2019 ~ Art Verve Classroom

Saturday, December 14, 2019

Introduction to Encaustic

Explore the fascinating unbounded rich medium of encaustic with a comprehensive introduction! Discover techniques from the history of this ancient medium that date back thousands of years. Create luminous paintings, using melted pigmented beeswax while you learn the simple steps to get started using an inexpensive setup and minimal equipment. If you’ve ever been curious, this workshop is for you. No materials are needed, absolute beginners with no experience are welcome!

Artwork by Sherrie Posternak

Demonstrations will include texture, substrates, grounds surface techniques, collage, mixed media, and 3-D applications with plenty of individual one on one instruction. Use of all equipment, tools and some consumable materials will be included.
Meets: (2) Days on Saturday & Sunday, 9:00 AM - 4:30 PM (1-hour lunch break each day)
Dates: Dec. 14 & 15 in 2019
Location: TPS Art Center (2447 N. Los Altos, Tucson, Arizona 85705)

Instructor: Sherrie Posternak
Format: Demonstration, lecture, & one-on-one instruction provided during hands-on practice. Maximum enrollment is 8.
Level: Absolute Beginner, Beginner, or Intermediate, all levels are welcome!

Medium: Encaustic
Technique: Texture, substrates, grounds surface, collage, mixed media, and 3-D applications
Materials: Includes all use of encaustic equipment, tools, & all consumable materials. Bring notepaper, pen, pencil, or something to take notes on. Several images of your favorite artist's work, an image of any of your own favorite artwork (to share your artistic sensibility). Wear or bring an apron and closed-toed shoes to work in the studio.

Participant's Work & Demo

Encaustic, Mixed Media & Paper Collage

Explore the fascinating unbounded rich medium of encaustic! Create luminous encaustic bound collages with an expert guide. Add in paper shapes or strips, solid or printed tissue, hair, or thread. Learn how to use lightweight porous papers as a base and how to bond your collage to soft support. Discover encaustic paints, image transfers, and post-collage sewing. Walk away with a self-generated resource guide and a beautifully finished piece!

Closeup, Encaustic by Sherrie Posternak

Meets: (2) days Saturday & Sunday 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM (6-hour duration) (1-hour lunch break will be scheduled each day)
Dates: Dec. 14 & 15 in 2019
Location: Private Studio in Tucson, Arizona 85719, (Directions will be emailed by the instructor prior to the first day of class)

Instructor: Sherrie Posternak
Format: Demonstration, lecture, & one-on-one instruction provided during hands-on practice.
Level: Beginner to Intermediate, all levels are welcome!

Medium: Encaustic
Technique: Specific to encaustic, using mixed media & collage, bonding to soft supports, post-collage sewing as both a linear element or as an attachment to other mediums
Materials: Please wear closed-toed shoes and an apron, while working in the studio. Class includes the use of all encaustic equipment, tools, & consumable materials. Bring notepaper, pen, or pencil, several different sized hand-sewing needles, including one large enough for upholstery thread or waxed polyester, a pair of scissors, an X-Acto knife with a sharp blade, and any extra lightweight papers or tissues that you’d like to use.

Sunday, November 17, 2019

Painting Landscapes in the Studio

Ideal for anyone painting in oils, who would like to practice within a studio setting and learn from live demonstrations. Topics will include painting from outdoor sketches, creating compositions, and the pitfalls of reference photography. Demonstrations will focus on how to use the building blocks of shapes, values, edges, and colors to improve your landscape paintings.

Artwork by Christy Olsen

This class is open to those who have a basic understanding of how to mix color or have some prior knowledge of oil painting tools & supplies.

Meets: (4) Sunday Mornings, 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM (3-hour duration)
Dates: Nov. 17, 24, Dec. 8, 15 in 2019
Location: TPS Art Center (2447 N. Los Altos, Tucson, Arizona 85705)

Instructor: Christy Olsen
Format: Lecture & demonstration. Individual feedback and one-on-one instruction will be provided.
Level: Beginner to Intermediate, all levels are welcome!

Medium: Oil Painting
Technique: Painting in oils with a wide range of artistic styles from realism to abstraction. Students are encouraged to bring in their own reference photographs to use for practice.
Materials: The instructor will email the materials list prior to the first day of class. Note: During each session, please use Gamsol or odorless mineral spirits and dispose of oily or solvent-soaked rags into the red non-flammable marked containers.

