Nature’s Palette: Insects
Art Classes for 4-6-year-olds with Michele Foster
Children will work with clay, mixed media, and paint, inspired by our littlest friends: insects.
Fee: $100 for four classes. Click the Register button!
Location: Buenaventura Art Center, 1591 Spinnaker Dr., 207, in the Ventura Harbor Village. Use entrance #3 into the parking lot. On the second floor above Le Petit Cafe.
Dates/Times: Four sessions in the month of July, Wednesdays, 4:30 pm – 5:30 pm, starting July 2 – July 23.
Instructor: Michele Foster is a certified coach in the Adventures in Wisdom program utilizing techniques that foster a growth mindset in children. She is one of the most experienced youth art instructors in the area with over 18 years leading the Bell Arts Factory’s youth arts program, 7 years as Patagonia’s after school and summer arts program instructor, and many more years as art instructor in several area elementary and middle schools, including 3 years teaching toddlers with special needs.
Contact Michele for questions: 805-256-5315
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Color and Design with Ed Terpening
NEW DATE: July 12
Choose your color palette with intention and impact! Award-winning artist Ed Terpening presents his approach to two important topics for artists: color and picture design. This is a slideshow discussion with multiple in-class exercises.
You’ll learn and discuss with other artists:
- how to design a picture space;
- color and design techniques;
- elements of color design; and
- resources for learning more with over 100 inspirational examples.
Bring your work for an optional critique.
Location:
BAA’s Buenaventura Art Center — 1591 Spinnaker Dr., #207, Ventura, CA
Dates/Hours:
Saturday, July 12 – 1pm to 4pm
- Fees:
Members of Buenaventura Art Assoc.: $45 - Non-Members of Buenaventura Art Assoc.: $55
About Ed Terpening – https://www.edterpening.com/
Ed says, “I don’t paint unless I have something new to say–unless I’m focused on learning, which is actually quite often. Like a musician who plays scales, I paint studies that have no particular meaning, other than a lesson, often to connect with the physicality of paint, surface, and so on.
This also means that I have multiple personalities! This sometimes confounds collectors, because I have more than one “style”. I’m not consistent, because the confluence of emotional reaction, scale, materials and many other factors come into play. My art isn’t usually planned, so the result is not predictable. I admire some artists for their firm viewpoint and definitive work, but that’s not me.”
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Afraid of Color and Texture? Oil Workshop with Erin Dertner
Afraid of color and texture? Both of these elements are paramount in oil painting, so dive in with Erin as she shows you how to see color in the landscape in new and different ways. No theories or charts, just exercising the power of acute vision coupled with knowledge of some of history’s great painters, especially Monet.
Color is one thing but if your surface ends up flat because you are too afraid to throw some paint down, watch as Erin blocks in her entire canvas with oil washes and her lavender medium before “icing the cake” with a palette knife. Watch dynamic demos, then start your own painting and begin pushing the envelope and you will jumpstart your new path toward more solid structure and an exciting canvas texture.
https://www.buenaventuraartassociation.org
