Abstract Evolution in Acrylic and Mixed Media | Jodi Ohl

Instructor: Jodi Ohl (VIEW BIO)

Title: Abstract Evolution in Acrylic and Mixed Media with Jodi Ohl

Dates: March 24 - 28

Days: 5

Hours 9 - 4

Level: All Levels

Size: 14

Portfolio: No

Tuition:  $1210

Are you ready to find innovative ways to compose Abstract Paintings? Perhaps you are feeling stuck and want to loosen up your work. Are you searching for techniques to add depth and style to improve your creative processes?

If you can relate to one or more of these questions, you are not alone! Just as you evolve over the course of your life, our abstract paintings also go on a journey of evolution. As you might already know, the pathway of moving forward can get tricky and uncomfortable, yet exhilarating and exciting at other times.  As an artist with over 15 years of teaching experience to thousands of artists around the world and author of “Abstracts in Acrylic and Ink”, Jodi Ohl will help you gain confidence in your abstract painting through some tried and true exercises and processes that will help you go from background to an expressive composition.

If you are looking to dig deeper to find your style and level up your work, this workshop will gently guide you through the murky stages and cheer you on during times of exciting discoveries.  Over the course of this 4-day workshop, students will learn to practice their craft through exercises designed to stretch their wings and bloom through creating multiple large abstract paintings.

We will be working on both paper and canvas.  While we will primarily use acrylic paint, students will also explore working with charcoal, a variety of drawing instruments, assorted mark making tools, and mediums to expand our paint texture and viscosity.  By working on larger surfaces and multiple pieces during the class, you will find yourself opening up to extraordinary possibilities and letting go of your previous inhibitions.

Students will have plenty of time for painting and exploration on their own as well as working through guided demonstrations, discussions, feedback and critiques as well warm up projects to help breakthrough blocks every artist faces.

Topics that will be covered in “Abstract Evolution” will include but not limited to:

Sketching with Paint

Letting Go of Expectations and Not Taking Yourself So Seriously

Creating Drama in Your Painting

Expanding a Limited Palette and Color Mixing Strategies

Transforming Your Paint Using Mediums

Working in a series or multiple pieces at once.

Students can expect to work on several warmup paintings/painted sketches that may or may not reflect a finished piece in addition to 2-3 larger projects during the week.

Who is this class for? All levels of painters are welcome, but students should have a working knowledge of acrylic paint and a desire to let go and explore abstract painting.  This course will be flexible enough for beginners to dive in and start developing their skills and challenging enough for the more experienced painter to deepen and enhance their practice of abstract painting.

We hope to see you in this immersive experience during ‘Abstract Evolution”!