Deciphering the Artistic Language with Marlene Bezich | Saturday 4/5-4/12 | 10am-2pm| Spring 2025
Workshops | Available
Have you ever looked at a work of art and wondered what makes you love or hate it so much? Do you feel intimidated when you’re in an art museum wondering if you’re the only one who just doesn’t “get it”? This course is designed for Artist and Art Enthusiast alike!! Participants will learn the alluring power of the many techniques Artists utilize to create emotion and interest in their artworks. The instructor will demonstrate through lectures and illustrations how the viewer can understand and appreciate looking at artwork! The course will conclude with students examining selected artworks to decipher their perceived meaning emotionally and technically! Participants will emerge from this course with confidence and appreciation in understanding the “Language” of art and the joy of creativity!!!
First Saturday
“Introduction to the Visual Language of Artists”
Why do I love/hate Artwork? What Makes an Artwork consume the viewer? “Dissecting the Language of Art”.
Connecting Artistic Language with Various Painting Styles. My Child could have done that! Do I have to Like Everything I See? Why do I feel so Intimidated?
Linking History to the Evolving Language of Artists
Homework – Choose your favorite painting/explain what you love about it. Choose a painting you dislike and explain why.
Second Saturday
“Now that I can “Speak” the Language, can I Comprehend it and apply it to what I’m viewing!
Participants will present their choices of Artwork that they like and dislike.
In your opinion, how was the Language of Art successfully/unsuccessfully used in each? Was the Language Dictated by the Era that the Artist was living in?
Explain the correlation between Artistic Language and Emotions. What made Me Love/Hate it? Is the Artistic Language visible in my everyday life?
Marlene Bezich
Marlene is a native Long Islander, maintaining a studio at the Eastern End of Brookhaven Township. Marlene's artistic education began under the private tutelage of Audrey Swanson Marlow, P.S.A., before she began studying with famed portrait artist Raphael DeSoto. Marlene Absorbed Raphael's attention to detail and began her journey into her characteristic color technique.
In May of 1996, Marlene, along with the help of 11 other artists, formed a cooperative art gallery in Bellport, NY named "The Bellport Lane Gallery."
Most recently, Marlene has returned to her first love of animal portraiture. She has been continually exhibition in national art exhibits devoted to Dog Art. It is in this arena that Marlene's talents truly shine. Her study of human portraiture has prepared her to render animals precisely and lovingly. Capturing the true personality and soul of an animal remains Marlene's primary goal.