Level: all
Sat only or Sat & Sun
Apr 4 - Apr 5
10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Instructor: Lenny Moskowitz
Fee: $125 Sat only/$240 Sat & Sun
This workshop will focus on developing abstract imagery. Students will investigate contemporary abstraction and discover ways to generate and compose their own abstract imagery. Some of the approaches we will be using are collage, mixed-media painting, the basics of color theory, creating composition, simplification, as well as how to use values to manipulate space and create a sense of depth. This workshop is available to students at all levels because it is tailored to each individual participant and it is especially suited for people who are looking to learn how to work more loosely. It will be great for a beginner who has never worked abstractly. Previous experience is not necessary – the only prerequisite is to come with a curiosity and willingness to experiment.
Materials: 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.
*My favorite sketchpad is the Strathmore Bristol smooth surface 11”x14” 100lb. These can be found in every art supply store – but any smooth surface paper will work!
Students can choose to register for Saturday only at the cost of $125 or for the weekend at $240.
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.
Lenny currently teaches the weekly class “Wednesday’s with Lenny Class – a class on Abstraction” at RAC on Wednesdays mornings.