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Jennifer Bobola - "Developing an Abstract Language"
Saturday, October 21, 2023 -- 9am - 3pm First Presbyterian Church of Littleton 1609 W. Littleton Blvd. Littleton, CO 80120 |
Student Level: Any
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"Jennifer Bobola's abstract workshop was an adventure in imagination, both fun and relaxing, and opened up new starting places and avenues in painting. She is an encouraging teacher, generous with her supplies, knowledge and techniques, and full of ideas, enabling us to break many of the "rules" we have picked up over the years.
Attempting to paint from the unconscious challenged our inhibitions. We used a variety of media - acrylic paint, pens, markers, colored pencils. First, we started with squiggles of paint, scraping them across the paper to see what emerged, and then adding lines. Next, we started by drawing random lines and then adding color. The idea was to get to know our designs, how to balance them, what they looked like and needed. At one point we cut one up to make a collage.
We produced some bright and beautiful paintings, often much to our surprise. I am now seeing blank pieces of paper with new eyes."
- Betsy Carson
Attempting to paint from the unconscious challenged our inhibitions. We used a variety of media - acrylic paint, pens, markers, colored pencils. First, we started with squiggles of paint, scraping them across the paper to see what emerged, and then adding lines. Next, we started by drawing random lines and then adding color. The idea was to get to know our designs, how to balance them, what they looked like and needed. At one point we cut one up to make a collage.
We produced some bright and beautiful paintings, often much to our surprise. I am now seeing blank pieces of paper with new eyes."
- Betsy Carson
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Bring your sketchbook and your paints! We will dive into mark making and develop an abstract language that is unique to you. We'll discuss the importance of using value in your work to create a sense of depth and space. We will mix a limited harmonious pallet and explore the construction of organic forms. We'll then focus on composition by arranging those forms to create dynamic relationships. We will also start working on Abstract cityscapes using texture to create forms.
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Jennifer Bobola joined the Park Hill Art Club in January 2013. She has had a wide range of teaching experience from undergraduates to adult education. Jennifer studied art in the Netherlands, attending Utrecht School of the Arts, and with Kevin Weckbach and Mark Nelson of Colorado. She also went to school for music performance in saxophone. Jennifer uses a thoughtful approach, allowing experimentation and improvisation to make my work more balanced and alive, while manipulating dimensions of color and shape.
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