Level: all
Saturday
Oct 8
10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Instructor: Lenny Moskowitz
Fee: $85
In this workshop I foster a supportive and open environment, which allows students to develop
new ideas through exploration and a willingness to be playful. Students will investigate
contemporary abstraction and discover ways to generate and compose their own abstract
imagery. Some approaches covered in the workshop involve expressive narrative, symbolic
imagery, working with collage, and creating positive and negative shapes based on plant life. In
addition, we’ll cover the basics of color theory, composition, and how to use values to
manipulate space and create depth. This workshop is available to students at all levels
because it is tailored to each individual participant. The only prerequisite is to come to class
with a curiosity and willingness to experiment.
Materials I’d like you to bring: Scissors, glue, pencils, sketchpad, old magazines (preferably
magazines that are colorful, like fashion, home and garden, etc.), paint (your choice, acrylic or
watercolor), a couple of brushes, a palette to mix paint on, painting surfaces (such as canvas boards, a
stretch canvas, or paper), a water jar. If you’re using acrylics it’s nice to have a medium, which is clear
acrylic paint with no pigment in it. This comes in gloss or matte. I prefer the matte because the paint is
matte. A spray bottle for water you can use to keep your palette from drying out. I also bring materials
as well so don’t worry if you don’t have something. You will be able to use mine.
Lenny Moskowitz is a Connecticut landscape painter who lives in New Haven with his wife. He
graduated with his B.F.A from the Philadelphia College of Art and received his M.F.A. from
Michigan’s Cranbrook Academy. Lenny has participated in both group and solo shows at numerous
galleries throughout the U.S. and has taught classes and workshops in Connecticut, Block Island, and
Nantucket. Presently he teaches at Quinnipiac University and the Guilford Art Center. He has been
awarded several artist residencies, including at the Anderson Center in Minnesota and at the NISDA
Foundation on Nantucket, MA. In the summer of 2011 he was awarded a residency at Weir Farm in
Wilton, CT. He makes yearly painting trips to Maine, Nantucket, and frequently sojourns to the
surrounding Connecticut woods to paint.