Cuyahoga Valley Art Center

STILL LIFE WORKSHOP

BEGINNER to ADVANCED Level OIL PAINTING

with Amy Gibson

MARCH 28-29, 2020                9:30 – 4:30 PM

Member: $150                Non-Member: $175

In this workshop you will learn how to paint a still life in oil using the direct painting method. We will go over lighting, composition, transferring a drawing, underpainting techniques, color and color theory, and the importance of edge quality.

Working from direct observation is an important tool for learning how to paint. Your eye picks up so much information that is often lost in a photo. This workshop will give you a process that works and is also a great foundation to starting and completing your paintings.

Students will be required to bring their own supplies, supply list provided.

• Additional Supplies Provided By Gamblin Artist Oil Colors

http://www.cvartcenter.org/workshops/still-life-workshop-beginning-to-advanced-oil-painting/

Essentials of Oil Painting Class

OVERVIEW

ESSENTIALS OF OIL PAINTING

TUESDAY 9:30 – NOON

BEGINNER/INTERMEDIATE - with Amy Gibson 
This class is designed to teach students many of the basic skills necessary for creating oil paintings. Lessons will be sequential and are designed for students with little or no previous experience with this medium. Returning students are welcome. Some basic drawing skills are helpful but not a prerequisite. Students who complete this 8-week class will have the skills needed to confidently join other CVAC classes. M $112 NM $132


https://www.cvartcenter.org/classes/tuesday-essentials-of-oil-painting-for-beginners/

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Trekell Pet Portrait Contest

     TREKELL PET PORTRAIT CONTEST

This is Zoe. She is my little 4 pound Lhatese cupcake baked by satan. 

You should take a look at all of the adorable pets that were painted. 

They were all painted on Trekell’s 9.5”x14” panels.

Just go to instagram and follow #trekellpets2019

#trekell #trekellartsupplies #brushes #art #pets

Essentials Of Oil Painting For Beginners

I will begin teaching oil painting classes at the Cuyahoga Valley Art Center this October!! It is an 8 week class. There will be a Tuesday morning and a Thursday evening class offered.

LET’S PAINT!🎨🎉

http://www.cvartcenter.org/classes/tuesday-essentials-of-oil-painting-for-beginners/

Listening

“Perhaps we just need little reminders from time to time that we are already dignified, deserving, worthy. “If you stop trying to make yourself more than you are, out of fear that you are less than you are, whoever you really are will be a lot lighter and happier and easier to live with, too.”

 --Jon Kabat Zinn

This painting is about listening. Listening to your body, Listening to your health. It's easy to get caught up in the day to day stresses of life. I have been practicing mindfulness for a while now and I have to tell you it isn't easy.  So take a moment to focus on your breath .. or hey use that apple to make a martini and chill out! 

Apéro

Check out this cool online magazine! There are so many talented artists!
https://www.showapero.com/catalogue

I was lucky enough to be featured in:

August 2019 - Depth

‘Depth’ is a catalogue of art that expresses expanse, intensity, and deepness. The artwork is both literal and cerebral. The work is comprised of drawings, paintings, photography, mixed media, digital, and sculpture both representational and abstract in nature.

Falling

"We always called maple seeds whirlybirds,

just as we always did so many things, as children.

We liked them best when they were yellow--

when tossed alone, in twos, or even bunches--

they came swirling down. Too green,

they fell with a plop. Too brown, too thin to fly,

or they fell apart, exposing their spider veins

like the vertical strings on a badminton racket.

If we had rain, mush, beside the welcome mat.

But this morning, sailing swiftly by my window,

catching the light--white and lovely,

delicate of drift--landing in a driveway crack

or in gutters in the fertile loam that once was

other maple leaves, those ’copters from the sky--

unshaken in purpose--became a circle of trees."

Poem by Helen Losse

Oil Painting 6x6 panel

Paintings can be purchased on my website  www.amygibsonart.com

learning

The real meditation is how you live your life 

-Jon Kabit-Zinn

8x10 oil 

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Paintings can be purchased on my website 

www.amygibsonart.com