plein aire urban landscape: painting dynamic compositions - charlie hunter

Six week session: Tuesdays April 18, 25, May 9, 16, 23 and 30
Hours:2:30 to 5 pm
Registration deadlline: April 6
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The urban landscape around Bellows Falls provides fantastic opportunities to build exciting paintings. In this lively class we'll explore how and why some great paintings succeed, how and why Bellows Falls is built up the way it is, and how and why it is such an exciting challenge to paint live and out of doors. We will work one or two sketches into paintings each week, concentrating on close observation and the visual dynamics that go into making a painting successful. This class will encourage visual excitement, expansion of perceptual understanding and an appreciation for Rotting American Infrastructure.

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Charlie Hunter shows his work throughout the Northeast. When not painting, he runs transcontinental music and art trains and is active in local farmers markets. Hunter was raised in Weathersfield Center, Vermont, studied at Yale University, has designed over 50 CD covers and is winner of the Canson-Talens International Pastel Grand Prize. Samples of his work are visible at http://www.hunter-studio.com