Date: Wednesdays, November 1-15th, 2023
Time*: 10:00 AM-12:30 PM Pacific Time (1:00-3:30 PM Eastern Time)
Level: All
Medium: Oil or acrylic
*International Students: Clocks change one hour back in the USA on November 5. The UK & EU change clocks on October 29. Therefore, class time on November 1 is 5:00-7:30 PM London Time. November 8 & 15 class time is 6-8:30 PM London Time. Please be aware of the time change when registering for this class.
Discover how to move between representation and abstraction in this 3-week class with award-winning artist Anton Nowels. Attain an understanding how to collect color notes from observation and build harmonious palettes . Explore how to integrate both observed color with invented color and play with the “push and pull” of color in both geometric and expressive abstraction. Class will include discussions of colorist including: Hans Hofman, Richard Diebenkorn, Monet, Henry Hensche, Josef Albers, and more. Anton will provide demonstrations of plein air, still life, and landscape painting. All levels welcome. Medium: All 2-D mediums (instructor will teach in oils.)
Week 1: Contrast and Harmony
Week 2: Color Notes and Photo Sampling
Week 3: Greens
Anton Nowels is an accomplished artist whose work has been been exhibited on a national level. Nowels is a Signature Member of the American Impressionist Society (AIS) and recently won a Landscape Painting award at the Oil Painters of America (OPA) National Exhibition. This year, he participated in the Brinton Museum’s Residency program in Big Horn, Wyoming.
As a workshop instructor at Scottsdale Artists’ School, Winslow Art Center, and the Tubac School of Fine Art, Anton teaches and explores color theory approaches employed by Charles Hawthorne, Henry Hensche, Sergei Bongart, and Josef Albers. Nowels paints a variety of subjects and experiments with painting techniques. The Maynard Dixon Legacy Museum in Mt. Carmel, Utah, represents Anton’s work and has welcomed him as a guest artist at their Maynard Dixon Country events.
Nowels has studied both contemporary and fine art. At Scottsdale Artists’ School, he earned scholarships to study with Ned Mueller, Camille Przewodek, and Romel de la Torre. At Arizona State University, he studied Interdisciplinary Art and explored contemporary art practices, including performance, installation, and video.
Currently, Nowels is working on a series of large-scale paintings that focus on both representation and abstract impressionism. antonnowels.com
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