2024 Virtual Painting Workshop September 2- September 23- Monday Evening 7pm EST

Creating Dynamic and authentic art with Mixed materials and Methods

It’s possible to feel joy in your process and create meaningful, beautiful art!

This hands-on four week workshop will include exercises, experimentation, one on one guidance and feedback, as well as discussions on composition, value, and color.

Together we will explore various techniques and methodologies to get you in touch with the most creative aspects of yourself and apply them directly to your process. Whether you work on portraits, abstract or landscapes; you can push and heighten your work. 

Artists will work with a variety of traditional and non traditional materials and learn how to integrate them into their work as a means of expression and visual storytelling. By using unexpected tools, found objects, painting techniques and personal materials,  we’ll interpret experiences, immediate surroundings and circumstances into strong visual language to create more authenticity in our art. 

Exercises and discussions will include: 

• Techniques for applying a variety of material and found objects. 
• Acrylic painting techniques 
• Layering and incorporating meaningful material to create visual and emotional depth. Finding strong composition 
• Intuitive mark making and writing. 
• how to personalize and use your photo referencesso you are not simply copying. 
• Creating texture 
• Creating narrative and engagement through use of personal objects and imagery 
• Color as tool for creating harmony 
• Striking a balance with process, intuition and playfulness. 
• How to effectively self critique

Things to know before you register:

• • We will be working with acrylic paints and water based mediums

• • There will be some feedback during class hours and I will hold "office hours" on Zoom for two additional hours throughout the week for personal feedback and questions. Office hours will be held on Wednesday mornings at 10am EST and Thursday evenings at 7pm EST( additional office hours may become available depending on the individual needs of the class and to accommodate different time zones )

• • This class is suitable for those with an existing studio practice as we will not be covering the basics. 
    

• • The cost of the course is $450.00 due at registration ( If you would prefer to make installments, please just write me a message and we can make arrangements.

• • The first half of the class will be dedicated to demo/ instruction, the second half will be for questions, discussions and open critique.

• • Classes are scheduled to last about 70 minutes but may run longer.

• • Classes will be recorded and sent out to participants within 48 hours of the class. Recorded sessions will be available for 6 months.

• • A welcome packet with materials list and further instructions will be emailed out within two weeks of your scheduled start date.

Schedule

All Classes held in Eastern Standard Time ( EST)

Monday, September 2 7pm- EST

Various methods for starting a painting

"planning" your piece

Value

compostion

process photos

Monday September 9, 7pm-EST

Beginning mixed media

How to choose materials,

value/ color

demos

process photos

Monday, September 16, 7pm- EST

Continue with mixed media application, mixed media technique, continue to paint and model. 

demos

process videos

Monday, September 23,  7pm- EST

Incorporate paint, mixed media,

talks on finalizing your piece.

process photos

Additional details and full materials list available two weeks before the start of your session.

I hope to meet you!