Community Arts Center in Gloucester, Virginia
Learn the techniques of needle felting while creating your favorite furry friend, except these won’t bark, scratch the furniture or make a mess. Once complete, your pet will measure approximately 4” in height. This three-hour workshop is taught by Valerie Johnson of Flying Cow Creations. Minimum age is 12 years old. Attendees will be working with needles and should expect to prick their fingers. Cost: $60pp, includes materials.
Fluid Acrylic techniques will be used to create a “Poured” paint base onto a 12 x 12 wood panel. This acrylic geode will then be embellished with colorful gravel, crushed glass, metallic gold flakes, metallic pens, and glitter. (No previous Flow Art experience required.)
This workshop will require at least two sessions. After the paint dries thoroughly after 72 hours, the metallic paint marker embellishments may be added.
Cost of class: $40.00 per person
Local artist, Rose Nygaard teaches a series of acrylic classes. Here is your chance to work with award-winning acrylic painter, whose goal is to help you bring out your own creativeness!Rose was graduated with a BA in Studio Art and a Master of Fine Arts by The American University in Washington, DC. During her schooling and since graduation, her work has been shown in several galleries throughout Maryland, the District of Columbia, North Carolina, New Mexico, and Virginia. She has won numerous awards.
Beginning February 1st. A list of supplies will be given at the time of registration. $100/4 classes or $28 each
Taught by Patrizia Giovanna Smith, a cup of many layers of scientifically altered paints will create a “Fluid Acrylics” painting on an 8 x 10 canvas in this “Flow Art” class. The science used will involve seemingly magical lubricants and various handling techniques of water-based paints. After using a “Swipe” pouring technique, no paintbrushes required, an incredible “lacing” or “webbing” effect will seem to have flowed over your “poured” canvas! The “swipe” used will have coaxed joyous bubbly “cells” to the surface of your Flow Art creation!
Your “Swipe” canvas must cure completely stationary for 48 hours at the Gloucester Arts on Main studio before it can be handled.
Flow Art Class with teacher Patrizia Giovanna Smith. Participants will experience the science and art of “Fluid Acrylics” to create an 11 x 14 canvas using the fun “Flip ‘n Drag” technique to slide or “drag” layers of color. Principles of Fluid dynamics will be used (in paint density required and addition of lubricants to water-based paints) along with other techniques to coax “cells” from your layers of paint creating a canvas bursting with joyous bubbly colors!
Your canvas must cure completely stationary for 48 hours at the Gloucester Arts on Main studio before it can be picked up.
Bring your drawing materials to this four week workshop class. We will be focusing on line drawings, composition, shading, balance and perspective to help you sharpen your technical and observational skills. This should help to form the basis for finished work in any media.
Terri Doyle has taught arts and crafts at the local community college to the SOAR program for the past 5 years. Her formal education in the arts was what she was able to get in public school and the occasional after school tutoring. She has won several awards and ribbons in competitions thru out the southeast, including New York City and has taken 1st, 2nd and 3rd place at the Carolina Artist Expo in the past couple of years. She uses several types of media, currently working in color pencil and graphite doing portraits of pets, and expressive wild animals.
Materials list will be provided at the time of registration. 4 Classes/$75
Arts on Main is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization.
