Online: Working on a Series – Maximizing Your Muse

Drawing and Painting Class for All Levels

Many artists wish they could just latch onto an inspiring subject matter and run with it, making dozens of paintings and drawings with reckless abandon. This is nice work if you can get it. Instead, what often happens is we get stuck with the “One Hit Wonder” and once we create that we are thrown out into the vast abyss searching for a new spark to build our momentum again. Sometimes the next muse we find has nothing to do with what we just created. This can leave us feeling disjointed and confused. This is the beauty of the series. In this class we will experiment with materials and techniques that inspire multiple related images. After generative exercises sourcing authentic content, material decisions, variations, color schemes, simplification and collage, ultimately each artist will begin a series which will extend beyond the class and inspire future momentum.