Painting: Journey Into Acrylics

For beginners – intermediate artists

This workshop will encourage participants to investigate and enjoy acrylics as a versatile medium.
We will experiment with the use of brilliant color – the palette, tonal value -highlights and shadows, form and harmony – your composition. Acrylic paint is vibrant and allows the artist endless paths to follow.

Materials fee is $50 per student.

Day 1

1. introductions and goals
2. learn basic skills while painting an image together
a) create a pleasant palette from start to finish (what to put the paint on to how to clean your brushes)
b) the importance of value, color, and composition (I will have samples)
3. we will end the day with a critique where everyone will be commenting

Day 2
1. the images the students have brought to paint will be discussed with the individual painter – we will create a plan with color and composition, technique and confidence
2. each artist will work individually as I observe and encourage, stopping with lessons as needed
3. we will focus on completing a fabulous painting
4. critique full of encouragement

Day 3
1. more work on the fabulous painting – some might be beginning a second painting
2. we will critique with the addition of frames and a short lesson in proper framing
3. I will wrap up with intention for this group to continue learning in order to find their own painting niche

Maureen McMahon

My name is Maureen McMahon and I have been involved in many types of artistry. I have enjoyed watercolor, stenciling, wallpaper and faux finishing. My artistic interest has grown into an expression of my own soul. I love to work in oil, acrylic, mixed media, fiber and encaustics. I have a God given gift to visualize a piece before it has been created. Through expressive strokes with my brush or cleverly altering fabric and colors mixed many times over, I like to relay that emotional quality to complete an exciting piece of ART. I am on a journey of my own. I have a home studio and teaching space where I hold a weekly acrylic class. My paintings of local scenes and still life, as well as abstract and representational encaustic pieces are hanging at the Belhurst Castle Spa, and at the Honeoye Falls Mill Gallery as I begin a current strategy. [email protected]