28 Feb 2021
This class changed my view of what it means to paint. Like most of you, my experiences with painting were in art classes in school but this experience wasn’t anything like that.
When I took the class, it consisted of 3 exploratory phases: brush “attack” (strokes), composition and colors. The exercises were open ended and I found myself playing around with paint and brushes the way I never could in traditional classes.
Maria and her husband were great instructors, patience and non-judgmental so I didn’t feel self-conscious experimenting. They also pointed out something in the way I expressed myself in my paintings, which was opposite of my self-perceptions so I think I discovered a different side of myself through this experience.
I highly recommend this if you are looking for something outside of the typical Paraty experience.