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Date: Mondays, April 29-May 20, 2024
Time: 10:30 AM-12:30 PM Pacific Time, 1:30-3:30 PM Eastern Time/6:30-8:30 PM UK Time
Level: All – some drawing experience strongly recommended
Medium: Oil or acrylic
In this 4-week class, contemporary Impressionist painter David Sharpe will teach techniques for painting the landscape poetically, instead of realistically, guiding participants to understand the core principles of light, form and color- while sharing ways to convey mood, atmosphere, and an atmospheric sense of place. He will emphasize the importance of strong design shapes and the use of a limited palette.
Sharpe believes that using the imagination can be far more powerful and engaging than trying to paint every detail that we see with our eyes. His ultimate goal is to teach students “to emote in their work, to try and paint what they ‘feel’ about what they see, not just paint what they see.”
Participants will paint from photo reference. Some drawing experience highly recommended.
“I believe a painting shouldn’t have to shout to be heard. It should have an ‘elegance ‘of design and subject matter. I try to leave something for the viewer’s imagination- not give it all away. Hold some mystery in it.
A collector once said to me ‘David your work is more poetic than picturesque.’ And I’m totally fine with that. I believe it’s not what you put in a piece, it’s what you leave out. But the last word goes to jazz giant Miles Davis who said it so well. “Don’t play what’s there. Play what’s not there.”- David Sharpe
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