Arts on Main

Community Arts Center in Gloucester, Virginia

Felt Your Favorite Pet (Dogs or Cats)

Felt Your Favorite Pet

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.




Felt A Slice of Cake

Felt a Slice of Cake

Create your own non-fat, high fiber delectable dessert while learning needle-felting techniques. Strawberry, chocolate, vanilla with sprinkles? Felt whatever flavor your heart desires in this two-hours workshop 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:$50pp, includes materials.




Flow Art – Geode Workshop

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




Unobjective Abstracts in Acrylic

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


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Flow Art: Swipe

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: Flip N’ Drag – SOLD OUT

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.