Painting the Natural World__Afsaneh Michaels__July 2-August 13__Tuesday 9:30-12:30__Studio 1
Painting the Natural World
Clouds, Water, Trees, Rocks, Foliage,
Flowers
July 2- August 13, 2024 (seven weeks)
Tuesday 9:30-12:30 pm
This seven-week course is designed for those who want to learn or continue
to paint clouds, water, trees, rocks separately or within the context of a
painting. You will learn how to compose paintings with elements of your
choice rather than a given image or paint an already composed image. You
might work from sketches, photographs or still life to bring your ideas
together.
You will learn about form, line weight, shading, composition and the overall
handling of the picture space and make lively, interesting and beautiful
paintings. A variety of color mediums including acrylics, oils, or water soluble
oil colors can be used on paper as well as on canvas or board. Only
advanced watercolorists in this class- no beginners or intermediate
students. Those who have started this class with me with watercolor, you
may continue with watercolors but no beginners or intermediate students in
watercolor.
Come with your existing setup with colors, brushes, pencils, and other tools
plus your sketchbook or canvas. The first class will include a discussion of
materials and supports (canvas, paper or boards). For questions please email
the instructor.
Instructor: Afsaneh Michaels, AfsanehAm@gmail.com
July 2– August 13, 2024
Tuesdays: 9:30-12:30
Cost: $205.00 residents, non-residents $225.00
Place: Studio 1
Number of Students: 15
Materials: Your medium of choice and setup plus your sketchbook and a
canvas or a support of your choice. For more information email the instructor
Afsaneh Michaels, Instructor
Afsaneh A. Michaels is San Francisco Bay Area fine artist, illustrator, graphic designer,
and teacher with over 30 years of creative experience.Afsaneh was raised from an early age in Europe and the U.S. She studied art and design at Edinburgh College of Art in Edinburgh, Scotland in 2000. After Edinburgh, Afsaneh over to Florence Italy where she studded drawing and painting. She has exhibited work in galleries around the Bay Area, and the east coast.In the early part of her career Afsaneh worked as an urban and country planner with the United Nations in Africa in Kenya and Malawi and later transitioned into art and exhibit design and worked at the National Museums of Kenya in Nairobi where she designed an exhibit for anthropologist, Richard Leakey. Later she worked at the Smithsonian Institution, Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC. Designing exhibits and collaborating with colleagues in various International museums.Afsaneh has always been an artist and after Edinburgh she moved to Florence in Italy where she started teaching small groups of adults and children in painting and drawing. Afsaneh loves to teach and uses a coaching style- mentoring each individual, guiding and developing their vision and direction while building foundational skills towards the student’s art practice.
www.AfsanehMichaelStudio.com