Date: Wednesdays, April 5-May 3, 2023Time: 10:30 AM-1:30 PM Pacific Time; 1:30-4:30 PM Eastern Time; 6:30 -9:30 PM London TimeLevel: Some drawing experience recommendedMedium: Mixed media, gouache, opaque watercolor, compressed charcoal and conte crayon
Unleash your imagination as you explore the world of abstraction in this five-week course.
Abstract art uses imagined shapes, colors, and lines to translate experiences felt and observed. In this Expressive Sketchbook class, you will discover the language of abstract shapes, both geometric and biomorphic, while progressing the degrees of abstraction with each session. In the first sessions you will abstract from something seen and by the end of the five-week course you’ll create pure abstract compositions. Additionally, abstract paintings by artists including Kandinsky, Klee, Miro, and Georgia O’Keeffe will be discussed as you learn about compositional balance, spatial concepts, and the expressive power of color and line.
Mixed media (including watercolor, gouache, artist crayons, charcoal or conté crayon) will be used in sketchbooks. Some collage will be incorporated into your class work, as well.
Welcome to a sketchbook course that leads you from representational sketches to a world of pure abstraction.
Barbara Fugate is a painter committed to making drawings and paintings that express life rather than imitate it. Discovering and experiencing “how things are” rather than “what they are” continues to inspire and drive Fugate’s art and art instruction. Fugate received a BFA from Western Kentucky University and a MFA in painting from Miami University of Ohio. Fugate has taught expressive drawing and painting classes and workshops in Seattle, as well as international workshops for over 25 years. Schools where Fugate has taught include Gage Academy of Art, Seattle Pacific University, Metchosin International Summer School of the Arts (Victoria, BC), La Conner Art Workshops, as well as her own Seattle Weekend Art Workshops. Fugate’s artwork is published in “The Best of Drawing and Sketching” by Terry Sullivan, “Landscape Painting” by Mitchell Albala, and Margaret Davidson’s book, “Contemporary Drawing”. www.barbarafugate.com
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