Respond to the Paint

Loose, luminous, experimental starts inspire creative ideas and solutions as watercolor or fluid acrylic flow .  .  Students will learn techniques for beginning  freely,  and then gently disciplining the results  so that they can become finished, well-designed  and out-of-the-ordinary paintings. Class will include flexible planning, analyzing and applying design, and making changes by paint removal and covering areas with opaque media or collage paper.  Students will make several experimental starts, choose one,  and then work toward completing it.  They  may pursue their own images or follow the instructor’s lead.  

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Experience Level:  Some experience in the chosen medium will be helpful, but brave beginners are also welcome.

Elaine Harvey NWS SDWS 

Elaine Harvey works in watercolor, acrylic, and mixed media in a style which combines realistic and abstract elements.  Using traditional and experimental approaches and the innate properties of her chosen medium, she creates innovative paintings and collages which have won more than 80 awards. Her paintings and observations on painting have appeared inside and  on the cover and editorial page of arts magazines and books  by  her fellow artists and arts writers.    Elaine is an honor graduate of San Diego State University, and has studied with a number of noted painters. She teaches classes for the Athenaeum, University of California Extension, and  various arts organizations..  .

      “The sights around me and the images and thoughts in my head guide my hand as I apply the paint, and the flowing paint evokes new images, relationships, and truths which become a part of the art.  Each painting is a combination of past experience and present discovery.“      

Please visit Elaine's website: www.zhibit.org/elaineharvey

Non Members Fee: $175.00 Members Fee: $150.00