We’re sorry, this class is full! Please call (858) 454-5872 to join the waitlist. We recommend classes 4. Abstracts! Painting with Fabric, Paper, and Collage with Susan Osborn and 15. Impressionism into Fauvism with Sharon Carol Demery in the La Jolla Studio.

Jennifer McHugh

Wednesdays, 10 AM–1 PM 
February 18–March 25 
(6 weeks, 18 total hours of instruction) 
La Jolla Studio 
$280/300 

This course is for both beginner abstract painters and seasoned artists. This class is designed for you to tap into your intuition and discover your own style through embracing the process. While practicing the principles of abstract acrylic painting, we will work to find a balance between using these techniques and learning to trust our intuition. The focus will be on process as we learn together how to start, loosen up, take risks, trust our gut, lean into our emotions, and let go of perfection in our paintings. Along with the foundations of color, composition, and line/shape, we will practice intuitive mark making and layering, allowing each of these to inform what comes next on the canvas. As your artistic voice unfolds, your own unique visual language will appear.

Materials: Variety of brushes; any tools you already have (such as palette knives, wedges, color shapers, sponges, etc.); acrylic paint in various colors (your favorites + white and black or raw umber dark); palette or palette paper; small canvas (no smaller than 12” x 12”) and any size larger canvas, small pad of watercolor paper or several loose pieces. 

Note: If you are a beginner, bring a basic starter set of paints or even craft paints. No need to go out and purchase a bunch of expensive paints! A medium-bodied paint is best, but using a variety of fluid medium and heavy-bodied paints will give your work more interest. That said, if you have any mediums for changing viscosity of paint, that works too! 

Max students: 12 

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