Christine Lafuente – Elements of Perceptual Painting (Online); Mondays, February 28-March 28, 2022

Date: Mondays, February 28-March 28, 2022
Time: 10:00 AM-1:00 PM Pacific Time, 1:00-4:00 PM Eastern Time, 6:00-9:00 PM London Time
Level: All
Medium: Oil or acrylic (Christine will demo in oil)

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This oil painting workshop relates the elements of perceptual painting to an understanding of light source. We will work from observation using a still life or interior set-up, focusing on drawing, tone, temperature, and key within the contexts of back-lit, side-lit, and front-lit compositions. Be prepared to rearrange studio furniture and move around in your personal painting space.

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. christinelafuente.com