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Painting Momentum with Anna George_ Tuesdays 1-4pm_ September 2- October 21_ Studio 1

Painting Momentum in Oils, Acrylic and Watercolor

Anna George, instructor

8 weeks  September 2 – October 21

Tuesday afternoons  1-4pm   Studio 1

$165/185

Maximum 14

Time to open the paintbox and paint! In the wonderful ambient daylight of our studio I offer you constant support at your easel as you paint what you love. Whether you’re a beginner or well along, we take a fresh look at painting fundamentals, and we have fun.

Are you starting out, launching into a new painting, reworking something? Explore your painting style in oils, acrylics and watercolor going abstract or representational. Skirt common pitfalls in this convivial class that has continued for fourteen years. We’re a mixed cadre, quite welcoming, with a can-do attitude. The class is a great place for beginners who often stay on and on.

I help you with painting essentials, lightness and fun in mind. You build compositional strengths and lay out good sequencing. My classes also address form, light, values, atmospheric perspective, color mixing/placement, brushwork, etc. When painters request a special focus or demo I’m happy to make it happen.

I often recommend using an 8×10 photograph as a starting point for representational work. Paint what moves you and maybe try some exercises in this Tuesday afternoon sanctuary.

Aside from working as a journalist internationally and in SF, I’m lucky to then have worked as an artist for decades and sold my pieces for a living. I bring the extent of that experience to classes. In my years teaching here I’ve witnessed a lot of success and feel very proud of my students. On our last day we hold our own little art festival, showing our work, sharing our thoughts, and complementing that with scrumptious bites.

Beginners can get a materials list and consult on choosing quality materials. Reach me at 925 783 9000 with questions/enrollment needs. Start by becoming an RAA member if you are a resident of Rossmoor ($10) then register.  Or you can register as a guest. Please do this well ahead of the start date.

After exhibiting in the U.S. and Italy in galleries, museum shows, etc., I show abstract and representational work online and at various venues. And I offer painted silkwear here in Nov/Dec. See my pieces locally and at annageorgeartist.com and at annageorgeonline.com. Ask about a current show of my work in town right now.

 

Anna George, Instructor

Anna studied fine art in two east coast colleges and universities and has exhibited since. After founding a gallery in San Francisco, and garnering awards, she opened a big, bright studio on the Berkeley, Oakland border which housed a showroom of her multi-styled work. A decade later she moved a bit east where she has offered classes year-round for over eleven years at two venues. "I love witnessing our kinship as well as the growth and diversity of work emerging in the class," she says. "Each student moves in the direction they choose." In 2013 Anna launched and began hosting the RAA evening Soirées des Artistes which honors one artist in the community each event. Her current work involves oils and acrylics, canvas, linen, silk and mixed media. Call George at 925 783 9000. See annageorgeartist.com; for unrepeatable painted silkwear, annageorgeonline.com. In Anna's words, "In art there is heart."