ALLA PRIMA OIL IMMERSION
INSTRUCTOR: LARISA GENDERNALIK

Alla prima is a technique in which pigments are laid on in a single application instead of being built up by repeated layers. I will teach oil painting with palette knife, cloth, fingers and brushes. It is a fast, wet-on-wet technique, and allows each student to complete several paintings throughout the course. With oils we make no mistakes; paint can be moved, scraped or wiped off. Be brave and let's paint!
Recommended for students aged 11 to adult.

MATERIALS
Feel free to bring your own set of oil paints and tools, or bring $30 for your instructor at the first class session and she’ll supply everything you need.

REGISTER NOW: SUNDAYS | MAY 5-26 | 10 AM TO 12 PM | $120

MEET YOUR INSTRUCTOR

I am an artist, and have been an artist from a very young age. Growing up in Saint Petersburg, Russia, I was deeply involved in Russian culture. My Father, one of the city's leading engineers/architects, taught me to draw and to love creating. I took many lessons from leading Russian artists, acquiring artistic knowledge and inspiration. I attended art workshops; drew, painted and sculpted throughout my childhood and adolescent life. As a competitive figure skater, I studied sport science at the Saint Petersburg Academy of Sport Science. It educated me in the anatomy of the human body and its movement and drives me to capture that in my art.

The thrill of learning and creation keeps my art alive on the canvas. Painting is my passion, my inspiration for living. I’ve been a figure skater and coach for most of my adult life. After immigrating to the US in 1979 as a political refugee, I continued to study arts and teach Figure Skating throughout the US, including at the US Air Force Academy. Presently, I teach art at the Cottonwood Center for the Arts.