Remember the time when we could invite lots of friends, set up a big table with a white sheet and beautiful China? While temporally these wonderful gatherings are unavailable we can experience them through painting! This is a four week series of classes designed for painters of all levels. In this class there will be a bit of art history on California Impressionism and Armin Hansen in particular. We will start by copying and analyzing one of his wonderful still life, later we will work on our own reference of table set up using our own household items.
Part One: Art history and Master copy
In this class we will discuss the origins and brief history of California Impressions movement. Also we will discuss Armin Hansen painting “Old fashioned flowers”, concentrating on composition, and color harmonies. There will be a demo on laying in the still life.
Homework: paint a copy of “Old fashioned flowers ” painting
Supplies list : Regular oil palette. 12×16 or 16×20 canvas
Part Two: Set up and a Color Study
In this class we will discuss compositional principles of setting up elaborate still life with lots of items. There will be a demonstration on completing color study from our set up.
Homework: Set up your own still life, paint a color study.
Supplies list: regular oil pallet 8×10 canvas
Part Three: Laying Color on our Large Study
In this class there will be a demonstration on laying in the still life on a large canvas.
Homework : Lay in color on large canvas assignment.
Supplies list: regular painting palette canvas size may vary.
Part Four: Details and Completion
In this class will discuss working on details and harmonizing our painting through color, value, and composition.
Homework: Finishing large canvas assignment.
A virtual room link will be sent to you up to 24 hours prior to your class start date. A short tutorial will be given prior to the live class starting.
Unable to attend a sessions? No worries, ALL students will have access to watch the recorded session for 10-days. Recording available 1 day after live session.
- Supply list on description page.
This online course requires the use of the Zoom program. You will need a computer, tablet or smartphone (with camera preferred) and internet. To download the program, click on the following link: zoom.us/download.
Leon Okun was born on February 6, 1980 in a small town in Siberia, Russia. In 1993 Leon’s family immigrated to San Diego. His interest in figurative art developed while taking art classes at Mesa Community College, where he was given complete freedom of exploration. This freedom led him to a profound interest in figurative drawing and propelled Leon to pursue the kind of program that would satisfy his passion for fine art.
Leon’s educational art journey began at Watts Atelier (a small private art school with an emphasis on the traditional fine art), where he studied for two and a half years. There he met Ron Lemen, an art instructor at Los Angeles Academy of Fine Arts. To this day, Leon gives Ron Lemen credit for inspiring him to believe in himself and to set the highest possible standards for personal artwork.
In 2003 Leon returned to Russia to explore Russian art schools and museums. Painters like I. E. Repin, V. Serov, and V. Surikov captured his interest and helped him develop the best possible vision any artist can have: To become a serious painter.
It was then, in 2003, that Leon decided to apply to the Repin Academy of Arts in St. Petersburg. Repin Academy of Arts is a two hundred and fifty seven year old historic institution. It has been the birthplace of the most famous Russian painters. It was clear to Leon that if he wanted for himself the best art education in the world, than it would have to be the Repin Academy of Arts.
After two years of intense preparation Leon got accepted to the Academy, where he studied for six years and received both a Bachelor’s Degree of Fine Art and a Masters Degrees in Fine Arts.
In 2011 Leon returned to San Diego and immersed himself into teaching, sharing with his students the wonderful education he had received at the Academy of Arts in St. Petersburg.
Successful in his own right as a Artist and as a Teacher, Leon now inspires his students to search our their dreams and to strive to achieve their own personal best.
Leon is a member of the California Art Club, the American Portrait Society, the American Impressionist society, and the Plain Air Painters of San Diego.
Leon has participated in and won numerous art competitions in San Diego and throughout Southern California. His style of painting is based on the traditional European classical art, and color pallet that so many Russian painters are famous for.
Most recently Leon had several successful exhibitions that drew a great deal of interest in the art community.
LAAFA reserves the right to cancel any class/workshop, limit workshop size, change workshop times or substitute instructors for those listed in the schedule. If a workshop is cancelled; students may transfer to another workshop, use credit on artschoolvideos.com, keep credit on file or be issued a full refund.
All online classes and workshops are non-refundable, non-transferable and no makeups are available.
A 7-day recording is provided the day after the online live class. No recording extensions are permitted.
Information
Campus Address
16926 Saticoy Street
Van Nuys, CA 91406
(818) 708-9232
contactus@laafa.edu
Business Hours
Phone Hours: Mon-Fri, 9:30 AM-5:30 PM
Main Office: Mon-Fri, 9:30 AM-5:30 PM
