​Classes for age 8 - Adult
1 1/2 hours per class
$35 private class
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My lessons are​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​ d​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​esigned to teach a student how to draw and paint using traditional art principles. The lessons use a specific image and materials so the student can learn the techniques and concepts, which he can apply later to his own ideas and choice of materials. My goal is to equip the student to create art that expresses his ideas in a way that everyone will understand his message.

 

 My lessons are sequential, each one building on the previous one. Each lesson has a purpose, teaches a technique and helps develop a skill. Among the lessons are using negative shapes for drawing accuracy; shading to describe form; perspective; evocative line, shape, color and composition; contrast (contrast of value, color, intensity, detail, texture); basic color theory; simultaneous contrast of color to enhance color; using neutrals to lower the intensity of a color; portrait drawing; shading the form of a face. I encourage the student use the elements and principles of art to communicate his artistic message.

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Mediums include pencil and charcoal drawing, pastel “painting”, watercolor, acrylic paint, and oil paint.