Learn At Your Own Pace
31 lESSONS IN ART
BEGINS WITH MAKING THE BOOK AND LESSON 1 BELOW.
PRERECORDED ONLINE LESSONS 2-5, 6-9, 10-13, 14-17, 18-21, 22-25, 26-29 and 30-33 available.
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The overall plan is to create a little book that houses one’s daily paintings. Students, however, are not tied to the book idea, nor needing to paint every day. The classes are lessons in art which cover topics including: The Double Primary Palette, The Munsell Color System, Asemic Writing, Wabi Sabi, The Golden Rectangle, The Seed of Life, Inspirations from Dick Beasley (my teacher), The Elements and Principles of Design, Using Wooden Tools, Making a Folded Pen, etc. There will be a total of 31 lessons (one for every day of the month) plus 2 bonus lessons. Continue…
MAKING THE BOOK AND LESSON 1
PRERECORDED ONLINE LESSON
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Comes with prep video, supply list, handouts and step-by-step instructions for making the book. Includes Lesson 1 of a 33 lesson series.
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“Every morning, I pick up a brush and do some work, even just a little bit. Without it, I wouldn’t feel quite alive.” –Toko Shinoda, Japanese artist, 1913–2021
A daily practice is a great way to keep one’s artistic energy flowing. My practice has been to paint a page spread every day in a small book that I made. In this introductory class we will make a book 4 inches tall and 3 inches wide with 31 page spreads… Continue…
WABI-SABI INK PAINTING
Prerecorded video includes supply list, intro video and lesson in 2 parts.
Allow your hand and imagination free play as you work with ink and watercolor on paper to create abstract paintings.
Beginning with meditation and centering ourselves, we will get our whole body involved as we work from the heart to paint the ensō (the Zen practice of drawing a circle). Our guiding themes will be wabi-sabi: appreciating the beauty of imperfection, empty space: allowing the painting to breathe and qi: the living energy of the painting… Continue…
