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Christine Lafuente – Why Paint Flowers? Composition, Color, and the Pleasure of Painting from Life (Online); June 23, June 25 & June 30, 2026

Medium: Oil or acrylic
Level: All levels welcome
Class Dates: June 23, June 25 & June 30, 2026
Class Times:
• 10:30 am-1:00 pm Pacific  time
• 1:30 pm-4:00 pm Eastern time
• 6:30 pm-9:00 pm UK time

A flower is a wondrous life to behold and we will take the time to see it evolve from fresh bloom to wilted grace. Day 1 will cover composition, ways to consider arrangement of the tabletop or position in the garden, and the START of a painting. Day 2 will cover oil color, palette arrangement, mixing, and how to translate visual experience into tone and abstraction. Day 3 will be all things painterly: viscosity, brush-loading, and wet-into-wet painting.

Classes will include lecture, demo, and Q&A. Just come with your notebook. Classes are recorded. Between classes share your paintings on the message board and enjoy all the time you can with your models: roses, peonies, tulips, cherry blossoms, daisies, iris!

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$225.00

A native of Poughkeepsie NY, Christine Lafuente received an A.B. in English from Bryn Mawr College in 1991. She then moved to downtown Philadelphia to earn a Certificate in Painting and Printmaking from the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. There she was awarded a Louis S. Ware Memorial Scholarship for European Travel. While Artist-in-Residence at the Fleisher Art Memorial from 1997 to 2002, she began teaching and studied at the Barnes Foundation. In 2003 she moved to Brooklyn NY, where she earned a Masters in Fine Arts at Brooklyn College. Christine currently lives and works in Brooklyn throughout the year and spends summers painting in Maine.

About This Online Class:

  • This class is taught live via Zoom. To take this class, you need a microphone and camera enabled computer OR an iPad /smart tablet OR a smart phone (android or IOS) and a strong internet connection.
  • You will have access to a private class message board on our website where you can share work, comment and ask questions. (Exact use of the message board, critique of student work and general class format is at the discretion of the instructor, please check course description for details.)
  • Class will be recorded and recordings expire one year after the final day of the course.
  • Participants will receive an email with the Zoom link and class details 5-7 days before the class starts (don’t forget to check your junk folder). Zoom link will also be posted in the class message board. Check your confirmation email for a message board link or visit your Online Classrooms to find all your active classes.

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