Date: Sunday, February 13, 2022
Time: 11:00 AM - 3:30 PM
Level: Advanced Beginner to Experienced
Location: Classroom 3A (Building 27)
Instructor: Souby Boski
Tuition: $75 Non-Members / $67.50 Members

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Class Description

Students will learn how to loosen up and apply their paint in a gestural, painterly manner. Techniques and observations will be discussed and used to "loosen up" your paintings. Nearly all of these tips have a common denominator - simplification. The more you simplify what you do, the more it frees your mind to concentrate on staying loose. Students will practice using bigger brushes, more paint, and working faster. We will take color to new unexpected places by working with various colors and departing from realism. Bring several canvases and reference photos.

Suggested Materials
Paints: Primary colors of your choice Lots of white. Cadmium Yellow Light, Cadmium Orange, Cadmium Red Light, Alizarin Crimson, Cobalt Blue, Ultramarine Blue, Kings Blue, Cobalt Violet, Ultramarine Violet, Dioxazine Purple, Sap Green, Permanent Green, Naples Yellow 150 ml tube suggested, Permabla white (lots) 150ml tubes suggested
Painting Surfaces: Several primed canvases, boards, or gessoed heavy paper of assorted sizes
Brushes: Artists brushes of different sizes. And ordinary house painting brushes (1 – 2 in.) Palette Knife
Containers: Oil Painters: Plastic peanut butter type jars with tight lids for mixing medium. Acrylic Painters: Large Jars for water
Palettes: Disposable Artist’s palettes for mixing paint.
Rags: Clean cotton cloth rags and an old terry cloth towel or paper towels

About the Instructor

Souby is an artist and educator with several years of teaching experience. Since 2004, she has taught oil painting to adults at the Washington Art Association in Washington Depot, CT. Over the years, Souby was an adjunct professor of Art at Naugatuck Valley Community College and has taught Art in the Connecticut public school system and Adult Education programs. Souby loves to teach! Her goal is to engage, challenge and motivate her students. She strives to create an environment where students explore, learn, solve problems, create, collaborate, and truly enjoy what they are doing. Souby holds a BA in Art Education from Stetson University and a MALS in Art from Wesleyan University. After Graduate School, she continued her education studying painting with nationally recognized artists and teachers, Eric Aho, Ira Barkoff, Lois Dodd, and Ruth Miller. Visit Souby's website.