Abstraction and Color

Instructor: Aaron Flynn

Dates: Mondays, March 18, 25 & April 1, 8, 15, 22, 2024

Time: 12:30 PM - 2:30 PM

Ages: 14+

Members: $162

Non-Members: $180

Description: 

In this workshop you will be exploring color for the sake of color in an abstract realm. You will gain an understanding of color, and how a color behaves interacting with the colors next to it. You will be mixing colors to achieve value, chroma and intensity, and possibly exploring other options to achieve color without using paint!

Materials

Participants should bring the following supplies:

• Two 18”x18” stretched canvases

• Acrylic paints in a wide variety of colors

• Acrylic inks

• Mediums

• Brushes: medium to large

• Painters tape

• Suggested Paint colors to start with are: Cad. Red, Alizarin Crimson, Ultramarine Blue, Cerulean Blue, Cad. Yellow Medium, Yellow Ochre, Black and White.

Instructor Bio: Aaron M. Flynn graduated with a B.F.A. in ceramics in 1995 from University of Hartford, Hartford Art School and earned his M.F.A. at the University of North Texas, Toulouse Graduate School, College of Visual Art and Design in 2015. Aaron works exploring the nature of materials and color; ranging from paint, using appropriated objects bought and found, light, reflection sound, and video. He spends his time considering these materials, the boundaries of painting, and the relationship to his contemporary, interdisciplinary practice. He is part of the Five Points Gallery Launchpad Program; he teaches Art History and Ceramics at Post University. He lives in southwestern CT with his two cats, Boobaloo and Mr. Myogi.

https://www.aaronmflynnartworks.com/

* All workshops are held at the Five Points Art Center, 855 University Drive

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