Class Description and Supply List: Energetic Brushstrokes in Oil: 2-Day Painting Workshop with Adam Van Houten
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Learn how to create brush strokes that move the viewer’s eye through the composition. Students will learn how different brushes make different marks and how to control those marks and use them to create energy in a painting. All participants will take home practices, studies and a final painting.
Supply list.
This class is open to all levels of experience, age 18+.
Supplies:
Instructor Provides:
Canvas, Paint, Palette for use during class
Students (please purchase and bring to class):
Bristle Brushes (suggested brushes Flat and/ or Filbert #12, #8 #4)
Sketchbook and pencil for taking notes
Adam VanHouten
Adam VanHouten is a professional artist who has years of experience teaching as a visual art instructor, painting workshops, and as an adjunct painting instructor at Northwestern Michigan College. Van Houten received his Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree in Painting and Art Education from Western Michigan University and a Masters in Education from Michigan State University. Adam is an artist with a commitment to sharing his learning through his teaching and to continue to develop and grow his practice as a working artist. VanHouten's paintings glow with light and texture displaying the colors and nuance of Northern Michigan.
"I allow the texture of the painting medium to guide my choices, drawing inspiration from the visual surfaces around me with their many layers of time and weathering."
VanHouten's passion and skill for art is evident in his paintings, displaying his ability to depict scenes in a unique impressionistic style. Adam's unique voice in painting allows the textures of the painting to show through in the final artwork.