CLARTSA023 - Birds, Mammals and Reptiles: A Painting Safari
Join artist Laura Spector for a virtual painting “safari,” celebrating the vast diversity of animal life. Many of us are feeling a deeper kinship with animals lately, whether you are spending time at home communing with your pets, noticing the creatures on your neighborhood walks, or admiring wildlife on a nearby hike or a long-awaited trip. In this virtual course, the instructor guides you through a process of painting animals from photographs, sharing lessons from her study of master classical painters and other artists. Strengthen your painting skills while learning to portray the essence of animals—from rescue pups, neighborhood squirrels and Houston’s ubiquitous lizards to elephants, whales, zebras and more. You will complete two paintings during this class of the animals of your choice. This course accommodates acrylic, oil and gouache painters and is designed for students who have taken an introductory painting course or who have basic familiarity with color theory as well as paint mixing and application.
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, 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.
Course does not include cost of supplies, $150–$200. Studio art supply lists are shared two weeks before the course start date. Contact cpcoord@rice.edu with questions.