Date: Mondays, April 14-May 5, 2025
Time: 9:30 AM-12:00 PM Pacific Time, 12:30-3:00 PM Eastern Time, 5:30-8:00 PM London Time
Level: All
Medium: Oil or acrylic
In October 2019, artist Michael Weller had the opportunity to see Helene Schjerfbeck’s paintings in London. Her later, more abstract works – where she scraped back layers and emphasized outlines – deeply resonated with him. There was something in the worn surfaces, the simplicity of form and the expressive use of color that spoke to his own artistic sensibilities.
Over the course of this four-week class, you will explore some of these qualities through a series of guided exercises. Focus on drawing, color, and surface texture, using techniques that Michael Weller finds helpful in his own practice. However, this is not about replicating Schjerfbeck’s style. Instead, each painting study will be uniquely your own, evolving towards simpler drawings and clearer colors.
Through demonstrations and hands-on experimentation in this class, explore:
This class is designed to be an engaging and playful exploration of painting and abstraction. Whether you’re experienced or new to these techniques, it will be an interesting and enjoyable journey.
About Helene Schjerfbeck–
Finnish modernist painter Helene Schjerfbeck was known for her realist works and self-portraits, as well as for her landscape and still life paintings. Her work started with a dazzlingly skilled, somewhat melancholic version of late-19th-century academic realism and ended with distilled, nearly abstract images in which pure paint and cryptic description are held in perfect balance.
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