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Painting with Color & Contrast with Joye DeGoede
• Painting with Color & Contrast (Objective: Student will create a painting using instruction on seeing color as contrast. They will be instructed on how to mix a color palette based on Ruben’s palette.
• Suggested Supplies:
1. Color medium of choice. (Oils, acrylics, watercolors, pastels…) I will demonstrate with oil paints using the colors listed at the end of this class description. Any kind of canvas or paper and brushes.
2. A still life of flowers will be available, however I suggest you bring a photograph of something you would love to paint.
• Time: March 11, 2015, 11:00 – 2:00. 10 Student maximum. Cost $45

This is an open class. I can adapt instruction to your level of skill and medium. All artistic skill levels are welcome in this class. The objective is to help you sharpen your skills enabling you to consistently create art with confidence. I will help you discover the process of using color and contrast; asking yourself the right questions which leads to the right answers! Once you have the fundamentals you can move into other mediums with a firm drawing foundation and confidence you have what you need to ask the right questions to find the solutions. You will discover how to create your unique art style.
I believe this quote by Vincent Van Gogh sums it up..."If you hear a voice within you say 'you cannot paint,' then by all means paint, and that voice will be silenced."