Steven Assael Live Painting Demo

Steven Assale is back to Kline Academy this weekend for his Narrative Figure Painting Workshop! 

Here are some between-shots and his finished painting 

of Marian Liddell from his Live Painting Demo

 

 

 

Alla prima by Steven Assael - Model: Marian Liddell

Steven Assael is Coming Back to Kline Academy!

Steven Assael is coming back to Kline Academy

for his 2 Day Narrative Figure Drawing and Painting Workshop

2 Day Workshop:

November 20th (Friday) & 22nd (Sunday), 10am - 5pm

Live Drawing Demo:

Friday, November 20th, 7pm - 9:30pn

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Don't miss this rare Opportunity to study with
a living master...

Steven Assael (born 1957) is an American painter recognized nationally as one of the leading representational figurative artists of his generation. His portrayal of the human image is empathic, ennobling, and psychologically penetrating. Assael's figure compositions synthesize the characteristics of the past masters with a selective eye for the present, suffusing elements of naturalism and romanticism to blend contemporary techniques with those of the past.

Assael's paintings have been called Post-Post Modern. He works strictly from live models. More variety, and a broader range of values and colors, a chronicle of the transformations of changing light, spent over real minutes and hours with his model." In speaking of his work and how it contributes to contemporary art, Assael stated that, "Even though art is dead as we have known it, painting is not."

Born and raised in New York, NY, Assael showed an enthusiasm for art at a young age, taking art classes at the Museum of Modern Art at the age of four. He attended Pratt Institute in Brooklyn and currently teaches at the School of Visual Arts in New York and at The New York Academy of Art.

Assael's work is included in public and private collections around the world, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, NY) and the Chicago Institute of Fine Arts (Chicago, IL). In 1999 his work was exhibited in a ten-year retrospective at the Frye Art Museum in Seattle, Washington and CBS Sunday Morning ran a feature on the artist and the show. Assael is represented by Forum Gallery and currently resides in New York City.

Relief Sculpture Live Demo with Gavin Gardner

Gavin Gardner

Relief Sculpture Live Demo

December 8th at 6:30pm

Everybody is welcome to see his introductory live demo!

RSVP: (310) 927-2436 / klineacademy@att.net

Relief Sculpture with Gavin Gardner

Class begins January 5th, 2015

Tuesday eves 6:30pm - 9:30pm

6 weeks, $420

This 6 week class with award winning relief sculptor Gavin Gardner will focus on relief, the art in which the 3-D and 2-D meet to form wall-hanging sculpture.

*Students are responsible for purchasing all tools, clay and incidental materials.

Please contact us for a material list.

Call for more information! 

Three biggest mistakes artists make… Scott Yeskel

Scott Yeskel

Kline Academy Instructor

Abstract & Contemporary Painting

Monday eve 6:30 - 9:30pm & Tuesday 10am to 1pm

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3 of the biggest mistakes artists make in creating their art in my class...

1) Being result oriented and not process oriented.

It takes time. You are not going to magically be an artist in 3 hours. enjoy the process, know you have a lot to learn.

2) Wrong materials. I don't require expensive paint, just the right colors. I also need students to have the proper palette and brushes. Students should also always have multiple canvases.

3) Bad photo reference and taking the reference too literally. I have since been providing my own photos and making it mandatory that the students start with mine.

3 things to be a better artist.

1) Commit to taking classes and involve the arts in your routine everyday. 

2) Look at art. In person, on the Internet, wherever. See what kinda of art moves you. Copy it, emulate it. Try to be it but better, different, more you. 

3) Come to class prepared, with references, with canvases toned, with a plan. It's fine to waver from your plan but don't take an hour to park your car, set up your palette, etc. 

To learn more about this class, visit our website at www.klineacademy.com or come by the studio and see the quality of art our students are learning to create in our non-competitive, creative environment.

Three biggest mistakes artists make… Brianna Lee

 

 

Brianna Lee

Kline Academy Instructor

Figure Drawing and Painting

Every Saturday 10am to 1pm and 2pm to 5pm

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Three biggest mistakes in figure drawing:

-Drawing details too soon

-Not looking for the "big picture" shapes

-Not measuring proportions

-Drawing while not looking

-Drawing too hard

-Not grouping values

Three things to make better paintings:

-Think about Value before Color

-Mix clean Colors, use clean brushes

-Be intentional with every brush stroke you lay down (dont mush paint around)

-Think about form and structure and how to convey it with your brush

-If things get messy, wipe off and start again

-Squint and see the big statement

-Details come last

To learn more about this class, visit our website at www.klineacademy.com or come by the studio and see the quality of art our students are learning to create in our non-competitive, creative environment.

Kline Academy 8th Annual Open House "Passion and Power"

Thank you all for participating and coming to Kline Academy 8th Annual Open House "Passion and Power." This was one of the best exhibitions Kline Academy had hosted and we really hope you had a great time with us.

We are very honored to announce that more than 300 people came in over the weekend, and we sold five paintings during the event!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A model Jonathan Beck posing in front of Cheryl Kline's painting

Here are the sold pieces and artists!

 

 

Kline Academy instructors  showed up to celebrate. Scott Yeskel, Timothy Kitz and Gaving Gardner did demonstrations on Sunday.

Ira Korman and Kenny Harris

Thomas Garner and Sharon Weaver

Scott and Gavin giving live demos

Gavin's Trompe L' Oeil Still Life Workshop starts soon!

Tim's work, painted only in 30mines!

Again thank you for joining us!

Three biggest mistakes artists make… Sharon Weaver

Sharon Weaver

Kline Academy Instructor

Plein Air Painting

Every Friday 10am to 1pm

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1. What are 3 of the biggest mistakes artists make in creating their art (in your classes)?

I teach the Friday plein air class so my students are facing some different challenges than those in the classroom.

Most students are timid about putting paint on the canvas. I tell my students to love the paint and not be intimidated.

Painting on location, it is necessary to paint quickly before the light changes. I encourage the artists to block in basic shapes quickly to establish values before the light changes. If you don’t block in the shadows, you can wind up chasing the light. This can be very frustrating as you go over and over the same areas of the painting.

When painting the landscape on location it is important to not get lost in the details. You don’t want to paint each leaf but instead the shape of the tree. Squint and simplify the subject.

2. What are 3 things artists can do to create better paintings?

First and foremost, I believe that the best way to improve your painting is by painting from life. The eye can differentiate values and colors that can not be captured by a photograph so when you are painting from life you will see colors in the shadows that will look black in a photo. Highlights have more color too and are not just white. After all a photograph is an interpretation of the subject so if you are painting from a photo you are already once removed from the actual thing. 

Second, is to paint a lot. I did plein air competitions and had to paint two paintings a day. This concentrated effort does several things. It forces you to think quickly, to observe more carefully and to have confidence in your brushstrokes. It is a very freeing exercise that has made a huge difference in my own development as an artist.

Third, understand the importance of a good composition. This is the foundation of all your art and essential for a great painting. 

To learn more about this class, visit our website at www.klineacademy.com or come by the studio and see the quality of art our students are learning to create in our non-competitive, creative environment.