Understanding Dynamic Composition
Susan
shares her flair for award-winning, dynamic compositions
with a personable and light-humored approach, Presentations
and workshops open with an informative slide lecture of
her artwork in which she reveals her best compositional
"confessions." Presentation and workshop both
include an easy-to-understand easel demonstration of the
major and minor compositional elements critical to successful
composition. A step-by-step guided practice session will
follow.
Using
Color With Freedom and Success
If you
enjoy playing with the energizing effects of color or want
to know how colors mix, balance, or relate on an emotional
and psycholoical level, this informative hands-on fun experience
is for you. Susan's versatility, expertise and command of
color has been achieved from working 30 years as a professional
artist and from studying with other nationally acclaimed
artists. Presentations and workshops are suitable for people
with or without any art experience. You will learn how to
use color more creatively, effectively, or therapeutically
in your life. The workshop will expand upon the understanding
and using the color wheel, pigment vs. light spectrum, mixing
colors, understanding the vibration of colors and its effects,
Case studies, Color/ Eye- activities, understanding the
emotional/ psychological aspect of color, color quiz games
and activities.
Keys
to Drawing with Ease and Confidence
Susan
has been teaching drawing for more than 20 years. Her students
have affectionately referred to her as "graphite queen."
Using and easel and black marker she will demonstrate "4
ways to create depth", "3 methods of sighting
", "how to effectively drawing circles, spheres,
ellipses","the character of shadows". The
workshop will also include one, two and three point perspective,
creating volume, how to make shiny objects and glass "zing."
Lots of hands- on practicing opportunities. Those who are
comfortable may also work independently.
The
Creative Path
Susan
has been teaching "The Creative Path" at the Kalamazoo
Institute of Arts in Michigan since fall 2000. This eye-opening
and enriching course is now available as a presentation
or workshop and is for anyone who is interested in discovering,
recovering or increasing their creative powers. You will
be fascinated and uplifted as Susan shares her highly unique
creative journey as an artist and as a person. Art activities
and creative dramatics are an integral part of this programs
creative process, so come prepared to play and have fun.
Oil Painting
Workshop
(Three
day workshop only) This workshop is geared for both beginner
and advanced painters who are interested in learning or
advancing their skills in painting more realistically. Methods
and techniques of the Old Masters of the Renaissance will
be taught. Eash student will receive individual helps, instruction
and tips. Discussion of the painter's tools, pallette,selecting
subject matter will be available to the novice painter.
Students may start a new painting or continue with a work
in progress, they also may bring finished or other ongoing
works to class for constructive helps.
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