Bold Brush Boot Camp
Adult Course | Available
This class is about fast expressive immersion into elements of design:
students will be encouraged to loosen up, in terms of body and painting style.
The first class will focus on value and how it creates the overall story of any work.
We will paint first from a model doing quick poses and only using black and white. This is to help the painter to not overthink and lay the brushstrokes intuitively, gradually moving on to painting from longer model poses and incorporating color and then also exploring shape, texture, edges and gradation.
What to expect:
A brief lecture or demo on a design element. First week: dark and light patterns.
Objective: to help the student see the overall big picture.
The exercise and fielding questions.
Group and individual constructive critiques.
- Black and White oil or Acrylic paint - Assortment of Brushes Varying in Size
- - odorless thinner - Pallet
- - twelve canvases, sizes minimum 8×10 maximum 12×16
(lower cost alternatives: Mat board, Canvas Paper and heavy stock paper)
Mikael Olson
Born in Denver in 1973, Mikael Olson has been painting for as long as he can remember.“I paint because it is the most natural way for me to define myself. I prefer to paint ordinary things, and I try to paint them honestly. Painting is my response to the intoxication of my visual experience.”
Mikael is a graduate of Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design and has continued to hone his craft through studies at the Arts Student League of Denver. He has worked alongside such prominent painters as Quang Ho and fellow Coloradan Kevin Wechbach, and includes among his influences such diverse talents as Andrew Wyeth and Richard Diebenkorn. His painting style, which he describes as “impressionistic toward slightly expressionistic,” is beautifully suited to the subjects he prefers: single objects in bold still-life, human figures thoughtfully composed and cleanly rendered, and light-infused street scenes.