Gyasi Ottley Workshop: Digital Drawing
You will learn the skill of 2D animation using both free and paid digital tools available on your devices. You will choose 3 objects and animate a transition between them.
Cora Waterhouse - The Painted Portrait
Cora will be demonstrating the techniques she will be using in her workshop.
Cora Waterhouse -- The Painted Portrait
Course Description
This 2-day workshop promises to be chock full of techniques, tips and good humor, as Cora shares her simple processes for drawing, photgraphing, and painting oil portraits of a adults and children.
Bio
Artist and instructor Cora Waterhouse creates portraits in charcoal, pastel and oil. Locally, her work can be seen at Armature Works, The Pear Water Street, Visit Tampa Bay Visitor Center, and homes in the US, Singapore, Malaysia, Australia, Germany, Brussels and Denmark. Over time and distance, she has discovered creative ways to conquer the challenges of painting endearing portraits from life and from photographs.
Artist Statement
I am an artist who recently moved to Tampa and have found that it is a great place to work and share my passion for growing and nurturing new artists. I’ve taught children for the Dali Museum and the Hillsborough Community College Youth and Teen Camp, and Adults for Tampa Regional Artists, LuLu Studios and the Tampa Museum of Art. I’ve also presented workshops in Tampa, Singapore and Georgia. When I am not teaching, I maintain an active studio schedule of portrait commissions in charcoal, pastel and oil. I am always looking for new artistic adventures and am thrilled by how Tampa delivers so many exciting opportunities to work and share what I love.
Supply List provided upon registration
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Gyasi Ottley Demo: Digital Drawing
Gyasi will be demonstrating the techniques he’ll be using in his workshop.
Beth Smedley -- Found Objects Robots
I found altoid tin robots on Pinterest a long time ago and had to try one. I’ve made several over the years. My findings lead me to what personality my robot will take. In this demo I will show the steps I take to flush out a “Happi-mess™” Robot.
About the Artist
Originally from Baltimore, MD, Beth Smedley has lived in Florida since 1974. She was deeply inspired by her Chinese mother who was very creative. Beth has worked professionally as a graphic designer for over 40 years, but has always found time to try a new art or craft. Some of these experiments are: stained glass, basketry, painting of all mediums, including cold wax and oil, jewelry making, paper mache, scultpure, needle felting and drawing. Favorite art type is mixed media, where all of the previous can come into play.
Beth has been involved with the Brandon League of Fine Arts since 2016 and served as president in 2024. She won the strawberry themed art award at the FL Strawberry Festival for 2 years in a row and a Best in Show award in 2020.
The Demonstration will be in person and also on Zoom.
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https://us02web.zoom.us/j/7409862189?omn=85948236432
Meeting ID: 740 986 2189
Joyce Curvin: Whimsical Paper Mache Animals
Demo Description
Joyce Curvin creates quirky playful animals from paper-mâché and recycled materials. Her Art-Official Pets© start with an armature of upcycled items that might include plastic bottles, old cardboard, paper and wire. The frame is then covered in paper-mâché which is typically painted in bright colors. The piece is completed with other found items – feathers, button eyes, fabrics, and paper - that tell the creatures’ charming stories.
Artist Statement:
Recycling is at the heart of my work. Through a playful fusion of colors, textures, and materials I work to create humorous, engaging characters that evoke a sense of fun and wonder. My goal is to capture an expression, an attitude or moment of joy in every piece.
Each of my Art-Official Pets© starts with an armature of mostly recycled materials that may include plastic bottles, old cardboard, paper and wire. I apply several coats of paper-mâché and texture to the structure followed by a bright palette of color in paint, paper, fabric, and such.
Bio:
Joyce Curvin was born and raised in St. Petersburg, Florida, to a family who believed in reusing, repurposing, and recycling. She studied art and business at Stetson University in DeLand, FL, graduating with a BBA in marketing.
Joyce enjoyed a successful career in visual merchandising and store design for area malls and finer shops…all the while creating her art both on the side and as a part of her visual merchandising projects. She has worked in a variety of mediums including clay, metal, paper, and wood all culminating in her current work in paper-mâché and mixed media.
The Demonstration will be in person and also on Zoom.
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Meeting ID: 740 986 2189
Jeanne Keiyo Houlton: Ikebana Flower Arranging
Ikebana is not flowers in a vase.
Her demonstration is “Ichiyo Summer” using tropicals.
