Henri Matisse, Woman beside the Water Collioure, 1905
Henri Matisse paints Amélie again, this time as a “Woman in a (different) Kimono” 1906-ish
Brushstrokes
I’ve heard from several students that Brushstrokes is one of the best classes they’ve ever taken. I offer it once a year, and there’s a class starting next week. There are still a few spots if you’d like to jump in on Thursdays 6-10pm. Not a night person? No problem. I do the lesson at the beginning of class, so you can get all of the lesson info and still get to bed early. You can even email me pictures of your work in the morning, and get feedback.
Raphael Soyer (December 25, 1899 – November 4, 1987) was a Russian-born American painter, draftsman, and printmaker. He is identified as a Social Realist because of his interest in men and women viewed in contemporary settings which included the streets, subways, salons and artists’ studios of New York City. He also wrote several books on his life and art. He was adamant in his …
Siobhan Wilder, a founding member of the Seattle Artist League in 2016, has been honing her painting skills in my classes since 2015. This quarter, she steps into the role of an accomplished artist, teaching drawing, painting, and critique with us. The League is dedicated to fostering the development of each artist’s unique voice. Wilder …
I’ve been talking about the the idea that shapes in a composition can be activated to hold each other in place. In this way, there is no background and no object, there is only the interaction of shapes on the surface of the canvas. Everything in the picture holds everything else in place. Intervals I’d …
The Slaughter of the Songbirds put voice to a horrifyingly common experience of Generation Z. School shootings also stopped an artist from attending the reception. It saddened us all to hear that Claudia Marlenne Jasso Garcia was unable to attend the opening due to a school shooting in her area. The artist …
Madame Matisse and the blue and white kimono
Henri Matisse, Woman beside the Water Collioure, 1905
Henri Matisse paints Amélie again, this time as a “Woman in a (different) Kimono” 1906-ish
Brushstrokes
I’ve heard from several students that Brushstrokes is one of the best classes they’ve ever taken. I offer it once a year, and there’s a class starting next week. There are still a few spots if you’d like to jump in on Thursdays 6-10pm. Not a night person? No problem. I do the lesson at the beginning of class, so you can get all of the lesson info and still get to bed early. You can even email me pictures of your work in the morning, and get feedback.
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