Online Class: Aerial Abstractions in Oil

  • Wednesday, January 17
  • 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM MT
  • Online

Space is limited, registration required. Please email contact@gokm.org or call 505.946.1000 for assistance with event registration.

Create bird’s-eye views of the landscapes you love! In this class, participants will look at works by Georgia O’Keeffe that were inspired by her travels by plane to continents all over the world. Using oil painting/blending techniques alongside instructor-led demos and exercises, this class will inspire participants to play with color in order to abstract a favorite place. If students want to finish the class using their own reference image, they can have one prepared for class. Otherwise, everyone is welcome to follow along with the instructor’s demo image.

This class is suitable for youth ages 12 and up. Children are welcome to participate alongside their adults.

Space is limited, reservations required.

This program will take place via the video conferencing app – ZOOM. Details for accessing the Zoom meeting will be with your receipt upon registering and again sent via email the day prior. Please register in advance in order to access the program. Note that all program times are in Mountain Time.

Online classes are not recorded. Online classes are offered only as a live and interactive experience.

Supplies needed for this class:

  • Oil paint (Recommended starter set: Winsor & Newton Winton Oil Color Paint, Basic Set, 10 x 21ml Tubes- available on amazon) Includes: Titanium White, Cadmium Yellow Pale Hue, Yellow Ochre, Viridian Hue, French Ultramarine, Phthalo Blue, Cadmium Red Deep Hue, Burnt Sienna, Burnt Umber, Ivory Black 
  • Solvent (Gamsol or Eco-alternative Sennelier Oil Thinner)
  • Variety of Brushes (Acrylic or oil)
  • Palette Knife
  • Brush cleaning container qith lid – or Glass jar with lid
  • Palette – (parchment paper or piece of glass from a frame)
  • Strathmore 400 Series Oil Painting Pad 9″X12″ – 10 Sheets – 62430309 (or other oil painting papers)
  • Recommended: Refined Linseed Oil, 75ml

About the Instructor:

A passionate artist and experienced educator, Morgan Jones has spent the last 9 years developing these crafts. She seeks to explore how art can serve as a medium to move us both individually and communally. Her time teaching in public schools, juvenile detention, and community centers has deepened her belief that art is a fundamental means of knowing, connecting, and transforming. In addition to Fine Arts, Morgan studied Art Education at Texas State University as well as Criminal and Social Justice at the College of the Rockies in BC Canada. Morgan’s professional painting practice focuses on plein-air landscape assemblage and multiple exposure oil paintings that call into question ideas of impermanence, memory and conservation. After spending a year living on the road, developing her art from her mobile travel trailer studio, she has settled in Santa Fe to split her time between teaching and creating.

This class is being offered on a sliding scale:

$10; minimal fee.

$20; covers the cost of the class.

$30; covers the cost of the class, plus a contribution to support educational programs.

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