Do you have moments of complete frustration with your work? We all do. In this course Melinda will help you to embrace those moments and learn to work with the idea of Chaos and ‘The Uglies’ in your paintings for as long as possible in order to achieve rich work with history and lasting interest. Are you looking for more personal expression? Additionally, we will look at setting Creative and Conceptual Intentions in order to create meaningful, individual work.

We will focus on the importance of contrast in our work by looking at the Elements of Design which will give you concrete ideas in abstraction that will help with your decision making when creating abstract work. These Elements, mixed with several Approaches to Figurative Abstraction will spark your creativity and give you lots to work on going forward. Join Melinda Cootsona in this fast-paced workshop as we embrace chaos and make history together! 

This workshop is for intermediate to advanced level students. Oil paint or Acrylic paint is acceptable. Oil painters may use cold wax medium and some cold wax techniques may be demonstrated, but this is not a cold wax specific course.