Art course: Abstract painting - The art of simplification
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For anyone who wants to do more than just “paint”: The course provides a variety of ideas and design options to make classical, figurative works more expressive. By the way, the course helps you to deepen your inner inspiration and creativity while painting and shows ways to find ideas.
Just let go and trust...
Just paint, simply place colors on the empty surface, and simply find out what you get!
Very simple — isn't it?
“But surely something specific must come out of it? The picture must look good, as good as (...)? “These are exactly the thoughts that hinder action and block creative potential. They usually lead to the opposite — not even to start!
The most fatal statement “Anyone can do that” means that very few people do it.
Before every creative process, there is trust in one's own action, in the ability and willingness to carry it out, without ifs and buts.
Of course, there are rules in life, natural laws that show the way and keep you on track.
The situation in art is also very similar: there are laws of perception that make a piece of music become an earworm or make a picture appear so remarkable that it completely captivates the viewer's eye and invites them to linger.
The resulting image itself is the resonance body, it can give you a sense of what is still missing, what seems unbalanced. It is, as it were, your mirror and reflection, on which you can model, change and refine as you like. Get involved in the feedback loop by learning to communicate with your self-created work, develop an image and yourself about it, because the relationship of harmony and disharmony in the image is an expression of your subconscious mind, with which you can get in touch very subtly through the work of balancing. Have you become curious?
Then we cordially invite you to this experiment.
How does this activity work?
Start: 10:00
Let's start with a bit of theory and want to see what it's actually about. We will take a look at some examples of works and trends - from abstract expressionism to concept art.
And then it starts — we start with a series of different intuitive exercises that are guaranteed to lure you out of reserve, show your basic orientation and, above all, your very personal painterly handwriting. We want to build on this basis below.
Following the exercises, each individual will create a very personal image. It can be worked on diligently, transformed, removed, covered and harmonized - until a work is created that satisfies you in particular - you will learn a lot about painting and the creation of painted works.
Lunch break around 13:00
From 14:00: It continues. If you like, you can “improve” your previous work a bit.
Then we turn the tables: in the first half, the images were developed by searching for form without any aspect of content. From the second half, we will “find” content by lottery that is guaranteed to appeal to everyone in the group. We will now try to design the pictures on the basis of topic and message, using, of course, the techniques and design methods of the first half and with continuous support from the course instructors.
Round off or final round with nice conversations, coffee and pastries between 16:30 and 17:00.
Who should definitely take part?
For really anyone who survives an 8-hour intensive course! Don't worry, everything runs smoothly. You decide on intermediate breaks yourself. You don't have to be convinced that you can paint. We'll show you how everything works.
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What to bring?
- Bring your own brushes, preferably universal hair of different sizes (not smaller than size “10”)
- own mixing palette and several painting rags
- Painting clothes/painting gowns
What is included?
Basic material so that you can definitely work - easels, painting surfaces for the exercises, paints, brushes (used, therefore reduced quality!).
Free coffee and a piece of pastry.
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