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Reservations are required in advance for all workshops. To register for a workshop, please click on the member or non-member link Mixed Media and Collage Workshop – all levels Saturday, Sept 25 10am – 3pm Instructor: Joyce Gabiou, click here for bio  Learn how to hand paint tissue papers with acrylic paint for use in collage. We’ll be using joint compound to texture papers or canvas. You will also be introduced to various other textures such as pumice, black lava, glass bead gel, crackle paste, and white opaque flakes. RSVP by September 17. Member $110 Non-member $145 Understanding Contemporary Oil Painting Materials Tuesday, October 5, 6:30pm to 8:30pm Instructor: Dana Brown from Gamblin  *All attendees will receive FREE Gamblin Product & Literature Samples. Dana Brown, Artist Representative for Gamblin Artist’s Colors, will present a practical, hands-on educational presentation on Gamblin Oil Colors. This 90 minute presentation will cover all aspects of oil paints, mediums and varnishes, including: Color Theory - 2-dimensional vs 3-dimensional color space Navigating Color Space - Emphasis on Practical Color Mixing Mineral vs Modern Pigments - How they affect painting techniques Artists’ Quality Oil Colors - Binder and pigment composition FastMatte Alkyd Oil Colors – For underpainting techniques and permanence Galkyd Painting Mediums – Focus on working properties and choosing the right medium Gamvar Picture Varnish - Advantages of removable varnishes Indirect vs Direct Techniques - Historical application of opaque and transparent colors Building Permanent Paintings - Understanding Fat Over Lean approaches Supports, Sizing and Grounds - How they affect color and permanence Studio Safety - How Permissible Exposure Level affects toxicity The goal of the presentation is not only educate participants on oil paints but to provide information that will enable attendees to create their own personalized palette. Pottery Sets (hand-build) Saturday, October 9 9am – 2pm Instructor: Tiffany Whitfield  Learn to make cups, bowls, plates or even matching vases, bring your imagination and make sets of anything. Using clay make a couple of pieces that create a unity together. Beginning to advanced levels are welcomed. Member $110 Non-member $145 Supplies and firing included Art of Doing Business Workshop Selling your works on-line Saturday, October 16 11am -12pm Artist: Brittni Wood Mehloff Brittni Wood Mehlhoff, artist and owner of papernstitch.com, an internationally curated exhibition site for artists and other makers, is sharing the ins and outs of selling your work online. This talk will cover everything from choosing an online venue to setting up shop and making your first sale. RSVP by October 8. Artist member: free Non-artist member: $15 Acrylic Painting Workshop with Ellen Diamond- all levels Saturday & Sunday, October 30 & 31 10am - 4pm Artist: Ellen Diamond, click here for bio  The workshop will focus on the landscape with nature as a point of departure for creating a work of art. Particular attention will focus on the use of color as the element that will deliver a fresh and unique approach, and ultimately a creative and individual painting. Experimentation with the acrylic medium will be explored and used to solve artistic problems. Member $210 Non-member $260 Photo Restoration & Retouching Workshop Saturday, November 6 10am to 1pm Instructor: Zach Castedo This class will introduce the powerful image editing tools of Adobe Photoshop to repair old photos and retouch new ones. Learn how to remove dust, scratches, and tears from old or damaged photos, add vibrant color to faded photos, enhance new photos by removing blemishes and unwanted shadows, removing red-eye, cropping, resizing, sharpening, adding text or borders, creating photo collages of multiple pictures, and much more! Member $50 Non-member $65 Story Telling, Narrative Sculpture Saturday & Sunday, February 26 & 27 10am - 4pm Instructor: Debra Fritts, click here for bio  This two day, hands-on sculpture workshop will explore the art of storytelling, using narrative sculpture to explore important themes such as faith, family relationships, completeness, and inner workings. In this workshop, students will explore the figure in sculpture using a variety of hand building techniques with terra cotta clay. The head and the torso will be approached. Members $260 Non-members $285 Supplies included |
The Cultural Center
50 Executive Way
Ponte Vedra Beach, FL
(904) 280-0614