Flowers and plants provide wonderful subjects for painting.  Abstract shapes, bold colors, and great compositions abound. Lon Brauer is offering his painting experience in this two-day workshop to show how one can create impressionistic images that tell a story.
 
Explore new ways of interpreting this time-honored subject with alternative methods and materials. Lon Brauer’s approach to oil painting will provide you with a fresh approach in the making of floral paintings.  Big brushes and lots of paint will open new possibilities as you make fun and colorful paintings. 
 
This is a two-day workshop where students will be working from both photo reference and still life set-ups. Class size is limited to 10 to allow for plenty of one-on-one attention. Lon’s approach to painting will give you new, and perhaps unexplored, techniques that will open up a fresh look to your paintings.  Some knowledge and experience with oil painting is recommended but even the novice will gain from the activity.

Subjects to be covered
 

• working with a limited palette to unify color
• using secondary colors, and black
• drawing organic shapes – real and imagined
• seeing values and how to translate those relationships to the surface 
• utilizing contrast to show form 
• using negative space to do the hard work of shape making
• working with alternate materials – not all paint needs to come from a tube
• alternate tools – brushes, knives, sandpaper, squeegee, combs, tuna cans
• mediums – both stiff and juicy 
• big brushes – how crude tools are best for loosening up​

When: To be Rescheduled
Where:
Paint St Louis Studio
1926 Allen Avenue
St Louis, MO 63104
How Much: $260.00 The workshop is limited to 10 participants.  Price includes coffee, drinks, snacks and lunch both days. No refunds if you cancel after January 10th unless someone takes your place.  A supply list and directions to the Paint St. Louis workshop will be provided two weeks before the workshop.
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For more info contact: garry@paintstlouis.org

Lon Brauer is an American artist known for his work in figure and plein air landscape.  Born in 1955 and coming of age in the seventies, he has roots in the abstract expressionist movement.  His work is a mix of the abstract and representational bringing an expressionistic use of paint and materials to create images that challenge the viewer with new perspectives.
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Lon shows his work nationally. He presents numerous workshops on painting techniques and alternative methods. He lives and works with his partner, quillwork artist Djuana Tucker, and owns Lon Brauer Studios in Granite City, Illinois.

To see more of Lon's art visit his website: www.lonbrauer.com

You can pay online with PayPal or use your Credit Card. If you prefer to register by mail and pay by check use the form at the bottom of this page.

How to Register by check: Expressive Botanicals

Print the form below and mail to Paint St Louis:
Name: _____________________________________________
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Please list any artist organizations in which you are affiliated: _________________________________________ 
Workshop fee is $260.00 - Make Checks payable to Paint St Louis. Mail this registration form along with your registration fee to:
Paint St Louis 
1926 Allen Avenue
St Louis, MO 63104
Any questions?  E-mail Garry McMichael at garry@paintstlouis.org or call, 314 610-2353
Thank You, Garry

All materials and artwork contained on this website are copyrighted by the individual artist, and Paint St Louis.  They cannot be downloaded, copied or used without written permission.
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