Portraits From Life With Ann Moeller

STARTING IN JANUARY 2025!

Class Overview: Portraits from Life 

This class welcomes artists of all skill levels, from beginners to advanced. It is designed to help you build strong foundational skills while offering individualized critiques to support your artistic growth. Through a combination of guided practice, live demonstrations, and personalized feedback, you’ll gain the confidence to capture the likeness of a live model.

What Students Will Learn:

• How to accurately measure and establish proportions when working from life.
• Techniques for creating form and volume using values and light.
• Personalized guidance tailored to help you achieve your specific artistic goals.

Class Availability & Fees: 

• You choose, online or in person. 
• Fees include the model's fee.

General Agenda: 

• 30 minute demo
• Sketch/Paint
• Critique time

Recommended Supplies:

Supplies can be gathered from Huntsville Art Supplies.  Feel free to grab what you need based on Ann's list here.

Biography

Ann Moeller Steverson is an oil painter known for her mood-filled figures, portraits, and still life’s. Her contemporary work bridges classical beauty with the modern painting practices of today. She has been awarded the honor of the Bold Brush Award, a distinction an artist may achieve only once in their lifetime. Ann’s work has recently been selected as a finalist in the Art Renewal Center, been featured in several Oil Painters of America exhibits. She has been awarded by the National Acrylic & Oil Painters Society and Portrait Society of America.

In 2015, Ann partnered with two other artists to help co-found Protege Atelier, where she paints, teaches, and assists in bringing master artist workshops to Huntsville. Steverson is also the inventor and founder of Venus Copper Panels, now known as Artefex Copper Panels, the first CCM (copper composite material) artist panel. 

A native of Madison, Alabama, Ann began painting in oils at the University of Montevallo in 1999. She graduated in 2002 from the University of Alabama in Huntsville, completing a B.A. with a Fine Arts Concentration. Ann then acquired a Master of Art Education from Alabama A&M University in Normal, Alabama.

Ann exhibits her work nationally and internationally and soon will have several of her works included in the Peregrine Collection, via which they will be archived on the moon. 

Ann Moeller has been painting for over 20 years, and she's excited to share her knowledge with students of all levels.