Wisdom of the Masters
Creative interpretation and analysis of master-paintings
 
Instruction: Ilya Gefter

Sundays 18.00 – 22.00 // 05.07 – 16.08 // 7 lessons

Analysis of master-paintings taught me more about painting than any other experience. Heaps of knowledge and treasures are available on the surface of great paintings. We only need to take it. But treasure cannot be taken just by looking at it. Making drawings and paintings after the masterworks is the way to absorb their wisdom.
I am glad to offer a new workshop that will guide you on the quest of taking treasure from the masters. Together, we will examine select paintings. Layer after layer, I will explain the foundations of their power. You will make your personal interpretations of the masterworks in various media. Ultimately, you will possess some of the powers of great painters of the past.

Themes to be covered:
Secrets of linear composition
Rhythms, counterbalance and interconnections
Tonal structure
Arrangement of color
Construction of space
Depiction of messages
Construction of expression 

Teaching method
Lectures
Analysis of masterworks
Painting and drawing demos
Sketching, drawing and painting
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