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**All sessions are live and will be recorded, students do not have to be present. All recordings will be available to students for 3 months after the final session, after 3 months the recording will be deleted.
Please check your email spam/junk folder for your Zoom invite. Our business hours are 10:00 AM through 5:00 PM. All course information and email correspondence will be sent during business hours. If students purchase a course, workshop, demo or recording outside business hours or during the weekend the course information or recording will be sent the following business day.
DEMO: https://youtu.be/VfyG73T-0sU
Helen Frankenthaler and AR Penck were both expressionist artists, living and working in roughly the same time span. In this course we will be taking a deep dive into the expressive practices of both artists, using them both as influences for our own work. From abstract expressionist colour compositions to Neo expressionist symbolic scenes, we will journey through image making with AR Penck and Helen Frankenthaler leading the way with me as their medium. With a focus on the raw and instinctive act of creation, this class aims to reinvigorate your art practise through an experimental and fun approach.
Week 1 - Helen Frankenthaler
In the first week we will be looking at the art of Helen Frankenthaler in the context of abstract expressionism. We will explore various techniques to create colourful abstract images by utilising the friction between control and chance. We will be using techniques to help engage us fully in the act of making whilst analysing and deconstructing what makes a successful composition.
Week 2 - AR Penck
In the second week we will be looking at the works of AR Penck in the context of Neo-expressionism. Taking a more figurative approach, we will utilise techniques to help depict scenes from both observation and imagination. We will be engaging in exercises that aim to detach our critical minds allowing us full immersion in the act of creating a scene. With the influence of AR Penck, and therefore cave painting, we will attempt to condense our drawings down to their bare essential form.
Week 3 - Combined
The last week will be an amalgamation of the previous 2 weeks. By using collage, we will combine abstract colour fields, with raw figurative imagery to create fully formed paintings/drawings.
Charcoal
Oil pastels
Graphite sticks/pencils
Scissors
Glue stick (or rice glue)
Gouache/Acrylic/Coloured Inks
Paintbrushes
Japanese papers (Kitakata recommended)
Variety of drawing papers
**All sessions are live and will be recorded, students do not have to be present. All recordings will be available to students for 3 months after the final session, after 3 months the recording will be deleted.
Please check your email spam/junk folder for your Zoom invite. Our business hours are 10:00 AM through 5:00 PM. All course information and email correspondence will be sent during business hours. If students purchase a course, workshop, demo or recording outside business hours or during the weekend the course information or recording will be sent the following business day.
DEMO: https://youtu.be/VfyG73T-0sU
Helen Frankenthaler and AR Penck were both expressionist artists, living and working in roughly the same time span. In this course we will be taking a deep dive into the expressive practices of both artists, using them both as influences for our own work. From abstract expressionist colour compositions to Neo expressionist symbolic scenes, we will journey through image making with AR Penck and Helen Frankenthaler leading the way with me as their medium. With a focus on the raw and instinctive act of creation, this class aims to reinvigorate your art practise through an experimental and fun approach.
Week 1 - Helen Frankenthaler
In the first week we will be looking at the art of Helen Frankenthaler in the context of abstract expressionism. We will explore various techniques to create colourful abstract images by utilising the friction between control and chance. We will be using techniques to help engage us fully in the act of making whilst analysing and deconstructing what makes a successful composition.
Week 2 - AR Penck
In the second week we will be looking at the works of AR Penck in the context of Neo-expressionism. Taking a more figurative approach, we will utilise techniques to help depict scenes from both observation and imagination. We will be engaging in exercises that aim to detach our critical minds allowing us full immersion in the act of creating a scene. With the influence of AR Penck, and therefore cave painting, we will attempt to condense our drawings down to their bare essential form.
Week 3 - Combined
The last week will be an amalgamation of the previous 2 weeks. By using collage, we will combine abstract colour fields, with raw figurative imagery to create fully formed paintings/drawings.
Charcoal
Oil pastels
Graphite sticks/pencils
Scissors
Glue stick (or rice glue)
Gouache/Acrylic/Coloured Inks
Paintbrushes
Japanese papers (Kitakata recommended)
Variety of drawing papers