Currently my classes are offered at the Artists Workshop Studios on 540 Barracuda Blvd in New Smyrna Beach. They are scheduled as 6-week sessions of 3 hours weekly. Please call me direct for more info or to sign up at 386-451-6857, or email me at [email protected]. If you are part of a community center or a large community and wish to offer my classes to your membership, please contact me.
Composition and Perspective
For this class I will give hands-on demos and explanations of the principles of composition, like:
-what to include from your scene/reference photo
-what to edit out or move around and why
-how to correctly distribute your darks and lights for maximum impact
-how to compose the scene on your canvas/paper
-where to place your elements
show the ins and outs of perspective
and how to incorporate people in your scene, at the correct size!
You can paint/draw in any medium.
I will do all demos on projects from you, the students. The more ideas and reference photos you bring, the better. In one class we went outside on 2 occasions and did lessons "en plein air" (on location). See below, scenes on Riverside in NSB.
-what to include from your scene/reference photo
-what to edit out or move around and why
-how to correctly distribute your darks and lights for maximum impact
-how to compose the scene on your canvas/paper
-where to place your elements
show the ins and outs of perspective
and how to incorporate people in your scene, at the correct size!
You can paint/draw in any medium.
I will do all demos on projects from you, the students. The more ideas and reference photos you bring, the better. In one class we went outside on 2 occasions and did lessons "en plein air" (on location). See below, scenes on Riverside in NSB.
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The best way to illustrate these principles is on YOUR projects and on as many of them as possible, so you get a lot of samples and ideas. We will have time to do one or two finished paintings if you wish, or you can get a lot of starters as to composition and correct drawing that you can finish at home.
We will do quite a bit of sketching, so bring paper or pad, pencils, markers and medium to large sharpie, plus a ruler.
We will do quite a bit of sketching, so bring paper or pad, pencils, markers and medium to large sharpie, plus a ruler.
Student Feedback
-This is the 2nd class I have taken with you and think you are not only talented but excellent at teaching. I found the class a little too long, at least for someone like me who probably needed to absorb so much. Other than that.....good going! J.B. 2020
-I was a teacher and school counselor for 30 years. I worked really hard to do a good job, and my goal was that each lesson would be the best I could develop. I would update my lessons every time I taught them, making them better and better. Maybe that is why I am so particular about the teachers I choose! I recognize all the many many things you do for us, and appreciate all the preparation you do for each class. And the very helpful follow-ups you send. Not to mention the email support for questions in between. And on top of all that, your joy and enthusiasm!! What a joy for me to be a student with a great teacher like you!! Can’t wait for Monday class!! G.H. 2020
- I enjoyed your sense of humor very much! Ruth, you are a great teacher and I learned so much in your class. Your passion for art is contagious. C.K. 2019
- You are a wealth of information...you never talk too much. Yesterday’s class was a day where we needed to hear the “how to” for the days to come. I’m learning so much, but I need to practice much more. P.J. 2019
- I’m so appreciative for everything I’ve learned from you. I look forward to practicing my artwork to the point where I can share with my teacher. K.Z. 2018
- ....Fortunately, your parents did what they could to encourage you and foster your art talent. You also have serious teacher talent. Your lessons have structure and one lesson builds upon another. That coupled with your delivery make your teaching successful. Thanks for all of your feedback. M.K. 2019
-This is the 2nd class I have taken with you and think you are not only talented but excellent at teaching. I found the class a little too long, at least for someone like me who probably needed to absorb so much. Other than that.....good going! J.B. 2020
-I was a teacher and school counselor for 30 years. I worked really hard to do a good job, and my goal was that each lesson would be the best I could develop. I would update my lessons every time I taught them, making them better and better. Maybe that is why I am so particular about the teachers I choose! I recognize all the many many things you do for us, and appreciate all the preparation you do for each class. And the very helpful follow-ups you send. Not to mention the email support for questions in between. And on top of all that, your joy and enthusiasm!! What a joy for me to be a student with a great teacher like you!! Can’t wait for Monday class!! G.H. 2020
- I enjoyed your sense of humor very much! Ruth, you are a great teacher and I learned so much in your class. Your passion for art is contagious. C.K. 2019
- You are a wealth of information...you never talk too much. Yesterday’s class was a day where we needed to hear the “how to” for the days to come. I’m learning so much, but I need to practice much more. P.J. 2019
- I’m so appreciative for everything I’ve learned from you. I look forward to practicing my artwork to the point where I can share with my teacher. K.Z. 2018
- ....Fortunately, your parents did what they could to encourage you and foster your art talent. You also have serious teacher talent. Your lessons have structure and one lesson builds upon another. That coupled with your delivery make your teaching successful. Thanks for all of your feedback. M.K. 2019