Mark Making: Paul Klee with Melanie Lan
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Saturday, September 26, 11:00am - 12:30pm PT
This is an online workshop held via Zoom.
In this workshop, participants will find inspiration in the vibrant, abstract paintings of Paul Klee. Using watercolor, we'll explore simplified shapes, geometric lines, layered translucent colors, and imaginative compositions to create paintings that emulate Klee's work. The class will focus on balancing structure with spontaneity, using color blocking to create our own compositions.
Paul Klee (1879 - 1940) was a Swiss-born German Expressionist artist whose work blended abstraction and symbolism. His paintings are well known for their sense of childlike curiosity. Klee combined geometric forms and expressive marks with glowing hues. By studying his approach to painting, participants will discover to new ways to explore abstraction through color and form.
Mark making describes the different lines, dots, marks, patterns, and textures we create in an artwork. It can be loose and gestural, or controlled and neat. We each have our own unique way of mark making, and discovering the limitless possibility of making marks is part of what makes art so immensely joyful!
Join Zoom 15 minutes early for an informal meet and greet with the instructor and class participants! Class will begin promptly at 5 minutes past the hour, so everyone has plenty of time to create!
SUGGESTED MATERIALS
These guidelines are here to help you gather supplies from home—feel free to use alternate options you love or have on hand!
- Your favorite Watercolor paints
- 2-3 pieces Watercolor paper
- Scrap piece of paper for swatching colors
- Brushes - Melanie will primarily be using flat brushes!
- Cup of Water
- Mixing palette
- Studio Cloth or Paper Towel
- Ruler or straight edge
- A compass, or something round (like a cup) to trace a circle
- Pencil + eraser
- Reference photos will be provided
ABOUT INSTRUCTOR
Melanie Lan is an artist, illustrator, and mama bear based in NYC. She earned her MFA in painting at the Burren College of Art in Ireland, and has an interdisciplinary background in painting, cross-cultural studies, and somatic psychology. Her work explores the intersection of healing, meaning-making, and the natural world. In her free time Melanie is a selenophile who loves tide pools, stargazing, big trees, and long walks with good snacks.
melanielan.com / @melanie.lan
THINGS TO KNOW
Zoom links are emailed 24 hours prior, and again 15 minutes prior, to the workshop start time. Please check out using the email address to which you’d like the link sent. If you have not received the link within 24 hours of your class, please check your spam folder first, then email friends@caseformaking.com.
Workshop recordings are sent automatically the day after class to everyone who paid for a spot, and are available for 30 days after the date of the workshop.
If you need to cancel, please let us know as soon as possible so we can open up your spot! We are only able to refund if we’re notified at least 48 hours prior to the workshop.
If you are planning to teach in the future using anything you’ve learned from us, we kindly ask that you credit Case for Making + the individual instructor where applicable.
Thank you so much for taking our workshops!!
