Learn to Paint like Elaine de Kooning at the Brewery Arts Center
Join Deanna Hoover, in the Brewery Arts Center painting studio, for her popular “paint like” series; this time, you will be studying and learning to paint like the artist Elaine de Kooning. All levels are welcome!
Elaine de Kooning (1918-1989) was an American painter, teacher, and critic known for her work with abstract expressionism. Her portraiture often features friends and family, but her most famous sitter was President JFK. Elaine de Kooning was a social activist, especially the women’s movement.
However, most of her early artistic career was spent helping Willem de Kooning — her husband and fellow artist — complete his art: often, coming at the expense of her own work. Today, her art is revered for its unique use of obscured characteristics of model, figures in motion, and light brushstrokes of the abstract expressionist movement.
Understand the art of Elaine de Kooning better as you delve into the specific techniques and styles featured in her work! These workshops are not simply copying a finished piece as a group and going home with a project like everyone else’s but will have you practice new skills and styles of art that you can adapt into art of your own creation.
The “paint like” series classes take place on the first Wednesday of each month from 9:00 to 3:30. Lunch will take place from 12:00 to 12:30, so bring a sack lunch or eat at one of the nearby, local restaurants.
The cost of the class is $50 and is to be paid to the instructor on the day of the workshop.
A basic supply kit can be purchased at the BAC’s Espresso Yourself Café or you can bring you own supplies! The supplies you need are below:
Supply List:
• Oil or Acrylic Paints; including all primary colors, brown, black, and white.
• Paint Brushes
• Painting Knives
• Palette or Palette Paper
• Canvas or Canvas Board (your choice of size)
• Brush Cleaner and Jar
• Easels, tables, and chairs will all be provided.
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