Adult & Teen Classes

 
A pastel class for beginning and intermediate students, exploring color and the medium of pastel painting.
This class will be focusing on the colorful Colorado landscape and its spectacular skies. Students will experiment with different pastel papers and types of pastels while playfully applying the principles of color, value and design.
The instructor, Astrid Paustian, has won many awards for her vibrant pastel paintings and is a signature member of the Pastel Society of Colorado.
To see more of her paintings, please view her web site at www.astridpaustian.com

Recommended materials:
I-2 sheets of Canson LaCarte pastel paper, color of your choice;
1-2 sheet sof Wallis, Art Spectrum, or U-Art pastel paper;
soft pastel sticks (not oil pastels) of different colors and softness,
minimum of 24 different colors.

Instructor will have starter kits for $25 – available for students new to the medium.

For questions regarding this class or materials, please contact the artist at 303-440-3770, or e-mail astridpaustian@hotmail.com
Location: Clementine Studio, 2775 Valmont (just west of 28th St.)
If you have any questions or would like to register by phone please call 303.444.1862 or email info@openartsboulder.org.

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The aim of this six-week class is to acquire the ability to identify and recreate the inherent hues that make up any particular color. This will be achieved through a series of prescribed and self-prescribed exercises where you will illustrate many aspects of color theory simply and quickly. The class is suitable for anyone who uses color, such as painters, fashion designers, interior designers, etc, or if you have a limited knowledge of color theory or lack confidence when using color. Please note: the ability to draw or paint is not required.

The class explains: color, hue, brightness, saturation, color temperature, color interaction, additive/subtractive color and the illusion of space. You will learn how to create secondary colors, tertiary colors and chromatic grays by mixing paint using the three primary colors only. You will also learn how colors can be affected and changed by their surrounding colors. Ultimately, you will recreate the colors perceived from an object or photograph of your choice using the knowledge and skills that you have acquired during the course. Initially, gouache paint is used but other colored material can be used, such as paper or fabric, as the course progresses.

Learning Outcomes

Students will
• Learn the basic science of color theory through practical and experimental use of color
• Gain experience and confidence in selecting the appropriate colors that mix together to achieve the desired color
• Discover how color is affected by its surroundings
• Begin to experiment with color in an imaginative way through self-directed studies
• Be able to incorporate the knowledge gained with their own research and in doing so develop their particular interests further

Materials to Bring:

Watercolor paper, 15 – 20 letter size sheets.
One watercolor brush, size 4 or 6, round.
One 6 – 10 well mixing palette.
One pencil, ruler and eraser.
One compass (Don’t buy especially but bring along if you have one).

Suggested Brands
1 x Canson Watercolor pad (15 sheets) cold press, 9”x12”, 90LB = $3.74
1 x Princeton Art & Brush Co Watercolor brush, round, Size 4 = $2.70
1 x Princeton Art & Brush Co Watercolor brush, round, Size 6 = $3.57
Rich 10 well mixing palette with lid = $1.86

All the above items can be bought at Guiry’s in Boulder for the prices stated. (March 2012).

Location: Clementine Studio, 2775 Valmont (just west of 28th St.)
If you have any questions or would like to register by phone please call 303.444.1862 or email info@openartsboulder.org.

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6 week exploration of: Encaustic + everything in wax

Explore the options and ramifications of creating art with wax and whatever. Embedding found objects. texturizing. and collage. It’s all about options and experimentation. Learn the ins and outs of the exciting and endless options of encaustic art.

Location: Clementine Studio, 2775 Valmont (just west of 28th St.)
If you have any questions or would like to register by phone please call 303.444.1862 or email info@openartsboulder.org.

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Focusing on formal elements of color as light, weight, structure and composition we will develop how to paint and draw the figure with a live model.

Through the relationships between the artist and model and figure to ground we will focus on placement and space.

We will look at a variety of painters who used the figure as their primary subject matter throughout their careers and the differences in their use of composition. Matisse, Picasso, Richard Diebenkorn, David Park and Alice Neel.

Supplies List (approximately $50)

Pad of paper (16x 20) size your choice
Charcoal
Pencil
2 canvases 18x 24, and 20×30 approximately
(or gessoed masonite board)
Oil paint is recommended (acrylic if you prefer)
Odorless Solvent either mineral spirits or turpenoid

The following colors will be our main palette:
Burnt sienna
Yellow ochre
Mars black
Titanium white

These colors are recommended but optional, you could purchase small tubes to make it cost effective:
Ultramarine blue
Cerulean blue
Cadmium red
Cadmium yellow

Students should bring their own portable easel/french easel, if they have one.

Location: Clementine Studio, 2775 Valmont (just west of 28th St.)
If you have any questions or would like to register by phone please call 303.444.1862 or email info@openartsboulder.org.

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