An in-depth approach to understanding and using composition by Al Gury, Professor of Painting and Drawing at PAFA, and noted author of Alla Prima, Color for Painters, and Foundations of Drawing. This class presents practical skills and strategies for making stronger compositions in your work. Composition, the arrangement of images, shapes, forms, colors and values to form visual balance and strength within the pictorial frame of an artwork, will be explored through projects using still life, interiors, figures, portraits, and landscapes. Each class will contain explanations of the visual compositional strategies in both historic and contemporary art, and extensive tactics for problem-solving and solutions, as well as a weekly in-class project and critique of personal work.

All media and levels of experience are welcome.