This is an online class!
Bring some summer into your home studio this winter, join artist Robert Masla as he leads you in this fun and informative workshop revealing principles and techniques for painting convincing rocks and water with either oil or acrylic paint. Learn some of the tools and techniques an artist can use to convince the viewer of rock’s mass, weight, and texture within a composition. Learn about the qualities of water – how we see liquids, reflection, refraction, opacity and transparency and how you can create the illusions that simulate the sense, not only of water, but water in motion. Masla shares with you both simple and fast techniques for capturing the feeling of rocks and water, and will give you an in-depth understanding of water’s different properties. He will describe the anatomy of waves, and perception of both still and moving water, of mist and atmosphere. After experiencing this in-depth workshop, when you paint, either in plein air or the studio, you will have both a better understanding of what you are seeing and want to portray as well as greater ability through knowledge and technique, to express it.
Instructor: Robert Masla
Wednesday, 10 am-3 pm
One class: January 20
The day before the first class you will receive an invitation from Robert to join the online class in the (free) Zoom application. At that time, Robert will make sure everyone can get into Zoom the day before the class is set to run.
Watch this orientation video if you are new to Zoom: https://youtu.be/hIkCmbvAHQQ. You may download and install the Zoom application at any time. We recommend you do this after you enroll in class or at least one day prior to your first online class. Choose the download option that best fits your technology. Unless you will be using an iPad or mobile device, the first option is most likely the one you’ll need.
The Day of Class
1. Class will begin at 10 AM. Robert will be on Zoom 15 minutes before the class starts.
2. You may login early, but if you step away from your computer before class starts leave Zoom open.
3. Connection is better if you close all web browsers on your computer while on Zoom.
4. Due to high volume on Zoom, connection may be imperfect at times.
5. If you have technical issues during class, quit Zoom and then login again. If you still have trouble, shut down your computer, wait 2-minutes, and then try again.
6. We encourage you to have your camera on during class, as this helps with feeling connected, however, camera mode is optional.
7. You may want to add a photo to your profile; see these instructions. This is optional.
8. Wear a headset or earbuds or close a door to help limit background noise during class.
9. Plan ahead so that you will not be multi-tasking during the call.
