Painting Poetry with Sherrie Lovler

Saturday, August 3-4, 9:30 am to 4 pm, at Sebastopol Center for the Arts, 282 S. High St., Sebastopol. $240.

“Painting is silent poetry, and poetry is painting that speaks,” said the classical Greek lyric poet Simonides of Ceos. This concept is exemplified in ‘Reverberations: A Visual Conversation between painting and poetry’ here at SebArts this summer. With ink and Asian brushes, you’ll learn how to infiltrate your painting with the feeling of a poem. Explore the use of abstract calligraphic marks inspired by poetry, and learn how to add watercolor and work with gestures and movement, rhythm and contrast as well as quality of line, size of strokes, shape, energy, color, value and texture. Reserve your spot.