Bio
Jeanne Keiko Houlton is a 4th generation American of Japanese ancestry born and raised in Hawaii. Japanese is her first language. She started Ikebana lessons in the Sogetsu School in 1970 and became a Sogetsu teacher and then a teacher in the Ichiyo School of Ikebana. She has been teaching for the Ichiyo School for 25 years and has a dozen students who have become teachers. She has demonstrated arranging in most venues in St. Petersburg, such as the Museum of Fine Arts, The Museum of History, Duncan McClellan Gallery, Morean Art Center, Craftsman House Gallery, St. Petersburg Clay Company and the Saturday Morning Market. She has demonstrated in 10 Ikebana International Chapters in the USA. She has also demonstrated in Tokyo representing North America and the Ichiyo School at the Ikebana International World Convention. Her style reflects Contemporary Ikebana.
Zoom Link
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/7409862189?omn=83086730658
Meeting ID: 740 986 2189
Melissa Miller Nece Workshop: Discover Watercolor Pencils
The best of both worlds! Water-soluble colored pencils combine the precision and control of drawing with the fluid possibilities of paint. Explore the many ways these versatile pencils can be used – wet or dry, alone or for mixed media. Great for artists’ journals and plein air, for sketching or serious artwork, they even mix well with pen and ink and traditional watercolor. The class will include fun exercises, a guided painting project, and time to work on your choice of provided subjects. Various pencil sets will be available to share in class, no need to bring your own. Paper will also be included.
Artist Bio
Melissa Miller Nece is regarded as one of the foremost colored pencil artists in the country. Her enthusiasm and humor have made her a favorite speaker for arts groups around Florida, and she has inspired many others to try colored pencils through her classes and workshops. She has been teaching colored pencil, drawing, and oil and acrylic painting at the Dunedin Fine Art Center since 1990. She has taught many workshops around Florida and the country.
Since 2008, Melissa has served on the national governing board of the Colored Pencil Society of America, as ways and means director, president, and currently as corporate relations director, cultivating a strong working relationship with art materials companies. She is a 20-year merit signature member and a CPX signature member of the society. She previously served two terms as president of CPSA District Chapter113. She is also a signature member and board member of the Miniature Artists of America, a member of the Florida Artist Group, a trustee of the Professional Association of Visual Artists and a member and past board member of the Miniature Art Society of Florida.Melissa exhibits and has won numerous awards in Florida and in national and international juried exhibitions. She has nine awards just in CPSA International and “Explore This!” Exhibitions. For her artwork, Melissa finds inspiration in the Florida environment, particularly its beaches. But sometimes she explores intuitive abstract themes, things that have to be expressed in a less literal way
What you will need
With pencils and paper provided, the supplies to bring are minimal–a couple brushes, erasers and fine line art markers if you wish. You may want a support board for the paper and tape to secure it.
Melissa Miller Nece Demo: Discover Watercolor Pencils
Melissa will be demonstrating the techniques she will be using in her workshop. Click here for more details.
The Demonstration will be in person and also on Zoom.
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https://us02web.zoom.us/j/7409862189?omn=85948236432
Meeting ID: 740 986 2189
Latonya Hicks Workshop: Mixed Media Relief
In this exploratory Mixed Media Relief class, participants will use a variety of materials to create a high relief assemblage. We will work in 3 Phases that begin chronologically and end iteratively.
Phase 1:I deation will begin with a discussion/sharing of personal objects, images for inspiration,“shopping”through my dragons hoard”of supplies, and planning.
Phase 2: Building up the surface through construction. During this phase we work on the Masonite substrate, weavings, demo with wire, aluminum, clay and Polyfill. The“HowTo”and the“Go do”stage.
Phase 3:The surface. During stage 3 we embellish our relief. This process of creation is iterative meaning we keep circling back through the phases as we work on different sections of our relief.
Bring any other materials you would like to create with and objects of personal significance to inspire you, embed in your work or use to embellish the surface.
Artist Bio
Born in Macon, Ga and raised in Jacksonville, FL, Latonya Hicks is a visual artist who lives and works in Clearwater, FL. Her recent exhibitions include the Tampa Museum of FineArts, Tampa, FL; Court House Cultural Center Gallery, Stuart, FL; CF Webber Gallery at The College of Central Florida, Ocala, FL; Tully Levine Gallery, St. Petersburg, FL and the Lighthouse Ar tCenter Gallery, Tequesta, FL. Latonya received an MFA from the School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts University and is currently th President of the Florida Art Education Association and the Secondary Visual Art Integration Coordinator responsible for guiding 6-12 art teachers in PinellasCounty.
Artist Statement
An archeologist discovering and claiming my history I draw on historical, fictional and personal references to create densely layered figurative compositions from my ‘dragon’s hoard.’ My eye is drawn to high contrast, colorful patterns that evoke the comfort of my grandmother’s kitchen while she cooked wearing mod dresses indicative of the 60s and 70s. During those years I struggled to feel welcome around my extended family. Early on my parents moved us away and my everyday life was completely counter to those summers running around with cousins. In the aftermath, Grandma’s house became a safe place where my‘blackness’was never a question. My existence and speech patterns were always ENOUGH. For years my style of dress was an act of homage to the safety she provided; scouring thrift shops and markets for objects that made me feel connected to that time/place. Her house was lost to a gang war and with it the furniture, bed coverings, polyester dresses, linoleum patterns and everything I built my early visual language on.
