Day 3: Tribal Art
What a privilege it is to be invited to stay in Olga Furman home and paint in her studio! 18 hours flight from Cape Town, South Africa was absolutely worth it. Olga chose a gorgeous farm venue for the workshops and the students were a delight to work with! We had a blast creating first 3 days of painting, then 3 days of sculpting.
We even had a day in-between to hangout together in a historic town Lambertville, filled with vintage shops, beautiful old style houses, inviting restaurants and stunning wide river with a bridge leading to a town of New Hope.
Sharing here some favorite moments of this truly delightful experience. I loved in person interaction, which happens rarely for me, I mostly teach online. It was so wonderful to connect to old time Facebook friends and meet new ones as well.
Day one: mixed media and collage, students works
I have 1 last workshop ahead of me before I head back to South Africa, it will be held inside Olga Furman studio (a bonus!) on 7-9 August, day 1 painting Collaged and Mixed-Media Story Art, day 2 painting Icons with gold leaf halo and illustrative patterns, day 3 painting earthy tones Tribal Story Art. Large variety of techniques and color palettes is used for 3 in depth demonstrations. This is intensive workshop, where students grow in skill tremendously in such short period of time.
i have 8 years experience in teaching art, and a school teacher’s degree I received in my 20s. I felt how my previous life experience have prepared me to handle well 9 and 8 students classes, 3 day long each.
Here is one of testimonials from previous class:
“ JEANNE ELLIOTT
This was such a WONDERFUL workshop!!! I really enjoyed spending time with Annie Hamman painting soul filled portraits! She is such a wonderful encouraging teacher who shares her passion for story art with so much love and energy. If there is any way you can manage to take her workshop, GO!! You will be soo happy you did!!! I learned a lot and this is such a great opportunity to study with one of the very best. It was truly amazing how much we all accomplished in 3 days! I can not recommend it highly enough. Olga Furman was such a delightful caring hostess as well! She also shares so much love and joy. What a wonderful time we all had! It was a truly unforgettable experience that I am sooo happy I had!
If you are considering to sign up for my last class, we have few spaces left. You can read more testimonials from students that just finished a class, and sign up here:
Sculpting The Winged Ones with shells, driftwood and other nature items.
Day two on Painting Icons, works in progress.
