In this Bundle Option, Create Arts Online is thrilled to offer both of Karla Duterloo's abstract painting courses. When purchasing these courses together not only are you saving money but you will have both courses to refer to at anytime! These courses are so rich and full of "real time" footage of Karla working and demonstrating her methods and techniques. Scroll below to read the description of each course. Scroll to the bottom of this page for each course to watch the promo videos and personal interviews for free.
Create Arts Online is thrilled to present award winning fine artist Karla Duterloo and her abstract painting course Part 1. In this online course Karla teaches and emphasizes how important it is to “let go” and “loosen up” while creating her techniques of abstract painting.
Creating vibrant and colorful paintings does not require years of training. More importantly one needs to find the artistic talent that is already inside of them. “Letting go” is the main lesson of this course. We realize you may not need an online course to learn to "let go" but once you participate you will want to arm yourself with a few important time tested techniques. Karla comes in to demonstrate (in real time) how she uses ripped up newspaper, colorful paints, and other paper to create a variety of compositions that are easy to design.
In this course you will learn how to create a proper composition, how to make a collage with ripped up newspaper, and how to paint with vibrant acrylic paints, crayons, and other mark-making pens and tools.
This course is so full of information, demonstrations, tips, techniques, and Karla's amazing teaching style. Scroll below to see the full curriculum of what Karla is teaching and demonstrating and then click the promotional video to see what new abstract composition painting styles you could learn!
There is a full PDF of all the tools, materials, and resources available with the course purchase.
"Abstract Composition 2: Where inspiration comes from"
Create Arts Online brings you award winning fine artist Karla Duterloo and her online course “Abstract Painting and Composition: Where Inspiration Comes From.”
Sometimes as artists we stand in front of our canvas or substrate and expect the art to just pour out and it doesn’t. This is where Karla comes in. Karla helps you take a step back so that you can find inspiration everywhere you look. Karla starts with a walk in nature, whether by the water, the desert, a cityscape, or anywhere there are shapes and lines. In this online course Karla will demonstrate how if you are armed with your camera or smartphone, you will be able to find your abstract painting inspiration out in nature.
Once you are back in the studio and have printed your inspiration photos, you will see lines, shapes, and new visions you may not have seen before. With Karla’s tips and techniques you will learn how to create with paper, brushes, vibrant paints, and mark-making tools in a whole new light.
Her style of teaching makes you “feel” like you are with her in the studio as she demonstrates each of the techniques. Learn as Karla paints in real time using different methods of creating her vibrant and loose abstract paintings.
This course is a great follow up to her "Abstract Painting and Composition: Loosen Up Part 1" online course here at Create Arts Online. If you have experience with abstract painting and acrylic paints you can jump right into this course or you can enjoy both of these courses as a “Bundle Option” for more savings.
Scroll below to see the entire curriculum of this course.
This course comes with a PDF list to download of all the tools, materials, and resources.
Your Instructor
Karla Duterloo is an award winning artist with years of experience in the field of mosaic. Her expertise as a mosaic artist has allowed her to develop a truly authentic and unique style. This is particularly recognizable in her series of Nguni and other wild animal heads (buck, kudu, deer and buffalo). She has sold her animal heads to both local and international art collectors from over 20 different countries. Beyond the obvious beauty of each individual animal head (as not one is the same) there lies a deeper value within the collection as a whole.
Upon moving to South Africa Karla quickly realized the threat to the countries dwindling wildlife numbers. Her collection of animal heads serves as a vehicle to spark dialogue about this issue. Keeping the work connected to the land she incorporates a variety of locally sourced items such as different beads and beadwork seen throughout the collection. This led her to collaborate with local crafts men who shared their insight about traditional colours and the history of beading within African culture and craft.
The driving force behind Karla's work is her love and passion for all things colour.
She has a series of small 20 by 20 (cm) mosaics that play with colour and form.
Beyond mosaic, she is also a skilled abstract painter and as of recently has been experimenting with a body of work that seamlessly merges the artistry of mosaic and abstract painting together as a cohesive whole.
Her latest is a series of beadwork mosaics of bird-eye-view seascapes.
As an artist she is constantly striving for that innovative edge that keeps her art modern, relevant and dynamic whilst always staying true to her own style.
Karla initiated and organised 2 successful global Mosaic Charity Projects, (London 2012 and Nepal 2013) and has been working on a Charity MosaicArt Project in a children hospital in Cape Town.
Karla her work is featured in the various international mosaic books.
Previous exhibitions in the UK, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Italy and South Africa.
Her work is held in private and corporate collections in over 20 countries.