Painted Collage Class: Abstracting Still Life

Using the still life as a common departure point, you will observe and draw with scissors to build a personal language with shape, texture, and color. Starting with 4 quick studies of the still life, you will focus on composition, mark makings, shape, and value. Moving toward abstraction, you will expand our collage and painting skills while contemplating a still life from observation and layering it with personal imagery. Students are invited to bring 3-5 images that speak to them instinctually.

No prior painting experience is needed. All levels and beginners are welcome! 

Carol Ann Wachter is a fine artist and fashion designer based in Boulder, Colorado. With a background as an observational oil painter and fashion designer, Carol Ann is now exploring those nuances of depth, light, form, space, and color in a new way: Richly hued abstract collages. She studied at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and has built a reputation as both an accomplished painter teacher and a designer of quality wearable yet elegant silhouettes.

Thursday, April 11 | 10 am – 2:30 pm | $130 (class fee $85, $45 for materials)