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Painting with Color and Expression: A 3-Day Painting Workshop with Plein Air Artist Lynn Mehta

Painting with Color and Expression: A 3-Day Painting Workshop with Plein Air Artist Lynn Mehta
Friday, March 25- Sunday, March 27
11:00am – 4:00pm
   

 

Learn how to bring color and expression into your representational paintings. Impressionist oil painter, Lynn Mehta, known for her paintings filled with color and paint, will teach students several approaches to create successful paintings. The class will consist of exercises in brushwork, palette knife work, compositional studies, and quick studies to loosen up. Lynn will be teaching and demonstrating in oils, but students are free to paint in acrylic if they prefer. Class will be held indoors. Students will paint from photos and still life. Students should bring their own supplies including easels.

A supply list will be provided upon registration.

Cost for the 3-day workshop is $310.



From the Artist

“It is important for me to create a painting which is interesting both up close and further away in order to engage the imagination. Inspiration is something which is honest to me and something which I believe makes a universal connection.”

“Color, composition, and paint handling are key elements in my paintings and tools for my expression. The fluidity and flexibility of oil paint is well-suited to my creative process. When I paint, I connect with changing light, the color of my surroundings, and movement. I focus on abstract shapes and forms creating a whole.

I live in Alexandria, Virginia, along the Potomac River which flows into the Chesapeake Bay and the Atlantic Ocean. I grew up along the Pacific Ocean, in La Jolla, California and have painted as long as I can remember. I attribute my love of the outdoors and different places to childhood days at the beach, summer backpacking and camping trips, living in India when I was 10 years old, and miles of traveling. Both new and familiar landscapes inspire me. Beaches, cities, mountains, farms, rivers, deserts, docks trigger my imagination.”    -Lynn Mehta

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Painting with Color and Expression: A 3-Day Painting Workshop with Plein Air Artist Lynn Mehta

Painting with Color and Expression: A 3-Day Painting Workshop with Plein Air Artist Lynn Mehta
Friday, March 25- Sunday, March 27
11:00am – 4:00pm
   

 

Learn how to bring color and expression into your representational paintings. Impressionist oil painter, Lynn Mehta, known for her paintings filled with color and paint, will teach students several approaches to create successful paintings. The class will consist of exercises in brushwork, palette knife work, compositional studies, and quick studies to loosen up. Lynn will be teaching and demonstrating in oils, but students are free to paint in acrylic if they prefer. Class will be held indoors. Students will paint from photos and still life. Students should bring their own supplies including easels.

A supply list will be provided upon registration.

Cost for the 3-day workshop is $310.



From the Artist

“It is important for me to create a painting which is interesting both up close and further away in order to engage the imagination. Inspiration is something which is honest to me and something which I believe makes a universal connection.”

“Color, composition, and paint handling are key elements in my paintings and tools for my expression. The fluidity and flexibility of oil paint is well-suited to my creative process. When I paint, I connect with changing light, the color of my surroundings, and movement. I focus on abstract shapes and forms creating a whole.

I live in Alexandria, Virginia, along the Potomac River which flows into the Chesapeake Bay and the Atlantic Ocean. I grew up along the Pacific Ocean, in La Jolla, California and have painted as long as I can remember. I attribute my love of the outdoors and different places to childhood days at the beach, summer backpacking and camping trips, living in India when I was 10 years old, and miles of traveling. Both new and familiar landscapes inspire me. Beaches, cities, mountains, farms, rivers, deserts, docks trigger my imagination.”    -Lynn Mehta

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Painting with Color and Expression: A 3-Day Painting Workshop with Plein Air Artist Lynn Mehta

Painting with Color and Expression: A 3-Day Painting Workshop with Plein Air Artist Lynn Mehta
Friday, March 25- Sunday, March 27
11:00am – 4:00pm
   

 

Learn how to bring color and expression into your representational paintings. Impressionist oil painter, Lynn Mehta, known for her paintings filled with color and paint, will teach students several approaches to create successful paintings. The class will consist of exercises in brushwork, palette knife work, compositional studies, and quick studies to loosen up. Lynn will be teaching and demonstrating in oils, but students are free to paint in acrylic if they prefer. Class will be held indoors. Students will paint from photos and still life. Students should bring their own supplies including easels.

A supply list will be provided upon registration.

Cost for the 3-day workshop is $310.



From the Artist

“It is important for me to create a painting which is interesting both up close and further away in order to engage the imagination. Inspiration is something which is honest to me and something which I believe makes a universal connection.”

“Color, composition, and paint handling are key elements in my paintings and tools for my expression. The fluidity and flexibility of oil paint is well-suited to my creative process. When I paint, I connect with changing light, the color of my surroundings, and movement. I focus on abstract shapes and forms creating a whole.

