A person's hand paints a white and red abstract design on a blue-bordered canvas, with a paint palette and a person's face visible in the background.

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Foundations of Abstract Painting (6 Thursdays)March 25&nbsp;April 1, 8, 15, 22, 292-4PM Instructor: John Anderson-BrickerAges: 14+Level: Need previous painting instruction in the medium.$180 Explore some significant transitions that moved Western Art away from naturalism or realism and toward abstract interpretations of the observable world. Anderson-Bricker will introduce the rationale and methods employed by some of the artists that developed Analytic Cubism (Picasso, Braque), Surrealism (Magritte) and American Abstraction (O&rsquo;Keefe).&nbsp; Through encountering the thought processes and technical approaches explored by these artists and their work, students will gain an understanding of the purposes and advantages of why an artist would choose to use abstraction to convey a particular message or meaning through art. You must have experience painting in the medium you choose. Choose to paint in one of the following: acrylic, oil or gouache. &nbsp;You will use the same medium throughout the course. You will not receive instruction in your medium, but in abstraction.

Foundations of Abstract Painting (6 Thursdays)March 25 April 1, 8, 15, 22, 292-4PM Instructor: John Anderson-BrickerAges: 14+Level: Need previous painting instruction in the medium.$180 Explore some significant transitions that moved Western Art away from naturalism or realism and toward abstract interpretations of the observable world. Anderson-Bricker will introduce the rationale and methods employed by some of the artists that developed Analytic Cubism (Picasso, Braque), Surrealism (Magritte) and American Abstraction (O’Keefe).  Through encountering the thought processes and technical approaches explored by these artists and their work, students will gain an understanding of the purposes and advantages of why an artist would choose to use abstraction to convey a particular message or meaning through art. You must have experience painting in the medium you choose. Choose to paint in one of the following: acrylic, oil or gouache.  You will use the same medium throughout the course. You will not receive instruction in your medium, but in abstraction.

Bluff Strokes Art Center

Foundations of Abstract Painting (6 Thursdays)

Bluff Strokes Art Center

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$180

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