Take your work to the next level under the mentoring guidance of artist/critic Kassem Amoudi.  In this focused open studio environment, all levels of students will work from personal subject matter to further their own visual language and interests.  Expert instruction and advice from the instructor will push students to explore new possibilities and work more intuitively, allowing unplanned marks and passages to become artistic breakthroughs.  Examples from contemporary and modern art will be examined to promote a broader understanding of the abstract qualities of space, line and color in nonrepresentational as well as some representational painting. Advance beyond confined lines and hard edges to a more liberated way of painting! 

Material List:

Acrylic colors preferred but oil is ok if it is the only thing you have. 

Black and white. Red, blue, yellow in addition to any other colors you have.

Acrylic Gel medium for fixing charcoal 

Gloss and or Mat medium for Acrylic. ( for oil no fumes. Turpenoid only )

Brushes – various sizes, round and flat, up to 1 ½-inch depending on canvas size

Charcoal, Pencil and any other drawing materials like Acrylic markers if you have it

Rags for cleaning and applying colors too

3 to 5 canvases (stretched or unstretched ) larger is better. You may start 20 to 30 inches or bigger. Paper is ok too

Palette, Palette knives, Jars or plastic containers for mixing and saving paints

A lot of Enthusiasm.

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