Participants' Work & Demo

Demonstration

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Demonstration of Brushes & Brush Strokes

Demonstration of Scumbling Technique

Demonstration of Transparent Lemon Yellow Glaze

Participant's Work

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Sunday, November 3, 2019

Down to Earth Drawing Basics

Learn how to draw? Yes! It is an amazing process that will enrich your life. Discover a wide variety of tools and techniques that will help you translate your observations onto paper in a realistic manner.

Drawing is a unique, compelling form of communication! Whether a quick sketch on a napkin, schematic, or work of art, it can communicate or record your vision, ideas, designs, imagination, memory, feelings, or beliefs.

Come draw with us, we will cover simple steps to get you started! Or use this class as a refresher to practice in the studio on an assortment of natural forms. You will receive plenty of individual attention and feedback from the instructor.

Linda Chappel Drawing Demonstration

Meets: (4) Sunday Afternoons at 1:30 PM - 4:30 PM (3-hour duration)
Dates: Nov. 3, 10, 17, 24 in 2019
Location: TPS Art Center (2447 N. Los Altos, Tucson, Arizona 85705)

Instructor: Linda Chappel
Format: Demonstration, lecture, & one-on-one instruction provided during hands-on practice.
Level: Absolute Beginner, Beginner, or Intermediate, all levels are welcome!

Medium: Graphite or charcoal
Technique: Each session will focus on a different drawing technique.
Materials: The instructor will email the materials list prior to the first day of class.

Participants' Work & Demo

How to "sight size" to measure proportions

Examples of Positive & Negative Space

Participants' Work

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Participant's Work

Drawing Negative Shapes

Participant's Work

Using the "sight size" to measure proportions

Saturday, October 5, 2019

Crash Course in Color

Do you mix colors together and get mud? Learn how to mix a wide variety of brilliant, rich & luscious colors in a few easy steps. Discover your own personal palette. This class is fun! It will take you through the basics of color mixing, warm tones, cool tones, and complimentary colors. Create your own color references, paint different color combinations with certain themes in mind and create your very own abstract painting using intuitive color mixing.

Crash course in Color Mixing

Meets: (3) Saturday Afternoons 1:30 PM - 4:30 PM (3-hour duration)
Dates: Oct. 5, 12, 19 in 2019
Location: TPS Art Center (2447 N. Los Altos, Tucson, Arizona 85705)

Instructor: Christy Olsen
Format: Demonstration, lecture, & one-on-one instruction provided during hands-on practice.
Level: All levels welcome! Ideal for absolute beginners with no experience as well as those with any previous experience, who would like to revisit or expand their knowledge on the topic.

Medium: Any painting is welcome, demonstrations will be performed in water-based oils, watercolor, opaque watercolor (gouache)
Technique: Color mixing as it applies to oils, acrylics, watercolor, opaque watercolor, or gouache

Materials: Click Here
Syllabus: Click Here

Participants Work & Demo

Demonstration

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Participant's Work

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Art Journaling & Mixed Media: Mantras in a Box

What's your mantra? Express your own unique word or mantra, using art journaling techniques in mixed media. Learn how to size them for a box or bind them together. The demonstration will include, creating monoprints with a gel plate to create backgrounds and texture, embossing for a faux wax finish, and using rust to create color and patterns. Add layers, borders, blend, and create a focal point for each journal page.

Mantras are instruments of the mind, used to concentrate, meditate, change habits or focus on a specific goal. It's is a powerful statement or slogan repeated frequently, which can be thought of as a seed to energize your intentions or used as inspiration to start the day. Don't miss this opportunity to design your own mantra in your unique style!

Art Journaling by Michele Vaughan

Meets: (3) Saturday Mornings 9:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Dates: Oct. 5, 12, 19 in 2019
Location: TPS Art Center (2447 N. Los Altos, Tucson, Arizona 85705)

Instructor: Michele Vaughan
Format: Demonstration, lecture, & one-on-one instruction provided during hands-on practice.
Level: Absolute Beginner to Beginner, all levels are welcome!

Medium: Mixed Media, most all mediums are welcome, demonstrations will be performed in mixed media.
Technique: Specific to Art Journaling
Materials: All materials will be provided. Bring a sketchbook, notebook, or something to take notes on.