so that I know who will be attending each class.

Friday, May 9, 2025

I will demonstrate how to add a cold wax medium to your oil paintings. Cold wax is a medium that adds transparency, layers, and depth to oil paint. Though drying time is faster, it is very expressive and functional for texture. And it allows the artist to use different fun tools. We also begin with mixing a limited palette.

Friday, May 16, 2025

More of the fun continues. Working on a prepped surface and the painting you began last week.

We end with a discussion on both days to talk thru the process and painting we worked on. Invaluable for feedback, composition ideas, color and handling cold wax.

8 available

Description

Abstraction or non-representational painting is an added tool of broadening your painting skills, both intertwine. And the reason I love it so much is that I allow the paint to speak to me and lead me in the direction it is going. Spontaneity, creativity and bringing your inner self out to express itself. There will be some demonstrations, exercises, and discussions in a small group setting. At the end of each class, we all get together and discuss. This helps with retaining the information and knowing its practical uses.