Art & Consciousness: All Marks Are Valid
Instead of reinforcing the realist, traditional, representational approach to art, such as landscapes, figures, flowers, etc., the All Marks Are Valid—Abstract Painting and Mixed Media Class aims at freeing students of prefabricated concepts, standards programmed into their vision, enabling them to experiment, and freely experience their own, genuine and purely right brain language.
In addition, students will gain knowledge and certainty in verbalizing purely visual phenomena and concepts while presenting their own, or viewing other artist’s abstract work.
There is a left-brain tendency to resist change, and the series of assignments and experiences provided will help to overcome this resistance and dissolve creative blocks, to find one's distinctive, right-brain vision, and be able to manifest it in a skillful and consistent form, establishing one’s authentic abstract visual vocabulary.
Composing and its elements, creating texture, collaging, cropping, experimenting with non-traditional ways of paint application and color mixing, layering paint and creating spaces will be explored using acrylic paint. This class will encourage non-representational imagery, to stimulate and validate the expressions of the right brain.
Assignments are carefully designed to elicit genuine personal experiences, instead of giving pre-fabricated answers. Lots of supportive, but honest group discussion is an integral part of each session.
All completed assignments are discussed and recognized by the group.
This course is addressing adults and self motivated teens, age 15 and up. Open to beginners as well as savvy artists!
Basic shared supplies included. Each student will need a Watercolor Pad and a Sketchpad, both 18" x 24". Students may also wish to purchase a variety of paint brushes and acrylic paint for personal use.
***No Class on Thursday, October 31st.
A Special Note: This is the first installment in our series: Art & Consciousness. The other sessions to come are: The Paradox of Line, Tangible and Intangible Textures, Your True Colors, Your Own Inspiration (And Creative Process) and Abstract Figure/ Paint The Goddess.