Start Painting for Adults

Had my first class of 2024 and while it was a small but mighty group, we had a lot of fun, talked about art including a little art history and worked through a fun (possibly stressful for some) painting exercise.

the class

The idea behind this class is to help adults rekindle or fire up their love for painting by providing them guidance on how to get started and then continue painting. There a times, as adults, where we want to do something but we never get around to doing it because, well, we don't really know enough about it or we feel silly starting some thing "at our age" or maybe we just don't know where to start. This class solves those problems by providing a safe, fun environment to ask any question and try,,,whatever they want. I also feel like we have ample opportunities in our area for kids to get involved in art programs so I wanted to gear something towards adults.

In the class we talk about materials, process, the elements of art and a few of the art "rules" that get thrown around. (We then talk about breaking those rules...cause that's how this class rolls). We also spend a little time looking at art styles or movements such as impressionism, abstract art, realism, etc... to provide a little history of art in general. We also jump over to Instagram and look at a couple of current artists to see what is happening today. I think it is important as an artist to be aware of the world that you are working in and to have an understanding of where this "thing" that you are doing came from and a little bit of what's going on in that world today. 

This class is different than many of the "wine and canvas" type events in that I don't provide an image that we will be painting but rather provide some lose instruction such as "paint a vase with flowers in it" or "paint a tree". It can be a big tree or a little tree or a dead tree or a blue tree or....it doesn't matter, just paint a tree. I then follow up with some exercises to help the artists loosen up, ease the tension and hopefully have some fun.

Looking forward to more class this year. I'll be updating my schedule soon.