Studio

Independence

At Country Carousel studio we strive to create the 'Independent Artist' I believe the learning curve is far more dramatic when students are given the tools for artistic interpretation and are taught how to 'see' and 'solve' artistic problems using these tools. Artistic self reliance is the ultimate goal of each of the classes I teach.

Judith Leyster - Dutch 1609 - 1660

Johannes Vermeer - Dutch, 1632 - 1675

Jean Restout - French, 1692 - 1768

Traditional Art

My goal as an artist is not to create art which is subjective, but to be recognizable for what it is to those who view it.

Neadeen Masters CDA - Country Carousel Art©

Mission Statement to teach new artists to 'see'

"He who loves practice without theory is like the sailor who boards ship without a rudder and compass and never knows where he may cast" ~ Leonardo

'The Painter in his Studio' by Francois Boucher

About the Studio

Country Carousel Arts began in 1986 and is now a working and online Art Studio. You can visit my online classrooms at our online art school at www.artapprenticeonline.com

My working and filming studio is located in our home where all my online art classes are taped.

The Teaching Goals of my online art classes

The subjects and topics are as different as the students themselves. Classes are offered in acrylic medium and canvas is usually the surface of choice. The scope of topics offered at class, is wide and can encompass many diverse subjects. The subjects range from landscapes to seascapes, tropical to winter, still life, floral and ocean life to wild life and birds. No topic is off limits as we study art theory as the basis of each class. Examples of these can be seen on the Gallery pages of my website. Because I love the study of art as a whole discipline, teaching theory is the foundation of each lesson, skills that are easily transferable from one topic to the other are stressed. Imparting to students the ability to switch or move from one subject to the other, creating a more rounded artist is the ultimate goal of each of my classes.

Join me in for online art classes at two locations on the internet

www.artapprenticeonline.com

or

www.traditionsartschool.com

Hot Tip

Cleaning a mop brush

To Clean your mop brush during a painting session - wipe the paint residue off gently on baby wipes - the alcohol in the baby wipes will remove the paint and not leave the mop brush wet. At the end of the painting session, wash the mop with brush cleaner as usual.

News!

Be sure to check the Calendar page for new classes and seminars as new dates are added frequently.

Traditional Art

In the last two centuries art instructors around the world have moved away from teaching 'traditional art' and in many of the Universities and art schools, 'Modernism' and self expression have replaced the teaching of sound art principals. The methods used in the creation of the traditional genres, those of the 'Old Masters' have been ignored and those artists who enjoy realism and the depiction of painting traditional studies have been made to feel that they were either reinventing the wheel or not 'original' enough.

As an artist who is still limited in my abilities and still on the road of discovery, I know what appeals to me is the study of realism. I want to paint a landscape which looks like a landscape and a still life which looks like a still life. In order to do this I must study the work of the 'Masters' who came before me.

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