Description
If you have reservations or curiosity about oil painting, this is the class for you. We aim to answer all your questions and get you started painting without fear.
Day 1: discuss the particulars of handling oil as a medium, including safety practices and clean up, etc. Discuss setting up and lighting a still life, preparing your pallet for paint, which mediums are helpful and completing the initial sketch on canvas. Day 2: applying paint. We discuss fundamental concepts for fresh, life filled paintings including basic color mixing and brushwork. This class will get you started and confident that you absolutely can paint in oils.
AMY AHRENS – instructor
My objective in painting is to capture the essence of my subject as simply possible, to paint how the subject feels to me. I am inspired every day by fleeting moments of family life, the shifting colors of the landscape and all the beauty in the ordinary. I went back to school full time for 3 years at The Atelier (formerly Atelier Lack) in Minneapolis; and followed that with workshop and studio study with several great artists I admire. I am only now beginning to hear the whisper of my own painting voice and gain the courage to express and share it.