I live in Alexandria, Virginia, along the Potomac River which flows into the Chesapeake Bay and the Atlantic Ocean. I grew up along the Pacific Ocean, in La Jolla, California and have painted as long as I can remember. I attribute my love of the outdoors and different places to childhood days at the beach, summer backpacking and camping trips, living in India when I was 10 years old, and miles of traveling. Both new and familiar landscapes inspire me. Beaches, cities, mountains, farms, rivers, deserts, docks trigger my imagination.”    -Lynn Mehta

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2-Day Plein Air Workshop Using Oils with Thomas Bradshaw

“LESS IS MORE”

October 30 & 31

10:00 am – 4:00 pm

Winner of the 2021 GAF Artists’ Choice Award, Thomas Bradshaw will share his techniques for limiting color in order to force the painter to pay attention to color temperature. He’ll show students how color temperature will move the eye through their painting to tell a better story.

Starting each day at Arts On Main, the class will set up their easels outside for Plein Air painting in oil. Bradshaw will be giving individual guidance, as well as class instruction.

Supply list will be given upon registration.

Cost for the 2-Day workshop is $235 per student.

 

ABOUT THE INSTRUCTOR

Plein air painter, Thomas Bradshaw, has been honing his painting skills since he was a small child, watching his grandmother create still life paintings in her basement studio. After graduating from the Art Institute of Atlanta with a degree in Graphic Design, he moved west to Jackson Hole, WY where his evolution into a plein air artist began to take shape.

Bradshaw’s loose painterly style allows him to imply detail without overstating it. His brushwork and use of a palette knife to create a textural impression which draws the viewer in for a closer look. With a limited palette, Bradshaw brings to life the way in which a shimmering light will illuminate the scene as a single moment in time.




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2-Day Plein Air Workshop Using Oils with Thomas Bradshaw

“LESS IS MORE”

October 30 & 31

10:00 am – 4:00 pm

Winner of the 2021 GAF Artists’ Choice Award, Thomas Bradshaw will share his techniques for limiting color in order to force the painter to pay attention to color temperature. He’ll show students how color temperature will move the eye through their painting to tell a better story.

Starting each day at Arts On Main, the class will set up their easels outside for Plein Air painting in oil. Bradshaw will be giving individual guidance, as well as class instruction.

Supply list will be given upon registration.

Cost for the 2-Day workshop is $235 per student.

 

ABOUT THE INSTRUCTOR

Plein air painter, Thomas Bradshaw, has been honing his painting skills since he was a small child, watching his grandmother create still life paintings in her basement studio. After graduating from the Art Institute of Atlanta with a degree in Graphic Design, he moved west to Jackson Hole, WY where his evolution into a plein air artist began to take shape.

Bradshaw’s loose painterly style allows him to imply detail without overstating it. His brushwork and use of a palette knife to create a textural impression which draws the viewer in for a closer look. With a limited palette, Bradshaw brings to life the way in which a shimmering light will illuminate the scene as a single moment in time.




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Plein Air Oil Painting Demonstration with Thomas Bradshaw

October 21

5:00-6:15

Join us for a demonstration by Artist in Residence, Thomas Bradshaw. Winner of the 2021 GAF Artists’ Choice Award, Thomas will share oil painting techniques.

Bradshaw’s loose painterly style allows him to imply detail without overstating it. His brushwork and use of a palette knife creates a textural impression which draws the viewer in for a closer look. With a limited palette, Bradshaw brings to life the way in which a shimmering light will illuminate the scene as a single moment in time.

This event will take place at Arts on Main in the main gallery and is free and open to the public.

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Gallery Hours

Open Wednesday – Saturday
Noon – 5:00pm
Closed Sunday through Tuesday
Call: (804) 824-9464

Open Studio

Every Friday Morning, 9am-Noon
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Art Classes

Ongoing classes in all mediums for kids of all ages.
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Volunteer Opportunities

Are you looking for ways to volunteer in the community? Arts on Main has wonderful volunteers and would like you to join them. Call the gallery for more information. 804.824.9464.

 

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Join us this Friday night from 6pm-8pm for our Jul Join us this Friday night from 6pm-8pm for our July First Friday featuring Tenley Raithel's solo exhibit, "Journey with Art." We will also be showcasing, "Arranging to Art," a display of floral arrangements interpreted by the students of the Sogetsu School of the Middle Peninsula. Live music will be provided by singer and songwriter, Grayson Torrence. This event is free and open to the public! Join us for a fun night out at Arts on Main. 

More information about the exhibit can be found here: https://gloucesterarts.org/event/july-2022-first-friday-journey-with-art-by-tenley-raithel/
Students painted crabs on canvas using acrylics at Students painted crabs on canvas using acrylics at Monday's daytime paint class with Kelly Richards. Everyone had a great time painting together and their pieces turned out great. Join us next Tuesday for another class with Kelly!

https://gloucesterarts.org/event/adult-daytime-paint-class-with-kelly-richards-pelican/
We love when new artwork arrives! Check out our We love when new artwork arrives! 

Check out our current selection of paintings by gallery artist, Carolyn Dudley. Stop by the gallery to see the amazing texture in these pieces. We will be open tomorrow at noon!
A look at Anne Yoncha's workshop this past Saturda A look at Anne Yoncha's workshop this past Saturday. Students learned how to create dyes from local materials and then painted their own works of art. We are so thankful that Anne shared her work and her knowledge with us at Arts on Main!
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