About the Class

Monday - Friday
August 25 - August 29
Age: 18+

Learn to paint loosely and expressively with beautiful, bright colors in this Beginner Modern Impressionist class. Joan will teach you a four-step process based on the French Impressionists from the late 1800s using acrylic paints instead of oil paints. You will learn how to mix colors and understand the difference between transparent and opaque paint along with the four-step process, which includes painting an under-painting with transparent paints, understanding what “re-establish the line” means, and how to add opaque paints and complete the piece. You will go from not knowing how to paint, to painting simple landscapes and florals like the Impressionists using a modern palette of acrylic paints.

Materials Needed

Click here to preview the full materials list, which will also be handed out during the first class.

Registration Details

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After registering, you will receive an email with your receipt, confirming your registration for the class.

Online registration ends 48 hours before the class starts. Classes with inadequate enrollment are cancelled one week before the first meeting of the class. We will attempt to contact you via email to find an alternative class or to refund your registration fee. View MAG’s refund policy here.