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Group Oil Painting Class With Ann Moeller
Group Oil Painting Class With Ann Moeller
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IN-PERSON GROUP-BASED OIL PAINTING SESSIONS STARTING JANUARY 2025
Class Overview: Open Studio: Bring Your Own Oil Painting Project
This class provides a flexible environment for artists to work on their own oil painting projects with individualized support. You’ll receive guidance tailored to your needs, whether you're developing a specific piece or exploring a new technique. Bring your reference images, and I’ll offer feedback, as well as occasional demonstrations on oil painting materials and techniques. If you have a direction you want to explore, reach out in advance, and Ann will prepare an exercise to help you get started. Spontaneous suggestions and adjustments are welcome!
What Students Will Learn:
- How to refine their oil painting techniques through personalized critique.
- Best practices for handling oil painting materials and tools.
- Strategies for achieving their specific artistic goals.
Class Availability:
You choose, online or in person.
In person classes are available on select Saturdays from 10-12:30pm. You select what days you can attend.
Recommended Supplies:
Supplies can be gathered from Huntsville Art Supplies. Feel free to grab what you need based on Ann's list here.
Biography
Ann Moeller Steverson is an oil painter known for her mood-filled figures, portraits, and still life’s. Her contemporary work bridges classical beauty with the modern painting practices of today. She has been awarded the honor of the Bold Brush Award, a distinction an artist may achieve only once in their lifetime. Ann’s work has recently been selected as a finalist in the Art Renewal Center, been featured in several Oil Painters of America exhibits. She has been awarded by the National Acrylic & Oil Painters Society and Portrait Society of America.
In 2015, Ann partnered with two other artists to help co-found Protege Atelier, where she paints, teaches, and assists in bringing master artist workshops to Huntsville. Steverson is also the inventor and founder of Venus Copper Panels, now known as Artefex Copper Panels, the first CCM (copper composite material) artist panel.
A native of Madison, Alabama, Ann began painting in oils at the University of Montevallo in 1999. She graduated in 2002 from the University of Alabama in Huntsville, completing a B.A. with a Fine Arts Concentration. Ann then acquired a Master of Art Education from Alabama A&M University in Normal, Alabama.
Ann exhibits her work nationally and internationally and soon will have several of her works included in the Peregrine Collection, via which they will be archived on the moon.
Ann Moeller has been painting for over 20 years, and she's excited to share her knowledge with students of all levels.
YOU CHOOSE THE SUBJECT MATTER
YOU CHOOSE THE SUBJECT MATTER
You choose the subject matter you'd like to paint, and the instructor will guide you through the process to help you achieve your desired results. The instructors have experience in People Portraits, Landscapes, Still Lifes, Seascapes, Pet Portraits - you name it they've done it and can help you too!
INDIVIDUAL ATTENTION
INDIVIDUAL ATTENTION
You won't be just another face in the crowd. The instructors take pride in giving each student the individual attention they need to succeed.
FOCUSED TIME
FOCUSED TIME
The time you commit to the oil painting session is your time to focus on developing your skill, engaging creatively, and just having a great time with fellow creatives!
FLEXIBLE SCHEDULING
FLEXIBLE SCHEDULING
No matter what your schedule looks like, you can pick the right day and time that works for you and the instructor's availability.
IN-PERSON
IN-PERSON
The class is hosted in Huntsville Art Supplies. The studio is located in the historic Lowe Mill at:2211 Seminole Drive,
Studio 269 and 270
Huntsville, AL 35805
RELAXED ATMOSPHERE
RELAXED ATMOSPHERE
Our artist sessions are designed to provide you with the perfect environment to relax and create, soothing music, and conversation. With fellow creatives by your side, you'll be able to chat and learn from each other while you work on what you love.
NEW TO OIL PAINTING?
NEW TO OIL PAINTING?
NEW TO OIL PAINTING?
It is highly recommended that first-time students arrive 15 minutes early at the first 3 class meetings of each season. The instructor will guide students in some introductory exercises so they feel prepared for their future personal art projects in the instructor's classes.
Sample Introductory Exercises
Basics of perceptual drawing from a simple still life:
Working from photos: using a simple grid with a consistent diagonal
Introduction to linear perspective
Preliminary studies: thumbnails and following harmonic guidelines of pictorial composition
Basic color wheel, pigments, and other materials needed for painting
REFERENCE MATERIALS
The easiest and best way the instructor can help you achieve your desired effect in painting is through the use of references.
Your own photographs: Most students use their own photos to inspire their projects in class. These references of places, animals, people, or things enable the instructor to understand the student's vision for a particular project. The instructor teaches how to see representational elements by helping to interpret the way forms are shaped, how the relative scale of objects changes in space, and how light affects tonal values and/or colors.
Reproductions of masterful paintings: While the instructors emphasize the importance of respecting copyright of images by others, for educational purposes copying and studying masterful artworks of the old masters is a great way to learn technique as long as they are not reproduced with mal intentions but rather educational purposes only.
Magazine pictures: Since images are plentiful in the pages of Magazines, looking at them to understand how things appear in different positions and lighting situations can help with their depiction in drawings and paintings. Clippings can be mixed and matched and applied as collage in some final projects as well. The instructors encourage experimentation in their classes as there is no limit to the image-making possibilities.
Studies of ideas on paper: Your own sketches and doodles can offer plenty of inspiration for larger paintings and drawings. Why not try letting your imagination go wild? Use the elements and principles of design to bring exciting compositions to fruition.
Still-life objects: If space permits, you may bring your own simple objects to paint in a quick still-life setup (which must be taken down at the end of class) or you may use my collection of still-life objects. Please be prepared to light your setup on your own. You may take digital reference images of the still-life at the end of class.
Digital Media: Huntsville Art Supplies has some small easels that will hold digital tablets and laptop computers. More and more students use electronics to display their reference images.
Digital Reference Apps and Tools: Some instructors often uses human posing apps such as Art Pose, Art Model, and Handy, to aid in the understanding of human form when seen in different positions and lighting. These apps allow one to manipulate body positions in a virtual space. Some instructors also uses an iPad and the iPad app, Procreate, to make digital studies. It can also be used as an aide to quickly correct rendering problems in complex representational artwork. Notanizer is a great app to help simplify tonal values in a digital photograph.