In much the same way that I use to‘collect’using my body as the canvas now I extrapolate from my history to invent a visual language that represents my experience-which simultaneously feels paradoxically fractured and whole. My identity was/is a collaged identity that is reflected in my work. I collect people and objects using them to tell a story I don’t quite know the end of yet.
Latonya Hicks Demo: Mixed Media Relief
Latonya will be demonstrating the techniques she will be using in her workshop. Click here for more information.
Shawn Dell Joyce Workshop: Adding Wildlife to a Painting
Make breathtaking paintings with dramatic light and color, like sunset and marsh/lake scenes, then add wildlife (birds, gators, etc) and learn to match the lighting to make it look like they were there all along! Work from supplied photos to create an atmospheric painting, then choose which critter you want to include. Make value sketches and color studies to plan how the light will wrap around the forms, and create a finished, polished painting. Work from supplied references, individual and group attention. Open to all media, demonstrations in pastel.
Artist Bio
Shawn Dell Joyce was born in Texas in 1965 and grew up on the border in Brownsville Tx. She worked in her family’s citrus orchards until an unseasonable frost killed the trees in1982. This loss changed the trajectory of her career from farmer to artist. She went to art school at University of North Texas in Denton, and studied Semiotics with artist Vernon Fisher, then transferred to San Francisco Art Institute in 1987. Her real education happened as an artist’s apprentice in SoHo section of NY where she worked in several artist’s studios until leaving the city for the beautiful farmlands North of the city and began teaching plein air classes in 2000, and continues weekly to this day in Tampa Bay. She founded a plein air school with an Arts and Agricultural mission based on the historic Hudson River School, called the Wallkill River School of Art. It still exists today as a nonprofit arts organization with a mission of bringing cultural tourism to the Hudson Valley region through plein air painting workshops and events on local farms, historic sites and open spaces.
Joyce has won many prestigious awards for plein air painting, and is a signature member of Pastel Society ofTampa Bay (PSTB), New York Plein Air Painters (NYPAP), and International Plein AirPainters (IPAP), and Pastel Society ofAmerica (PSA). She has been featured in many national newspapers and magazines like the New York Times, Plein Air Magazine, Plein Air Podcast with Eric Rhoads, Pastel Journal Magazine, Tampa Bay Magazine. She is represented by six galleries around the country including Wallkill River School in NY, Woodfield Fine Art in St. Pete, and Lakeside Inn Gallery in Mount Dora, FL.She teaches workshops in pastel and plein air techniques across the country in Staunton, VA, Olana, NY, Tampa Bay Florida, and is included in museum collections in the Georges Pompidou Museum in France and the Museum of Modern Art in NY. She recently won the Creative Pinellas grant for established artists in 2023, Best in Show for Central Florida Pastel Society Annual Exhibit, and Best in Show for 2024 Pastel Society of Tampa Bay Annual Exhibit.
What you will need
Bring your favorite media and two supports (canvas/paper) 16x20 or 12x14 along with all brushes, solvents, etc.
Pack a lunch and drink
Bring two photos of a landscape and two photos of wildlife you would like to add to that landscape. (Or choose from mine! I’ll bring hundreds of photos to use)
Sketchbook and pencil/markers/charcoal for value sketch
We’ll provide standing and table easels, so you can work the way you prefer.
Shawn’s workshops are sponsored by AmpersandSurfaces.
Shawn Dell Joyce Demo: Adding Wildlife to a Painting (ZOOM)
THIS IS A ZOOM PRESENTATION
Shawn will be demonstrating techniques that will be used in her workshop. Click here for more details.
Click here for Zoom demo link (activated on March 16, 2025)
Fealing Lin Workshop (2 day event via ZOOM): Transparent Watercolor Portraiture + Figure
This is a 2-day ZOOM workshop being broadcast February 15 and 16 from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Link will be sent to registered participants 2 weeks prior to event.
