Date: Mondays, May 22-June 19, 2023
Time: 12:00-2:00 PM Pacific Time, 3:00-5:00 PM Eastern Time, 8:00-10:00 PM London Time
Level: All
Medium: Oil
Flowers are an incredibly rewarding and beautiful subject – but also a very challenging one. This workshop will introduce you to some crucial concepts and techniques that will make flower painting a little less intimidating.
Catherine Bobkoski brings her extensive figure drawing experience to the practice of representing flowers. In this class, we will develop our paintings the same way you might begin a figure drawing – with gesture, structure, and a clear value statement. Students will focus specifically on how to simplify complex forms by squinting, designing and following a clear value pattern, and thinking in simple, geometric forms. If you have found flowers to be a challenging subject, then following this traditional approach and using a limited color palette will be an eye-opening experience!
Each week will focus on a different kind of flower (daisies, sunflowers, lilies, daffodils, roses) and its specific properties and challenges. This workshop will be an illuminating and inspirational introduction for the aspiring flower painter. All experience levels are welcome.
Catherine Bobkoski is a still life and figurative artist whose work celebrates the quiet beauty of ordinary things. Her expressive, yet delicate paintings of flowers and still life scenes are exhibited nationally, including at the Oil Painters of America 2021 National Juried Exhibition.
Catherine also enjoys sharing her knowledge and love of painting with others. She is a sought after painting instructor with over 10 years of experience and teaches at many art schools throughout Southern California. Students describe Catherine’s teaching style as generous, thorough and joyful. She especially enjoys teaching painting and drawing basics to students in a clear, concise way that is easy to understand.
Catherine began studying drawing and painting at The Watts Atelier in Encinitas, California and later at Grand Central Academy and New York University in New York City. She has also studied with many inspiring artists along the way, including Daniel Keys, Dustin Van Wechel, and Vadim Zang. www.catherinebobkoski.com
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