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Expressive painting courses in Amsterdam- painting and drawing
All courses at Atelier Werkplaats Molenpad Increase confidence through art, making contact with your creativity and transforming your life while having fun! Courses are suitable for beginners and advanced students. Each class meets 3 hours once a week for the duration of the course. Classes start on September 24th, 2012 and run until 29 april, 2013.

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During the one day Orientation Workshops, you can get a firsthand feeling for all courses.

All classes are given by Daniella Rubinovitz. There may be guest lectures. Each weekly session ends with a short evaluation. When time, there are dialogues with your drawing/ painting. Here we gain insights by allowing your subconscious to visually emerge out of your consciousness. See the material list needed for the courses. To see course fees or registration click here.

The courses offered are as follows:


Monday 2:00-5:00pm: Back to basics for intuitive/ expressive art. (Foundation)
Be guided through creative expression techniques. Expand your knowledge with materials by getting back to basics through breathing, activating our left and right side of our brain. Discover interaction of light and darkness while enjoying movement, colors and shapes that emerge. Discover clarity in patterns and break out of old patters while having fun.

Monday 7:30-10:30pm: Atelier for expressive art (Open drawing/ painting).
Work at your own pace to discover freedom in living through art. Play with light and darkness to explore a moving interaction of colors for your own enjoyment. Feel good to take the time for yourself away from your daily life. Drawing and painting with acrylic on both small and large format paper (100 x 70cm). Guidance and feedback is given on an individual basis allowing participants to work at their own rhythm and to discover personal themes. Participants can choose to play with all painting styles including figurative and or abstract. Some introduction of techniques/ applications and will be given.

Tuesday 10:00-1:00pm Atelier for expressive art (Open drawing/ painting).
Participants explore drawing, painting in large format or sculpting at their own pace. Individual feedback will be given throughout the class. The development of painting techniques such as form, space, depth, relief, color usage, composition and personal dialogues with your work are the focus for the course. Attention is given to transforming the painting and drawing. Especially the painting on small and large (100 x 70cm) is applicable. Furthermore there is painting with charcoal, pastels and clay. In agreement with the group every now and then there will be painting from a live model. This stimulates the usage of figurative or abstract figuration shapes in your free paintings.

Tuesday 7:30-10:30pm: Still life & human figure expressive art (Figure drawing)
Be guided to discover art techniques focusing on still-life forms and shapes. Discover light, darkness and color through observing movement, volumes, shapes and composition- also inspired from the human figure. Quick left and right handed charcoal dynamic drawings are typically followed by longer painting poses. Have fun expressing yourself in a supportive environment by trying out new materials and techniques, occasionally on larger format paper.

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