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Art Workshop: Barnyard Brushstrokes with Sarah Jane Weber

Workshop Paintings Arts & Culture Classes

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This course welcomes, not only artists and art lovers, but all curious participants to the world of abstraction.

For artists who wish to paint animals and portraits in a more expressive, colorful and lively manner. The animals can be anything, from barnyard, wildlife to cats and dogs. The first day always starts with a welcome and a quick hello to get to know everybody

After the intro, Sarah Jane will paint a short demo. This is to show the students how to start a painting and what brushstrokes looks like, Following the demo (usually 45 minutes) we'll do some sketching from life to free up our hands and draw in big, loose and bold shapes. The drawing from life can include taxidermy, sculpture, or a live animal like my chocolate lab who is very quiet and easy to work from. Students will work on large newsprint for that. After drawing, we'll do color and value studies using photographs. These are always helpful and fun. Some of these are timed and some are not. The students will work on smaller canvas pads for these exercises.

The first afternoon and remaining days are all oil painting. On the first day the instructor will choose the subject matter from her photo library and all the students will paint the same thing. At this point we learn how to approach their subject matter.

The second and third days the students will then pick their own image that they have brought or from my photo library and work up a finished painting. After that is completed they are free to use their own photographs to complete 2-3 more paintings. Ultimately they will produce a finished product that they are happy with. It doesn’t have to be a masterpiece, but can be something they are proud of, wish to give as a gift, or even submit to a show. Finally, we'll share an hour-long critique session, where I encourage everybody to talk about their experience and to even photograph each other’s work. This is very helpful.

This course welcomes, not only artists and art lovers, but all curious participants to the world of abstraction.

For artists who wish to paint animals and portraits in a more expressive, colorful and lively manner. The animals can be anything, from barnyard, wildlife to cats and dogs. The first day always starts with a welcome and a quick hello to get to know everybody

After the intro, Sarah Jane will paint a short demo. This is to show the students how to start a painting and what brushstrokes looks like, Following the demo (usually 45 minutes) we'll do some sketching from life to free up our hands and draw in big, loose and bold shapes. The drawing from life can include taxidermy, sculpture, or a live animal like my chocolate lab who is very quiet and easy to work from. Students will work on large newsprint for that. After drawing, we'll do color and value studies using photographs. These are always helpful and fun. Some of these are timed and some are not. The students will work on smaller canvas pads for these exercises.

The first afternoon and remaining days are all oil painting. On the first day the instructor will choose the subject matter from her photo library and all the students will paint the same thing. At this point we learn how to approach their subject matter.

The second and third days the students will then pick their own image that they have brought or from my photo library and work up a finished painting. After that is completed they are free to use their own photographs to complete 2-3 more paintings. Ultimately they will produce a finished product that they are happy with. It doesn’t have to be a masterpiece, but can be something they are proud of, wish to give as a gift, or even submit to a show. Finally, we'll share an hour-long critique session, where I encourage everybody to talk about their experience and to even photograph each other’s work. This is very helpful.

More about Tubac Center of the Arts
Tubac Center of the Arts is a nonprofit arts center located just 45 minutes south of Tucson in the historic art colony of Tubac. The center hosts national and regional art exhibitions, presents a performing arts series, an arts speaker series, programs for youth, a gift shop, and art workshops located at the Tubac School of Fine Art.
When & Where
Mar 22, 2023, 9:00am to
Mar 23, 2023, 4:00pm Timezone: MST
$285.00

Special Instructions
Call TSFA for more information: 520-398-2589

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