Abstract Painting

Abstract Painting

Adult Classes | This program is completed

585 Park Street Naples, FL 34102 United States

Studio 202

All levels

4/2/2020-5/12/2020

1:00 PM-4:00 PM on Th

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$175.00

$125.00

Learn new painting techniques as you own abstraction and learn how to command the viewer’s attention with your techniques, color and composition by making all the Elements and Principles work for you. Discover the power of non-objective painting and the excitement of making representative images abstract too. Choose to work in any media or combination of media as you learn how to extend your powers of expression and how to develop your own abstract painting style.

  • **Students may paint in oil OR acrylic
  • Oil Painting Supplies
  • • 5 Stretched Cotton Canvases or Canvas Boards 16”x 20” or larger.
  • • 1 Richeson Grey Matters Paper Palette, 9”x12” 50 sheets, 35 lb. paper.
  • • 1 Princeton RealValue Brush Set--Natural Bristle—Round 2, Filbert 4, Flat 4, Bright 6 & one Princeton RealValue Brush Set—White Kaklon--Round 1, Filbert 4, Flat 6, Bright 4.
  • • 1 Weber Odorless Turpenoid—3.85 oz., plastic bottle
  • • 1 Grumbacher Stand Oil—2.5 oz.
  • • 1 package Blick Essentials Value Foam Brushes (A06280-1409) or similar.
  • • 1 Blick Artists’ Oil Color—8 Color Set (contains one 40 ml. tube of each of * the following colors: Burnt Sienna, French Ultramarine Blue, Lemon Yellow, Quinacridone Magenta, Titanium White, Ultramarine Violet, Viridian Green, Yellow Ochre) or equivalent colors. Several paper plates and small yogurt or cottage cheese containers for mixing colors.
  • • A putty knife or palette knife.
  • • 1 paint roller, 3”, foam or other.
  • • Several paper plates and small yogurt or cottage cheese containers for mixing colors.
  • • 2 clean tuna fish cans (1 for stand oil, 1 for Turpenoid), paint rag or paper towels
  • Acrylic Painting Supplies
  • • 5 Stretched Cotton Canvases or Canvas Boards 16”x 20” or larger.
  • • 1 Richeson Grey Matters Paper Palette, 9”x12” 50 sheets, 35 lb. paper.
  • • 1 Princeton RealValue Brush Set--Natural Bristle—Round 2, Filbert 4, Flat 4, Bright 6.
  • • 1 Princeton RealValue Brush Set—White Kaklon--Round 1, Filbert 4, Flat 6, Bright 4.
  • • 1 Blick Artists’ Acrylic—12 Color Set (contains one 59 ml. tube of each of the following colors: Burnt Sienna, Burnt Umber, Raw Sienna, Yellow Oxide, Naphthol Crimson, Cadmium Orange, Phthalo Green, Yellow Azo, Cadmium Red Light, Ultramarine Blue, Titanium White, Mars Black) or equivalent colors.
  • • Several colors of your choice FW Acrylic Inks (plain and/or pearlescent).
  • • 1 package Blick Essentials Value Foam Brushed (A06280-1409) or similar.
  • • 1 paint roller, 3”, foam or other.
  • • 1 Bottle Gloss Acrylic Medium, 4 oz. or larger.
  • • 2 small to medium-sized plastic water containers, paper towels.
  • • Several small yogurt or cottage cheese containers for mixing colors.
  • • A ‘Windex-style’ spritz bottle—available at Lowes or Home Depot.
  • • Several “Mustard- or Catsup-Style’ squeeze bottles.
  • Odds and Ends
  • • A note book and pencil for taking notes. Apron or smock. Carry-all bag for your supplies.
  • Suggested Suppliers: Koenig’s Art Emporium 985 Central Ave, Naples 34102, 649-6484 is my favorite local place to find supplies. The staff is helpful and knowledgeable about the products. Catalogue and on-line shopping is available at Cheap Joe’s Art Stuff: 1-800-227-2788, CheapJoes.com (North Carolina) or Blick Art Materials, 1-800-828-4548, DickBlick.com (Illinois).
  • QUESTIONS ABOUT THE COURSE OR SUPPLIES: call Genie at 239-592-5028 or email: paintingit7@gmail.com
Kell, Genie BFA, MA

Genie’s Master of Arts degree from New York University and Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from John Herron Art Institute are complemented by undergraduate study at Yale and Columbia Universities and training at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York City. Genie has lived and exhibited her art in Athens, Greece, and on the Aegean islands of Mykonos and Santorini, and, in Venice, Italy, while completing her master’s degree there.

In addition to classes and workshops in watercolor, mixed-media, composition, oil and acrylic painting, art appreciation and art history offered throughout the U.S., since 1998, Genie has offered immersion workshops in France, Italy, Greece, and Belize through her ART ADVENTURE WORKSHOPS. Genie’s upcoming workshop, Venice: The Veneto & the 2024 Biennale, is scheduled for that autumn and will include Venice in addition to excursions to Ravenna, Padua, Palladian palazzi and other historic sites along Italy’s east coast as well as in-depth study of the international, contemporary art featured in Venice’s renown biennial exhibition.

In all her classes and workshops, while Genie is introducing new ways of thinking about art, encouraging the use of new techniques, and serving as a conduit for art methods and information, her focus is on encouraging each artist to pursue and embrace the elements that ensure success as an artist.