From the Mud Grows a Garden: Painting Emotional Connections with Nature

Focus: Painting: Nature Scenes | Instructor: Leslie Pruneau

It is a wonder to see vibrant life emerge from a muddy plot of soil. And similarly in painting, we can quickly transform a muddy palette and messy underpaintings into colorful canvases filled with emotion and enough visual information to spark change in the viewer’s experience. Join oil painter Leslie Pruneau at Artspace for this immersive half-day painting workshop where we will explore both the external and our internal landscapes.

Through quick warm-up exercises and live demonstrations, participants will receive personalized one-on-one critiques as they work independently, with a focus on application processes and the powerful and personal use of color, to reveal their own connections with the natural world.

This is an intermediate level painting workshop as such. Intermediate acrylic and watercolorists are welcome, but demos will be performed in oil. Click here for the recommended supply list for this workshop. Artspace will help supplement some materials, but it is strongly recommended you arrive with your own.

About Artspace //

Artspace is a non-profit visual arts center located in Downtown Raleigh. Visit Artspace to explore exhibitions featuring national and community artists, engage with more than 35 artists working in their studios, and enjoy art classes and community events for all ages and abilities. To learn more about Artspace, visit artspacenc.org

Parking and Accessibility

Free street parking is available on Davie Street. Parking decks with free weekend parking include:

• City Center Deck, 429 S. Wilmington St.
• Moore Square Deck, 233 S. Wilmington St.
• Municipal Complex Deck, 201 W. Morgan St.
• Wilmington Street Station Deck, 117 S. Wilmington St.

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