Although portrait painting can be very intimidating, Fealing will teach you how to relax and enjoy the process as you discover the spontaneity and uniqueness to watercolor. You will also learn how to capture the quality of light available to you. You will achieve a level of transparency with your images and develop an understanding of head architecture that will give you the confidence to take on even the most challenging portraits. Award winning watercolorist, Fealing combines semi-abstract strokes and impressionistic concepts to elicit life and movement in her portrait and figure paintings. There will be daily lecture, exercise and demo. Fealing will assist and critique student’s works whatever way she could, and allow the students to work on their own pace. During this workshop, learn how value and temperature change, as well as how to use transparent glazing to allow the glow of the paper to shine through. By balancing colors and weaving lights and darks, you will achieve painterly and successful paintings. She will spend time in the workshop discussing the value and essentials of a good drawing, although the focus will be on painting
PLEASE NOTE: THIS IS AN ONLINE WORKSHOP. A LINK WILL BE SENT TO REGISTERED PARTICIPANTS 2 WEEKS PRIOR TO THE WORKSHOP.
Artist Bio + Statement
Fealing Lin, NWS, TWSA, is based in Los Angeles. Fealing is a signature member of National Watercolor Society, Transparent Watercolor Society of America, Watercolor West, Missouri Watercolor Society and others. She is a popular workshop instructor and judge for national and international shows. Her works and articles appear nationally and internationally including in France, England and Estonia. Both of Fealing's portrait and cityscape were published in many Splash books and variouss magazines in United States.
“I live for art,” says Fealing. “The challenge of each process of every painting keeps me humble, so I can continue being inspired by all the beauties in this world.”
Fealing Lin Demo (via ZOOM): Transparent Watercolor Portraiture + Figure
Fealing Lin will be demonstrating the techniques she will use in her workshop. Click here for further detail
This demo is a ZOOM event.
Click here for demo link.. (To be activated on February 9, 2025 at 2 p.m.) Text Kthy Durdin at 813.2205800 if you have any trouble getting in to the Zoom webinar.
Daniel Smith Watercolor Demo 1-3 PM
Join us for a fun and interesting conversation with Scott Stevenson, Brand Ambassador for DANIEL SMITH Manufacturing. Scott has had the privilege to be in the industry for over 20 years working with some of the most well-known manufacturers in art materials. In his free time enjoys watercolor, wine, music and travel. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area in California with his wife Traci.
Do you have questions about DANIEL SMITH or with watercolor paint in general? Have questions about Quinacridone pigments? Wonder where the color Serpentine comes from? How does the color Moonglow get its name. How does DANIEL SMITH test pigments for lightfastness? What’s granulation? This is a great opportunity to ask questions in a conversational and relaxed atmosphere.
The presentation will start off with the history of DANIEL SMITH Manufacturing and the many aspects of developing DANIEL SMITH products. You will see firsthand lab paint outs, see and touch the minerals used to manufacture the colors in the PrimaTek line and more. The finale...the exciting opportunity to sample a selection of our colors and put paint to paper!!!
Demo is in person.
PARTICIPATION IN THIS DEMONSTRATION WILL BE LIMITED TO 16 PARTICIPANTS FOR EACH SESSION. THERE ARE 2 SESSIONS; THE FIRST WILL BE 10-NOON AND THE SECOND WILL BE 1-3 PM. PLEASE BE SURE TO SIGN UP FOR THE TIME YOU WOULD LIKE TO PARTICIPATE. IF YOU MUST CANCEL, PLEASE DO SO WITHING 48 HOURS SO THAT SOMEONE ON THE WAITLIST CAN TAKE YOUR PLACE. This seesion is full and we are taking waitlist reservations..
Jointly Sponsored with Florida Watercolor Society
Daniel Smith Watercolor Demo 10am - Noon
Join us for a fun and interesting conversation with Scott Stevenson, Brand Ambassador for DANIEL SMITH Manufacturing. Scott has had the privilege to be in the industry for over 20 years working with some of the most well-known manufacturers in art materials. In his free time enjoys watercolor, wine, music and travel. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area in California with his wife Traci.
Do you have questions about DANIEL SMITH or with watercolor paint in general? Have questions about Quinacridone pigments? Wonder where the color Serpentine comes from? How does the color Moonglow get its name. How does DANIEL SMITH test pigments for lightfastness? What’s granulation? This is a great opportunity to ask questions in a conversational and relaxed atmosphere.
The presentation will start off with the history of DANIEL SMITH Manufacturing and the many aspects of developing DANIEL SMITH products. You will see firsthand lab paint outs, see and touch the minerals used to manufacture the colors in the PrimaTek line and more. The finale...the exciting opportunity to sample a selection of our colors and put paint to paper!!!
Demo is in person.
PARTICIPATION IN THIS DEMONSTRATION WILL BE LIMITED TO 16 PARTICIPANTS FOR EACH SESSION. THERE ARE 2 SESSIONS; THE FIRST WILL BE 10-NOON AND THE SECOND WILL BE 1-3 PM. PLEASE BE SURE TO SIGN UP FOR THE TIME YOU WOULD LIKE TO PARTICIPATE. IF YOU MUST CANCEL, PLEASE DO SO WITHING 48 HOURS SO THAT SOMEONE ON THE WAITLIST CAN TAKE YOUR PLACE. This session is sold out. Please sign up for the wait list.
