WITH CATHERINE DRABKIN
Thursday-Sunday
August 7-10, 2025
10 a.m.-4 p.m.
IN PERSON AT BLACK POND
Why do people across cultures love music? Is there an equivalent in painting and can we use it to find inspiration each day in the studio?
Our senses find and take pleasure in patterns: waves breaking on the shore, every form of dance, a wooden fence, or an architectural facade. From the rug on the floor, and the treads of our shoes, to the dishes on the table and the panes of glass in a window, we are surrounded by visual music.
In this workshop you will explore how rhythm infuses the natural world and our constructed world with beauty. Through observation of an expansive, evolving still life in our spacious studio, we will play with color shapes to create lively paintings that transform reality into an individual, unique statement that reveals how you see and how your imagination can be transformative. Dive into the search and celebration of visual rhythm using color to develop your skills with form and light to create and communicate with our class and beyond.
Gouache will be a primary material, but oil or acrylic paint are also options. We will come away from the experience with an exciting body of work to build on, and new ways to harvest our innate pleasures. All levels are welcome. Lunches will be provided.