Art in Curacao

There is great place here called Landhuis Bloemhof which has an art gallery on the bottom floor and in the gardens.  It also has a studio space upstairs which is used for all kinds of art classes.  I signed up for Intermediate Acrylic Painting which started this past Saturday.  I have not picked up a paintbrush in quite a while which was one of the big motivators for me taking this class.

It was a lot of fun to paint again.  The group is 9 people, 1 guy and many older women.  The teacher is interesting and makes good helpful comments. He taught in a combination of Dutch and English (for me), but once I get some of the basic Dutch words for art terms I think I will be fine.  With the congnates and the bit of German I know I can get the gist.

This week we did an exercise to paint 9 small paintings in 5 minutes each.  I chose to make a series of a mug which for me is an usual object, but was kind of fun.  Then we painted a big painting from the small ones.  You can see my progress in the photos and I will update each week.

9 Small Ones

Big Painting