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Painting Uptown in Central Park Taking our canvas outside to Central Park, we will paint the landscape of the park as it intermingles with the city. All mediums are encouraged: drawing with pencil or crayons; and painting in watercolor, gouache, acrylic, or oils. Our range is from the traditional to the abstract. We wish to explore light in the atmospheric outdoor nature, which will lend itself to capture the splendid variations in ligbt and color. We wish to find our own sense of creativity to express a personal style while examining solid technical information. We will study elements of composition, and formal perspective, always with an emphasis on color as it relates to the colors found in nature. We also will discuss artists of landscape historically: the Naturalists, Impressionists and Expressionists painters. This is a class that is structured for individual attention. Meet New York city artists painting in the park!
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Aire Palette The Central Park environs has appeared in so many movies and television shows that it has become one of the most famous city parks in the world. The Central Park Conservancy, manages the Park along with the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation. |
The Geometry of Central Park Central Park is an enormous city park comprised of 843 acres located in New York city. It was created in the shape of a long rectangle centered in Manhattan above the hustle and bustle of mid-town. It is the most visited urban park in the US with about 25 million visitors annually. Central Park has borders on each side: on the north by West 110th Street, on the west by Central Park West, on the south by West 59th Street, and on the east by Fifth Avenue. Along the park's borders, these streets are usually referred to as Central Park North, Central Park West, and Central Park South, respectively; except for Fifth Avenue which is called just as it is. Central Park was designed by Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux, who later created Brooklyn's Prospect Park. While much of the park looks natural, it is in fact almost entirely landscaped and contains several artificial lakes, extensive walking tracks, two ice-skating rinks, a wildlife sanctuary, and grassy areas used for various sporting pursuits, as well as playgrounds for children. The park is a popular oasis for migrating birds, and thus is popular with bird watchers. The 6-mile road circling the park is popular with joggers, bicyclists and inline skaters, especially on weekends and in the evenings till dusk. |