Jointly Sponsored with Florida Watercolor Society
Robert J. Simone 2-Day Workshop: Painting Vibrant Florida Landscapes
This is a 2-day workshop. The cost is $240 for TRA members; $280 for non-members.
Classes will be held on Saturday, January 11 and Sunday, January 12 from 10-5 p.m.
Click Below to Register and Pay:
Artist/Instructor Robert J. Simone says that the most closely held secret in painting is that there are no secrets! Simone says that great painting flows from mastering the basics. The biggest key to painting vibrant Florida landscapes is mastering the ability to paint sunlight! The primary emphasis of this workshop will be on the principles involved in painting convincing light. The colors, values and techniques involved in achieving a vibrant light will be thoroughly explored.The secondary emphasis will be on choosing subject matter, cropping and composing.
The course is suitable for all levels from beginning to advanced. The workshop begins with a demonstration on Jan 5th, 2025, from 2pm–3:30pm at the Old Hyde Park Art Center in Tampa. Classes resume Jan 11th and 12th, 2025, from 10am–4pm.
As an instructor, Robert has been described as very passionate, extremely knowledgeable, patient and kind. He can meet you where you are and give you the information most critical to your growth. His teaching style is a stream of consciousness approach that drawson his vast studies and experience. Although highly focused he is very lighthearted and fun loving. His workshops are joyful deep dives into the depths of painting
Robert J. Simone, NOAPS, ASMA, OPS
Artist Statement
Good things happen when you paint!
Tampa Bay’s own, nationally known artist, Robert J. Simone insists that good things happen when you paint! “I really believe that,” he says. “I’m living proof that it’s true. I was a late bloomer, who started taking classes and workshops when I was in my 40’s. I just kept my head down and kept painting. I’m still pinching myself over the awards and recognition that has come my way.” Simone says that the secret to constant growth as an artist lies in mastering the basics. Thestrength of his own work is his mastery of vibrant color and convincing light. Robert recently won the Grand Prize a tPlein Air Easton 2024! Other recent awards include FirstPrize in the Quickpaint Competition at Olmsted Plein Air Invitational in Atlanta, Ga, 2024, Best Landscape at the National Oil and Acrylic Painters Society(NOAPS), Best of America Small Works Exhibition 2023 and BestMarine/Seascape at Oil Painters of America(OPA)Eastern Regional2023.
robertjsimone@gmail.com
Click here for materials list
Robert J. Simone Demo: Painting Vibrant Florida Landscapes
Robert will be demonstrating the techniques he’ll be using in his workshop. Click here to see full details.
Click here for Demo link
(activated on January 5, 2025 at 2 p.m.)
Anna Jonsdottir Workshop: Stitching on Watercolor Paper
In this workshop, Ana will show how traditional embroidery stitches can lay the foundation for creative embroidery and art textile. She will demonstrate how to stretch and manipulate stitches to incorporate stitch onto surfaces to express texture and feelings. She invites you to enjoy playing with threads, without any preconceived project or application in mind. Be spontaneous with your stitch choices and color scheme. Open your mind to explore using threads in your work. Merging art with our concept of thet raditional trade of hand embroidery.
Bio: Anna Jonsdottir was born in Denmark and raised in Iceland. At the age of six she was taught by her Grandma Anna, to thread a needle and followed a pattern. As a teenager, she loved knitting and exploring embroidery techniques, and designing her own patterns. She has a degree in science and had a successful and lucrative career in the European R&D food sector. Anna moved to the United Kingdom in 2011 and met the talented textile artist Kathleen Patterson, who ran a monthly ‘CreativeEmbroidery’ course. She then studied at the Open Collage of Art, in UK. In 2016 Anna was accepted into her first juried art exhibition, ‘TheNew Forest Open Art Exhibition. Following that she received her first commission from an international public relation company. “Finally,”she says, “I had the courage to say out loud, I am an artist.” In 2023, Anna started selling embroidery kits to encourage people to use embroidery to relax in our ever-demanding society. Finding the joy of using the small tool of a needle and a thread to explore the endless possibilities a needle can bring to our life being mending, making, drawing and/or exploring our artistic side. All kits have everything needed, not popping to the shop. Just putting down the phone, opening a box and feeling the joy of using our hands to make!
