This course is aimed at people who would like to be able to paint, but never dreamed they could. And it is NOT one in which everyone is painting the same picture! The painting medium is acrylics, and the subject is pets – specifically, the painter’s own pet, or one of a close friend or family member. This adds an incentive to do one’s best, yet lessens the temptation to compare (favorably or unfavorably) one’s own painting with that of another student’s. Yet more advanced artists have also taken the course, and come away with new techniques or insights. Students should be at least 12 years old, and I’ve had several students in their 80’s (one 92-year-old).
A class consists of six three-hour sessions, two per week for three weeks, with a maximum of five students. Painting classes start Tuesday, September 8! These classes run Tuesdays and Thursdays, either 9AM-12PM, or 1PM to 4PM. A class consists of six three-hour sessions, two per week for three weeks, held in the Luther Room at Beautiful Savior Lutheran Church.
Cost is for materials only - $40 ($25 for personal supplies and $15 for shared supplies), payable at the first session (sorry, no way to accept credit cards at the current time, but I can accept cash, check, Venmo or Zelle).
Subject matter, as mentioned above, is a pet from a photo (don’t worry about background). I recommend a portrait shot, head, shoulders and chest (you don’t need to have the legs – you can, but if you wish to paint those, it may make the painting a little tougher). I would need the photos in digital form, either texted or emailed to me at least a couple of days before your first class so I can prepare the prints you will use during class.
Teacher (coach): Stan Thorud
Text: 612-670-5328
Email: stanthorud42@gmail.com