CLARTSA018 - Introduction to Painting
Whether you are new to painting or looking to refresh your skills, this course helps you develop the confidence to create artworks in acrylic, gouache or oil. Artist Laura Spector shares her contemporary approach to master painting techniques. With step-by-step instruction, you will become familiar with your essential painting tools, learn to create a value scale, understand composition, practice systems of color theory, explore paint application and harness these skills to develop your own unique paintings.
Course Details
Laura Spector is a fellow of the New York Foundation for the Arts, a recipient of an individual grant award from the Houston Arts Alliance and Artist-in-Residence recipient of the Joan Mitchell Foundation. She exhibited at Grand Rapids Art Museum in 2016, FotoFest 2014 and in Lawndale Art Center’s “Big Show” in 2013 and 2017. Her work has been featured in R2: The Rice Review, The Harvard Review, Ripley’s Believe It or Not! and “The Real Real Thing: The Model in the Mirror of Art.” She has studied fine art at both the Flemish Classical Atelier in Belgium and Virginia Commonwealth University, and was a resident artist at Atelierhaus Hilmsen in 2016. Her artwork can be seen in exhibitions and collections around the world.
Online--Synchronous
This course will be delivered in a synchronous format online. Registered participants will receive login instructions to the course page which will provide access to the virtual classroom link and other resources. All online classes are held at Central Standard Time.
Fee does not include cost of supplies, approximately $150–$200. Studio art supply lists are shared two weeks before the course start date. Contact cpcoord@rice.edu with questions.