Artist Statement
I am a textile, mixed media artist manipulating fibers using color and texture that reflects my Icelandic heritage, weather-beaten Northern Artic wilderness mixed with the bright colors of tropical living in the sunny state of Florida. I mainly explore the theme circle of life, connections, the concept of individualism and nature through texture and feel. I usually work in a series of several small works where each piece can stand on its own, but the depth of the work strengthens and shines as more and more pieces are brought together. As with society, compositions are endless! Isn’t us more fulfilling than I? Although we need an I to make us! That’s thebeauty of us as humans, that’s the fundamental of society.
@amjcreativitywww.amjcreativity.com
www.amjcreativity.etsy.com
What you will need
Printed reference images for color or texture reference
6 in x 8 inWatercolor paper (300g/m2140lb)–Needs to be thick enough to be punched and stitchedwithout the paper bending
Snips of handmade paper, plastic food packaging and/or watercolor paper (to make circle and semicircle)
Watercolor of your choosing
Mixing pallet for watercolors
Small container for water
Paper towel
Optional:Salt and/or tools for making texture, Tracing paper-cut into 5¾”x 7¾”or the size that covers your watercolor paper, Masking tape, Flat sponge to lay the paper on top to help with the needle punching, Drawing pencil, Eraser, Circle maker or circled small objects to trace, Small ruler, Glue stick, Scissors–for cutting paper, canalsobe used as a thread cutter, Pens–black, white, gold in various thickness(0.3-0.7mm), Chenille needles–with sharp end for making holes in paper, Thimble or helps with the punching, Tapestry needles, Beading needles, Embroidery and/orsewing machine threads-In your preferred colors and associated decorative threads
We are working on a small surface so thin is better than thick. Beads, found objects, wires, sticks, sand etc.anything that goes with the feel of your chosen colors/texture. Recycling is closely linked to textile art-use what you have.
Anna Jonsdottir Demo: Stitching on Watercolor Paper
About the Demo:
Anna will be demonstrating the techniques she’ll be using in his workshop. Click here to see full details.
The demo will be in person and available online. The link to the meeting is below.
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/7409862189?omn=88333517582
Meeting ID: 740 986 2189
Ornament Making Party
Join us for an afternoon of making ornaments to sell at the center during the holiday season! Paints and ornaments will be supplied. Price includes packaging too!
Sheryl Unwin Workshop: Introduction to the World of Scratchboard
About the Workshop:
This 6 hour workshop will introduce the fabulous world of Scratchboarding. Teaching various techniques and utilizing a range of different tools to bring images to life. The first 30 mins of the workshop is spent learning different scratchboard tools which can be used for etching. A practice board will be supplied to each student to allow each to be experienced together with individual techniques which are used in creating different effects such as Fur, Stippling, Cross Hatching, etc. During the remaining time in class, an instructor provided image is transferred to a 5x7 Ampersand Scratchbord, this permits the instructor to give step by step instruction to the students, and ensures each student has an equal allocation of the instructors time. At the end of the session there should be an understanding of the basic techniques required to complete a scratchboard.
About the Artist:
Sheryl Unwin is originally from Billerica, Massachusetts. She has lived in Gosport, England between 1997-2005 with her husband before moving to sunny Florida in August 2005. She is mainly self taught, but she did attend the Art Institute of Boston between 1984-1986 with a Major in Illustration. Her professional background currently is as a Graphic designer working in the Commercial and Sign/T-shirt Printing industry between 1984 to Present. Today her passion for animals and nature has inspired her to create realistic scratchboard, color and graphite pencil and Pen and Ink drawings of some of her most favorite subjects. She loves to draw from the largest of wildlife creatures to the smallest of domestic pets. This has become her passion and interest of choice, but she still loves to draw portraits of people as well. Sheryl Unwin is currently an Signature Member of the International Society of ScratchboardArtist alongwith being a member and Instructor at North Port Art Center, Englewood Art Center and ArtCenter Manatee.
Cost
$55 for TRA Members, $75 for Non-Members. If you are paying by cash or check, please register here and mail your check to TRA and email Judy Milsaps.
Sheryl Unwin Demo: Introduction to the World of Scratchboarding
About the Demo:
Sheryl will be demonstrating the techniques she’ll be using in his workshop. Click here to see full details.
Gyasi Ottley Workshop: Cartooning and Digital Art
About the Workshop:
You will learn the skill of 2D animation using both free and paid digital tools available on your devices. You will choose 3 objects and animate a transition between them. To complete this project you will employ the principles of animation along with the features available one of today’s top digital art apps, Procreate. Supplementary software, FlipaClip is also recommended as it is a free dedicated animation software. FlipaClip does have some of its featured behind a purchase wall. You do not need to have both apps to complete this project.
What will you learn?
Foundational Animation Principles such as:
Timing
Spacing
Squash + Stretch
Anticipation, and more.
Structure and layout of most animation software available today.
Media formatting for social media and best practices for posting.
Video editing
Prerequisite Skills
Drawing and Tracing.
