False Mirror Rene Magritte As an artist, I am always looking for ways to innovate and combine images in a way that holds the user still in that moment. In our rushed and harried world, having that gift of stillness to share with a viewer is the holy grail. One tool that helps me create […]
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So many artists were taught to keep an open tin of solvents next to their palettes to dip and wipe their brushes between each color change. But why? The literature was murky to say the least. It turns out, that a lot of misinformation was handed down from one old yellowing musty manuscript to another.
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The difference between 99% of artists who stay students forever and artists who exhibit their work is their approach, commitment as evidenced by their ability to build a body of work. This six month master class is designed to help artists hone their vision in creating cohesive body of work and articulate that vision to the world. The
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Setting your artistic exploration free starts with understanding the architecture that makes up the grounds of a painting, whether you are working figuratively, representationally or abstractly. In this workshop, students with basic oil painting experience are exposed to new approaches for composing, including practical techniques, building different types of grounds, color mixing, how to layer and deconstruct, and
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Los Angeles- Otis College of Art and Design has awarded Kimberly Brooks The Franklin Leigel Award for Teaching Excellence and made her the award’s first recipient. The award was created in the late beloved teacher’s honor after he passed in 2012. Kimberly Brooks, a was a student of Mr. Leigel’s in the late 1990s and 2000s and
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INTERMEDIATE OIL PAINTING: EMERGING ARTIST Join Artist Kimberly Brooks for this intermediate painting workshop where students will refine their techniques and personal style when approaching the canvas. Students will be exposed to practical techniques involving building different types of grounds, color mixing, and when to employ tightness vs. looseness. Brooks will share various techniques for
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PAINTING – D0608 Kimberly Brooks DATES: July 6 – 10, 2015 SKILL LEVEL: I – II CONCEPT: If painting is a grand mansion with the foyer being realism, we walk through the door, and explore the surrounding rooms of figuration to abstraction. Students are exposed to practical techniques involving building different types of grounds, color mixing, and when