Intro Pop Surrealism/ 5 Sessions/ Starts September 8

Learn how to stretch your imagination and create interesting compositions, how to mix and blend paint colors, and different ways to make captivating artwork. Both Oil and Acrylic painting techniques will be taught. This class meets 5 times. Each session is 3 hours.

Some of the amazing artists we will reference are Mark Ryden, Marion Peck, Dilka_bear, Todd Schorr, and Pieter Bruegel the Elder.

What will you learn?:

• Learn some art history and the influences of historical art while creating your very own unique drawings and paintings.

• Types of art brushes, brushwork, and blending techniques.

• Modeling for realistic looks and glazing techniques.

• How to combine different visual ideas into amazing compositions.

• Edge control- and why it is so important.

• How to create inspiring compositions and more!

Small classes for better learning experiences in a boutique creative space.

Supply List Provided. Supply List emailed upon registration. (Class limit 6 people.)
The course can be repeated with new skill-building projects for returning students.

Sponsored by Ampersand Art Supply.

Free and easy Parking.

Tuesdays: September 8, 15, 22, 29, and October 6.
Evening Class: 6-9:00 PM/ 5 sessions.

Leslie’s Teaching Creds: taught Painting: Oil, Acrylic, and Encaustic Classes at U.T. Austin, Contemporary Life Drawing and Painting, Dynamic Mixed Media, and Encaustic Art for The Austin Museum of Art’s Art School at Laguna Gloria, and founded and hosted Austin Full Monty Open Painting and Drawing Sessions for the Austin Visual Arts Association. Leslie holds a B.F.A. in Fine Arts from The University of Texas at Austin and an A.A.S. in Video Game Art from A.C.C.