Name: Intuitive Abstract Painting &amp; Expressive Mark-Making 173
SKU: TcA-0173-ENG-P
Price: 289.00 USD
Availability: InStock

Course Description

Color and the way paint is applied is an integral part of a painter’s VISUAL LANGUAGE. The marks you make visible also influence how your art is seen, felt, and interpreted.

Explore abstract painting and mark-making using an INTUITIVE APPROACH with Master Artist Cameron Schmitz. She’ll show you how these skills can open new doors, develop a richer painting process, and create a more engaging and meaningful experience.

As you learn about painting and mark-making you’ll tap into your deeper creative self, and learn to trust your instincts, voice, and the creative process.

Cameron will be demonstrating in oils; however, students are welcome to work in acrylics or oils for this workshop.

You Will Learn:

How to APPLY paint to create a story
Use MARK-MAKING to convey emotion
To TRUST your instincts
Different ELEMENTS of drawing
GESTURAL brushwork techniques

By the end of this workshop, you will feel more confident creating exciting and authentic works of abstract art.

Supply List

2-3” length Metal Trowel Painting Knife
16-20 oz Gamsol or Artist Grade equivalent of pure odorless mineral spirits | Acrylic painters should have water equivalent (Oil Painters: this will be used for both your painting medium mixture and to clean your brushes)
4-8oz Refined Linseed Oil for painting medium mixture | acrylic painters should have equivalent slow-drying medium
2-4 pairs of Nitrile Gloves
Cotton Cloth Painting Rags (cut up t-shirts or sheets are great)
Roll of Paper Towels
Paint Tubes: Your choice of any one of each primary color + white (i.e. Magenta, Cobalt, India Yellow + White)
Brushes: 5-6 bristle brushes that are a mix of 3⁄4”- 2” wide
Substrate: Three sheets of 16×20 Arches Huile Paper or 16×20 Painting Pad (Primed Canvas)
1 small jar with lid (salsa jars are a great!)
2 larger jars with lids (larger pasta size jars are great!)
Drawing Board or large sheet of Cardboard to tape paintings to (20×24- 24×36)
1.5-2” wide Painter’s Tape
16×20 Painting Palette (either glass or disposable)
Work Surface for your painting palette, brushes & materials all in one place
Table top space for painting or Easel painting is optional

Instructor Bio

Cameron Schmitz is a professional fine art painter based in Massachusetts. She received her Master’s of Fine Arts in Painting from the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and Bachelor’s of Fine Arts in Painting & Drawing from the University of New Hampshire, in addition to completing studies at Studio Arts Centers International in Florence, Italy.

In addition to her full-time painting practice, Cameron teaches painting workshops that range from Exploring Abstraction, Creative Mark-Making, Abstracting the Landscape and Painting Techniques for both representational and abstract painters. Formerly also in the commercial art gallery business, Cameron’s breadth and depth of professional art experience provides her an expansive understanding of both art and the business of being an artist.

Cameron’s work has been featured at institutions that include Kyoto Seika University, Emory University, Fitchburg Art Museum, Northern Arizona University Art Museum, Green Mountain College, and The National Arts Club. Her paintings are included in permanent collections that include New York-Presbyterian Hospitals, UVM Medical Center, Lahey Medical Centers, Wells Fargo and the Almoosa Specialist Hospital in Saudi Arabia. Notable press includes spotlight features in Fresh Paint Magazine and the featured guest on a two-part series on the popular podcast, Savvy Painter. Her work is represented by galleries and art consultants that include Mitchell-Giddings Fine Arts, Carrie Coleman Fine Art, Boston Art Inc., Art Partnership Inc., and Libby Silvia Fine Art Consulting.