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Dates: Wednesdays, April 16-30, 2025
Times: 9:00-11:30 AM Pacific Time, 11:00 AM-1:30 PM Central Time, 12:00-2:30 PM Eastern Time, 5:00-7:30 PM London Time
Level: All (some painting experience required)
Medium: Oil or acrylic
Color is fundamental to any kind of painting, but it is also one of the most complex, challenging, and personal aspects. During this 3 session class, we will develop our skills in perceiving, mixing, and using color with sensitivity. We will do a series of exercises to help you get to know your palette, expand your personal color vocabulary, and observe and mix any color with greater acuity.
During the first session, we will dig into how we think about mixing colors, get close with the various color “personalities” on our palette, and experiment with ways to use our palette to mix any color we want. During the following sessions, we will work on still life set ups that challenge us by targeting specific aspects of color.
There will be demos, presentations, and plenty of time for questions. You are encouraged to partake in some of the shorter exercises during class, and work on the longer still life projects outside of class for review the following week. In addition to what we work on during the three sessions, this class will leave you with plenty of exercises to continue practicing after class. This class would be great for beginning to advanced painters, but some prior painting experience is necessary. It is open to acrylic or oil painters.
$225.00
Ben Hamburger is a painter, socially engaged artist, and educator based in New Orleans, LA. His work is driven by art’s potential to connect and enrich our understanding of the world. Hamburger holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Visual Arts from Eckerd College and a Master of Fine Arts Degree in Community Arts from Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA). Hamburger has led workshops and taught courses in schools, universities, art centers, museums, correctional facilities, and nonprofit organizations around the United States, as well as Bolivia, Thailand, and India. Hamburger has been the recipient of numerous grants, awards, and fellowships including the Orange County Arts Council Artist Grant, The Outstanding Young Alumni Award from Eckerd College, and First Place Prize in Orange County’s annual Plein Air Painting Event. Hamburger has attended artist residencies at The Ogden Museum of Southern Art in New Orleans, LA, Sustainable Bolivia in Cochabamba, Bolivia, and Joshua Tree Highlands Residency in Joshua Tree, CA. His work has been exhibited in group and solo exhibitions at locations including the Maryhill Museum of Art, Montpelier Arts Center, Contemporary Art Museum of Raleigh, and the Western Carolina University Art Museum. Hamburger’s work has been covered by Indy Week, The News and Observer, Voice of America, Tampa Bay Times, The Baltimore Sun,WYPR, and Baltimore Style Magazine. Hamburger is currently an Adjunct Instructor in the School of Art and Design at Western Carolina University and teaches painting at the New Orleans Academy of Fine Art.
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