Berkeley Painting Club

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Teen Beginning Painting, Ages 11-15

This class is designed for tweens and teens who are excited about learning to paint!  The beginning of the course focuses on learning acrylic painting techniques and the second half allows space for students to bring their ideas to life using their new painting skills.
Tuesdays 3:45-5:45pm
September 9-Nov 18  No class Nov 11 (BUSD Holiday)
The Finnish Hall -  1970 Chestnut St, Berkeley

The class will meet for 10 weeks and the tuition of $500 includes all materials.  Sliding scale available.

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In the first half of the course the students will work on fun projects in landscape and still life to explore color mixing and paint handling.  In the second half of the class students can choose their own subject matter and explore what is interesting to them.  Some students will continue to work on still life and landscape while others try figures, portraits, or other creative projects.  The instructor will support them while they develop more substantial work as the course progresses. We will also talk about how historical and contemporary artists incorporated their personal experiences and concepts into their work and how the students can bring their own unique perspectives into their artwork.



About the teacher:  René Smith received her M.F.A. in Painting from Tyler School of Art in Philadelphia and her B.A. in Painting from Bennington College in Vermont.  She has taught portfolio preperation classes for high school students at Tyler School of Art and Moore College of Art and beginning undergraduate through MFA painting classes at several institutions including St. Thomas Aquinas College in NY, Temple University in Rome, and Chiang Mai University in Thailand.  


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Email:Rene@Renesmith.net