I just attended a Steven Aimone workshop in Asheville. It was a great weekend. We had such a wonderful group of people from all over the US and Canada, and there was such diversity among us; but we were a really cohesive group and formed great friendships. Steve teaches an online class for AARP now and has workshops in several places during the year ranging from weekends to full weeks and next year ten days. Most of the people in the group had read his latest book EXPRESSIVE DRAWING and like it so much that they HAD to come. I took a workshop from him a few years ago and felt it was time to gain some more knowledge. I usually don't work in quite this way but am trying to learn! We worked really hard; Steve gave different projects to do, and we moved quickly through them. Not much time to think - that was the point - to draw straight from energy within with no visual reference. We gathered to look at each other's work and made comments or asked questions. Steve is a strongly positive person and sees the good in everything and is encouraging to everyone. I hope to do another workshop in the future and in the meantime am enjoying the AARP class. The painting I am attaching is part of a tritych gleaned from a large painting done in the class.
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