- Teacher: Arni Adler
- Course Date: 8 Weeks
- Start Date: Mondays, beginning January 13
- Class Time: 6:00 – 9:00pm
Intuitive Drawing & Painting
Break free from traditional rules and explore spontaneous, intuitive creation. Using methods inspired by automatism and improvisation, your instructor will guide you to let go of conscious control and allow your subconscious to guide the process. Through constraints, prompts, and various materials, you experiment with both abstract and recognizable forms.
After the initial stage, we introduce strategies to revise and refine your work while keeping the focus on play and creative freedom. This class helps you loosen up, embrace unpredictability, and discover new possibilities on the canvas. Ready to see where your creativity leads? Join us!
Suggested materials:
(Instructor is most familiar with acrylic paint, but you may choose the type of paint you’re most comfortable with)
Assorted acrylic paints.
- Suggested colors:
- Cad red med (hue)
- Alizarin or Quinacridone red
- Cobalt blue
- Ultramarine blue
- Cad yellow med (hue)
- Hansa or lemon yellow
- Black
- Titanium white
Additional: raw or burnt umber, raw sienna or yellow ochre
- White Gesso
- 18” x 24” Newsprint
- 18” x 24” Canson watercolor pad 140lb weight — 30 sheets
- Compressed charcoal (not willow)
- Paper towels and/or rags (blue shop towels are best)
- Notebook/pen
- Straight-edged scrapers (credit cards will do)
- Palette knife or twoPalette for mixing paint: Sta-Wet palette (useful if painting often with acrylics) or disposable freezer paper and small spray bottle to keep paints moist.
- Variety of brushes
(Contact instructor with questions)
Artist’s choice: (Optional, but nice to have):
- Variety of Pens/pencils/crayons/pastels, et al
- Brayer
- Scissors
- Stretched or unstretched canvas
- Tape (artist’s white tape and/or masking tape)
- Sponge (small, found in art stores)
- Any materials you’re curious about or enjoy using
Picture: Joan Miro, The Red Sun (crop)
