An art history moment - Paint like the artist Klimt
What you'll learn
- Paint like the artist Klimt using designs and gold
- Know how to use gold paint and gold leaf
- Paint a figure with beautiful designs on her dress
- Draw a figure to paint like Klimt
Requirements
- Students should have the basic colours in acrylic, a canvas, acrylic gel and gold leaf.
- Students should love painting and art.
Description
Love art and want to learn a few new techniques? This is the course for you. In this course, you will learn how to paint like the Austrian artist, Gustave Klimt. He created beautiful paintings with varied designs using bold colours and gold. He is best know for his figures with flowing dresses filled with patterns and designs. I will show you how to make your own version of a Klimt painting step-by-step. We will start with a drawing, transfer it then add paint. Adding gold is the last step. You will finish with a figure with beautiful dress and a patterned background. Come paint with me. We will have fun!
Who this course is for:
- Anyone who likes painting and would like to learn new techniques
- No experience is necessary but willingness to try is a must
Instructor
Doris fell in love with painting while she was living in Texas. Her neighbour invited her to come along to a painting class as a gesture of friendship and that changed her whole life. Painting has become a passion. Doris took a variety of courses in the U.S. and Canada.
In 2003, Doris was invited to Rivière-du-Loup as an artist for ‘La Marée aux 1000 Vagues’. She also received a Community Artist grant and had the opportunity to travel across Alberta as a guest artist. Doris was published in a desk calendar for the Association de la Femme in Quebec. Her work was chosen for a poster for the Association canadienne de l’éducation langagière francophone in 2004. Since that time, Doris has been featured in the magazines Art Avenue(Vancouver), Somerset Studio(U.S., Spring 2007) and Leisure Painter(U.K., Fall 2007). Doris was the featured artist for Capital Ex in Edmonton in 2009. In 2011, she also received the Sylvie Van Brabant award from the Regroupement artistique francophone de l’Alberta.
Doris prefers to work in mixed media to create a more contemporary effect. She is interested in textures, shapes and light. Her love of texture won her the Allesandra Bisselli Award with the Federation of Canadian Artists in Vancouver. Nature and the world around her are her inspiration. Doris travels a lot to teach her technique to youths and adults who share her love for creation.