Basic use of smart phones, tablets, and computers.
Required Materials + Equipment:
Software:
Procreate (iOS)
FlipaClip (Android)
Hardware:
iPad, iPhone, Smart Phone or Tablet, Stylus (optional).
Period 1
Workspace set up
Asset Creation
First transition animation
Period 2
Second transition animation
Compositing + editing.
Social media posting.
About the Artist:
In 2013, Gyasi Ottley graduated from the Art Institute of Washington, armed with a portfolio that seamlessly blended animation shorts with traditional masterpieces. His journey into animation began in college, a stark contrast to his early interest in the art form from a young age. Even as a child, Gyasi was drawn to drawing and cartoons, nurturing a latent passion for animation.
It wasn't until college that he delved into animation practice, sparked by his exposure to creators on newgrounds.com who were crafting animations using Adobe Flash. His first animation class in college served as the catalyst, propelling him into the world of animation.
A pivotal juncture arrived when his mother catalyzed his exploration of abstract art. Overcoming a creative impasse while designing a pair of jeans, Gyasi transitioned into the realm of abstraction under his mother's guidance. This newfound direction converged with his fascination for the abstract works born from a 2D design class, catalyzing a transformation that would define his distinctive style
Cost
$50 for TRA Members, $65 for Non-Members. If you are paying by cash or check, please register here and mail your check to TRA and email Judy Milsaps.
Gyasi Ottley Demo: Cartooning and Digital Art
About the Demo:
Gyasi will be demonstrating the techniques he’ll be using in his workshop. Click here to see full details.
Kathy Durdin is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.
Topic: TRA monthly demo
Time: Sep 10, 2024 07:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/7409862189?omn=81880706095
Meeting ID: 740 986 2189
Beth Carson: The Eyes Have It
Beth Carson will be demonstrating how to paint an eye using oil paint on a 3” x 3” wood circle. Some of the information she will share includes:
Taking a photo in the right light at the right distance and how to crop it
Sketching the eye
Starting point for painting
Mixing the colors
Reading the reflections and shadows in the pupil
List of materials used
Bio
Beth Carson is an oil painter and fiber artist working out of her home studio just outside of sunny Tampa, Fl. She is heavily influenced by nature as well as the small everyday moments in life that are sometimes so easily overlooked. She loves to tell a story through her creations and believe that one of a kind handmade art adds life and character to every home.
Demo will be in person and on Zoom.
Time: Aug 13, 2024 07:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
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Meeting ID: 740 986 2189
Anne Walker from Holbein Paints: Versatility of Holbein Watercolor, Gouche, and Acrylic Gouache
Abstract:
Not all water-based paints are the same. Anne will compare the differences between each of the products, their unique characteristics, and applications. She will demonstrate the versatility of the product and combining the products with each other. She will also show her set up with and advantages of each paint when doing sketches or working plein Aire.
The demo will be in person and on Zoom.
Topic: July TRA Demo
Time: Jul 9, 2024 07:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
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Meeting ID: 740 986 2189
Dr. Merritt Shank from Eagle Fine Arts: Important Considerations for Artists After Project Completion
Abstract:
Most artists are called artists because they know how to produce art. They often go through school and training regarding different mediums and approaches and spend years perfecting their own style. However, part of the art world that artists are often not schooled in is what to do with their art once they have completed it. In this demonstration, Dr. Shank will go over the post-production side of the business. This includes how to approach your work and what to consider for different types of art to accurately capture your work and maximize its potential regarding accurate reproduction and making a profit while you are alive.
Supply List: Students only need a notepad and writing utensil.
From the Presenter:
My name is Dr. Merritt Schenk. I am part owner and operator at Eagle Fine Arts in Tampa Florida. I was brought into the business in 2023 by owner Marshall Cott because of my background in film, art, and behavior analysis. I have degrees from the University of Kansas, the University of the Pacific, and the University of South Florida. Our business focus lies in the field of Fine-Art Replication. Therefore, my presentations will be focused on providing artists with a better understanding of important aspects regarding reproducing their work to reach a broader audience. Born and raised on a farm in Kansas, I moved to Florida to finish my degree, and I loved it here too much to leave. All that said, I’m still a Kansas kid at heart.
Demo will be in person and on Zoom. See below for Zoom link,
Topic: TRA June Demo
Time: Jun 18, 2024 07:00 pM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
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Meeting ID: 740 986 2189
Keven Grass Workshop: Structural Figure Drawing
About the Workshop:
The human figure is a particularly difficult drawing subject for several reasons: 1) there is a strong tendency to draw what is expected rather than what is actually present, 2) the figure is very complex, making the characteristics of the forms and their relationships to one another difficult to understand, and 3) the drawing process can be very frustrating when too many variables are addressed at one time.The best way to overcome these problems is to conceive of the figure as a series of simpler geometric forms. A simplified interpretation of the figure makes it easier to develop accurate proportional relationships, deal with foreshortening, and accurately articulate the major elements. Values are also easier to develop in blocky figures because lighting may be enhanced with decisions that address changes in plane, allowing for clearer rendering of the details.
