Intro to Acrylic Painting with Sharon Gates
Sat. March 10, 10-1pm
Join Sharon in this beginner’s class as she shows you the basics of working with acrylic paint. Learn to combine colors, create textures, and recognize pleasing compositions. In this no-pressure painting class you will create a unique, abstract work of art that will be hang-on-your-wall fabulous or giftable!
Only $45! Most supplies provided. Brunch included.
The Art of the Palette Knife- Ahmad Austin
Sat. March 3, 10-4pm
Ahmad Austin returns to share his methods for palette knife painting! Learn to command the paint in sweeping, textured strokes with bright, fast pops, while blending colors directly on the surface of the canvas.
$85, Some supplies needed. Lunch included.
Troy Crisswell – Faces Simplified
Sat. Feb. 18, 10-4pm
Painting a face intimidates everyone a little, but Troy Crisswell is here to guide you through the maze of shapes, light & color to create a lively face in no time flat! Beginners & experienced painters alike will love this oil-painting workshop.
$145, Supplies needed. Lunch included.
Intro to Oil Painting with Terry Strickland
Sat. Feb. 4, 10-4pm
Branch out and try something new! This hands-on workshop is the perfect introduction to the wonderful world of oil paint. Terry will cover brush techniques and color mixing, as well as using mediums & glazes to create the look of the Old Masters.
$80, Most supplies provided. Lunch included.
Watercolor Journaling
with Marilynn Brandenburger
Fri. Jan. 27 5-8pm & Sat. Jan. 10am-4pm
Get ready for travel and adventures! Join artist & nature enthusiast, Marilynn Brandenburger, to learn how to document your favorite people, places, or things in a unique and creative way. Marilynn will teach you how to simplify your subjects so that they can be quickly rendered in pencil. You will learn how to enhance your drawings with ink and watercolor during in-class demonstrations and hands on instruction, You will learn how to add text as a part of your page design and as a tool to record thoughts and memories. Some drawing experience is helpful; all levels are welcome.
$150.00 for all four classes. Supplies not included.
Encaustics with Maralyn Wilson
Sat. Jan 14, 10-4pm
Encaustic enthusiast Maralyn Wilson returns! Come explore this ancient medium at the crossroads of new techniques; incorporate alcohol-based inks, image transfer and assemblage into hot wax. Your work will possess a new energy after this one-day workshop. All levels welcome!
$145, All levels welcome. Supplies needed. Lunch included.
FREE Lecture: Oct 20. Workshop: Oct. 21-22.
Price to be determined. Most supplies & lunch incluced.
Gamblin & Strathmore working artist, Anna Fox Ryan, is back to teach an oil painting workshop at Forstall Art Center! Anna’s work has been featured in galleries around the world and in various publications including The South Magazine & American Artists Drawing Magazine. During this 2 day workshop you will work from a simple food still life, allowing you to concentrate on new processes and techniques. You will have the option to paint directly or indirectly and with a complimentary or split complimentary color scheme to emphasize the use of color theory and color mixing while you work and with or without oil painting mediums. On day one the indirect painters will set up the underpaintings using galkyd or galkyd lite. Direct painters will work on one painting directly from start to finish using any medium they choose. On day 2 the indirect painters will glaze their underpaintings while the direct painters will have the option of continuing their original painting or starting a new one. Anna will paint along with the attendees when she is not giving group and individual instruction in order to demonstrate her personal working process.
Are you curious about designing your own clothes, or perhaps adding fiber arts to your repertoire? If so the first name you need to know is Jacquard, and if your interested in creating your own DIY couture, this class is too good to miss! Jacquard’s resident expert Asher Katz will guide you through there product line and expose the secrets of surface design with batik, screen-printing, silk painting and much more. Best of all most of the techniques and products shown work equally well on paper.
Matt Cutting, 10-11:30
Learn to use Logan products like a pro and take control of your framing costs! Learn how to cut single, double, and spacer mats. Mike will walk you through the mysteries of mat cutting, taking out the guess work that leads to ruined mats and wasted money. Board mounted mat cutter models will be shown, including the new & improved 350 & 450 series at 40% off retail!
