The Art of Painting with Keith Braveheart

Join Our Painting Workshop Series with Keith Braveheart! Whether you’re new to painting or looking to enhance your skills, this immersive workshop series with Teaching/Studio Artist Keith Braveheart is your chance to explore acrylic techniques and develop your artistic voice. Each session includes hands-on practice, creative discussions, and all materials are provided.

Course Overview: Participants will gain a basic understanding of Painting as an artistic medium and develop techniques through studio practice (primarily acrylic painting). Participants will engage in creative and critical conversations related to the art of Painting. Participants are encouraged to attend each session to fully utilize course content.

Session 1 (Sun. 9/1): Color Wheel & Monochromatic PaintingTopics: Course Introduction, The Art of Painting, Expression, Color Wheel, Monochromatic Painting, Painting Tools, Color Mixing (Primary, Secondary, Tertiary Colors), Value (Tints, Tones, Shades)Painting Practice: Color Wheel (Hues), Value Scale, Monochromatic Painting

Session 2 (Sun. 9/15): Representational Painting & Indirect TechniquesTopics: Representational Painting, Indirect Painting Techniques (Imprimatura & Underpainting), Glazing Painting Practice: Color Wheel (Tints, Tones, Shades), Representational Painting (Still Life)

Session 3 (Sun. 9/29): Paint Media & PropertiesTopics: Paint Media & Properties, Texture, Opacity & Transparency, Saturation (Chroma), Color Theory (Color Temperature, Complementary Colors, Color Relativity), Abstract PaintingPainting Practice: Color Relativity, Impasto Painting, Cultural Abstraction Painting

Session 4 (Sun. 10/13): Abstract Painting & Mixed MediaTopics: Photo Transfer, Abstract Painting, Lakota Design, Community-Based Painting, Mixed MediaPainting Practice: Photo Transfer (Gel Medium), Mixed Media, Drawing Exercises

Session 5 (Sun. 10/27): Portraiture & The FigureTopics: Portraiture, The Figure in Painting (Gesture), Color Schemes, Color Temperature (Shadows & Highlights)Painting Practice: Color Mixing (Flesh Tones), Gesture Drawing, Figure/Portrait Painting

Session 6 (Sun. 11/10): Modern & Contemporary PaintingTopics: Canvas Stretching, The Avant Garde (Modern – Contemporary), Collaboration, Native American Identity in PaintingPainting Practice: Canvas Stretching, Contemporary Painting, Group Collaboration

Session 7 (Sun. 11/24): Oceti Sakowin PaintersTopics: Varnishing, Framing/Matting, Exhibition Curation, Painting in Oceti Sakowin Art History,Guest Artist Presentations, Critique, Artist Statements/PurposePainting Practice: Critique, Group Collaboration