This workshop will introduce you to several approaches to simplifying the human figure into a series of geometric forms. Drawings will initially focus on establishing the head, rib cage, and pelvis for each pose. Longer drawings in the second half of the workshop will allow time for development of the limbs and details. A full range of values addressing planar form will be introduced into the longer poses.
About the Artist:
Representation
2018 to present – Paul Calendrillo Fine Art, New York, NY.
2018 to present – The Englishman Fine Art, Naples, FL.
2017 to present – Ethos Contemporary Art, Newport Beach, CA.2013 to 2015–EvanLurie Gallery, Carmel, IN
Awards
2022 Finalist.Wildlife Competition, International Artist Magazine
2021Finalist. Wildlife Competition, International Artist Magazine
2019 Second Place, People and Figures Competition, International Artist Magazine
2018 Creative Pinellas Artist Grant
2017 Finalist People and Figures Competition, International Artist Magazine
Education
M.F.A. Drawing and Painting,University of Georgia, Athens, GA. 1994
B.F.A. Drawing and Painting, Washington University, St. Louis, MO. 1990
Teaching
Professor of Art, St.Petersburg College, Clearwater, FL. 1997 to present.
Instructor of Art, Gordon College, Barnesville, GA. 1994–1997.
Teaching Assistant, University of Georgia. Athens, GA. 1991–1994
For complete details about Kevin, please visit his website at www.kevingrassart.com
Supplies:
Supplies may be purchased locally at Blick or Hobby Lobby. They may also be ordered from any online art vendor (Blick, Jerry’s Artarama, Cheap Joe’s, Utrecht, Pearl, etc.)
Clipboard or Masonite panel a little bigger than 18x24
Charcoal pencils – I will be using Wolff’s Carbon B and 2B, and General’s Charcoal HB and B. Any brand of charcoal pencil will work for this workshop.
General’s white charcoal pencils, white conte pencils, or white pastel pencils.
Sanding block or sandpaper.
X-Acto knife or utility knife.
Blending stumps(optional)
Kneaded and plastic erasers
Cost
$107.50 for TRA Members, $122.50 for Non-Members, if paid online. $100 for TRA Members, $115 for Non-Members, if by cash or check. If you are paying by cash or check, please register here and mail your check to TRA and email Judy Milsaps.
Kevin Grass Demo: Structural Figure Drawing
About the Demo:
Kevin will be demonstrating the techniques he’ll be using in his workshop. Click here to see full details.
The demo will be in person and on zoom. Here is the Zoom Link
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/7409862189?omn=86936282067
Alexis Lavine Demo: Watercolor on Yupo Paper
About the Demo:
Yupo is “paper” made out of 100% plastic, not the usual ingredient for watercolor paper! It presents a host of surprising features and challenges, but when the right mindset and techniques are applied, it can be a marvelous surface for watercolor paintings. Thanks to the convenience of Zoom, Alexis Lavine will demonstrate how she uses Yupo to create her lively and colorful paintings on this unique surface.The demo will be on Zoom.
About the Artist:
Alexis believes in the power of design so strongly that she recently gave up her decades-long devotion to plein air painting to devote herself to studio work, where she could take more time to design her very best paintings! Teaching is one of the most important things she does. She loves to share her passion for art by guiding others to reach their creative goals, and she teaches with enthusiasm, commitment, passion, humor, and kindness. She has taught watercolor for over two decades, from California to the Caribbean. She has seamlessly adapted her classes to the Zoom platform and believes that her online workshops are as good as, and in many ways better, than in person classes. Honored as one of Watercolor Artist Magazine’s “Ones toWatch,” she is a signature member of the National Watercolor Society,Watercolor Honor Society, Transparent Watercolor Society of America, and others. Her paintings reside in collections throughout the country and overseas, and they can be found in galleries from the Mid-Atlanticto the Virgin Islands.
www.alexislavineartist.com
Email: alexislavineartis@gmail.com
Zoom Link
Topic: Alexis Lavine Demo
Time: Apr 9, 2024 07:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
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Meeting ID: 740 986 2189
Special Life Drawing Session: Draped & Lit
About the Session:
Calling all Tampa artists! Join us for our Live Drawing Event.
Set: 20 min warm-up / 2- 20 min poses/ 60 min double pose
Questions? contact organizers Gyasi Ottley (202-321-6681).