Saturday and Sunday, November 1 & 2; 10am – 4:30pm

Instructors: Diane Williams and Chuck Potter

Explore painting through a process of layering, gesture, and discovery. You will begin with intuitive mark-making, using your body to generate energy and movement on the surface. From these spontaneous gestures you will see how composition can emerge naturally.

Using stamps and geli prints, you will explore the role of pattern in creating rhythm and variety. You will practice editing – blocking out what doesn’t serve the whole painting, allowing clarity and intention to shine through.

Working in layers with a limited and balanced palette, you will discover how to build unity while creating dynamic contrast. The focus will be on cultivating your own visual language and learning how to trust your marks as they guide you toward strong, expressive compositions.

Instructors: Diane Williams and Chuck Potter both hold Masters of Fine Arts degrees in Studio Art and Consciousness studies from John F Kennedy University in Berkeley. They studied at the University of Hangzhou China, incorporating calligraphy, traditional Chinese landscape painting and Chinese medicine with their western art practices. Their studios are in Crockett, Benicia and Greenville.

Fee: Members $300; Non-members $350

Where: Marin Museum of Contemporary Art, 1210 Fifth Avenue, San Rafael (at B Street)