Observation, Memory & Imagination

Adult Tuition-Free Class | This program is completed

All levels welcome, recommended for beginners.

4/4/2019-6/6/2019

1:00 PM-3:30 PM EDT on Th

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$15.00

To realize your own inspiration, this course takes you through a study of perception, the history of composition, and drawing and painting exercises fashioned around Rubens’ sketches and Van Gogh’s illustrated letters. Students who have taken this course produce many drawings and paintings they never thought they had in them. To call this an inspirational class would be an understatement because each member becomes your fan and mentor. All approaches, from realistic to abstract, are supported. Come to the first class with a pencil and sketchbook.

WHAT WILL YOU LEARN IN THIS COURSE
1. Gain an understanding of visual memory, and how it operates during observational drawing, as well as during imagination.
2. Experience using a drawing diary to plan paintings.
3. Completion of at least one planned painting from a thumbnail, through feedback, to relative completion.
4. Developing a sense of how your own drawing in paint leads to ideas.

• Participants must have a valid Fleisher membership.

  • START THE TERM WITH THESE SUPPLIES:
  • • a pocket sketchbook is required, size 4 x 6 inches *
  • • Graphite pencils 4B, 2H *
  • • Kneadable eraser *
  • • An introductory kit of paints*
  • Either in oil paints, or Acrylic paints (Golden Open Acrylics brand)
  • Burnt umber
  • Burnt sienna
  • Ultramarine blue
  • Yellow ochre
  • Titanium white
  • Ivory black
  • • Brushes: #8, #4 flats, #2 round*
  • • Canvas board, canvas paper or stretched canvas
  • • Odorless turpenoid ( if painting with oils)
  • • Refined linseed oil (if painting with oils)
  • • Container cups for the two above (if painting with oils)
  • • A yogurt cup for water (if using acrylics)
  • • Paper towels
  • • Palette paper
  • • Palette knife
  • • A basic watercolor kit, acrylic kit, or oil painting kit is also acceptable.

  • Items marked with an * are available for purchase in Fleisher’s school store. Members receive a 10% discount on art supply purchases.