This class is organized and presented by Cabarrus Art Guild, a ClearWater tenant. PLEASE SEE BELOW and follow instructions on how to register.
PLEASE NOTE LAST DAY TO REGISTER IS APRIL 1, 2023!
Instructor: Susan Lackey, susanlackeyart@gmail.com
Date: April 8, 2023
Time: 9:30 AM to 4:30 PM, includes a short lunch break. Bring your lunch and drink; we have a refrigerator
Class Cost: $90 members, $100 for non-members, plus $10 for extra supplies
Location: ClearWater Arts Center & Studios – 223 Crowell Drive, NW, Concord, NC 28025. Great Room at base of Stairs (Lower Level); Enter from Kerr Street side of building, double doors lower level, by parking lot.
To Register: Email instructor (above) to pay by check or to pay online click: Susan's Workshops
Registration Deadline: Last day to register is April 1, 2023
Skill Level: Open to all levels of experience
Class: Ages 18 and up. Minimum class size: 5, maximum class size 15
If you want to paint abstractly but not sure how to start or if you tried it and your results are hit and miss, you will love this class. It’s designed to show you how to make abstract art you feel happy about. Susan will lead you through a stress free, streamlined process that is lots of fun. You will start by making a messy, textured underpainting and then learn how to tame the chaos by using 4 basic design fundamentals. You will learn to identify and keep what you like and to work with the rest to create a pleasing visual impact overall. In this class, you will…
start thinking of shapes, not things
find a pleasing color balance
use value to capture attention
examine several ways to create a center of interest
This is a class that may be taken multiple times. Each time, you will learn new techniques depending on how you apply those basic design fundamentals as you work. These sample paintings were created with the abstract painting process you will learn. When finished, may end up with something slightly abstracted similar to the painting at the bottom or pure abstraction like the other two paintings. That is your choice.
You will receive a Supply List when you register. The Supply List is also on the Cabarrus Art Guild website.
Susan Lackey has been painting and teaching painting for many years. She paints in acrylic and mized media. She has won numberous awards in local, state, and national exhibitions. She is a signature member of the Watercolor Society of North Carolina.
Her work is frequently on display in area galleries and proudly hangs in both private and corporate collections. Susan’s most current work can be found at SusanLackeyArt.com
Supply List: Painting Abstracts
Each participant should bring these supplies to the class:
Canvas: Any size you want to work with between 11x14 or 12x12 on the small side to 18x24 max because of space constraints. If you prefer to paint on an easel, you may bring your portable table easel.
Acrylic Paint: Bring professional grade or high-quality student grade, not craft paint. You will need white and 3 colors that you think look good together. We will not use black or gray, but at least one of your colors should be dark. You can always lighten a color with white, but you can’t darken it. Optionally, you can bring several different variations of your 3 colors. Example: if blue is one of your colors, you can bring cobalt blue and cerulean blue (or any other of the blues.)
Acrylic Brushes: Bring at least one 1” or 2” flat, one ½” flat, and one medium size round.
Pallet: Bring what you normally use or a few dinner-sized Styrofoam or stiff paper plates, or freezer paper with tape to tape the edges down. I use freezer paper taped to a scrap piece of foam core.
Water container: Bring a plastic wide mouth container with at least a 3” opening. Cool Whip containers, coffee containers, or small buckets are good containers.
Spray bottle: Any size will work, bring what you have.
Paper Towels: Bring a roll.
Sketch book or pad: Any brand with a sturdy white paper is okay, not the type with newsprint. You will need this for note taking and experimentation.
Pencil: with a sharp point
Table cover: Please bring a plastic table cover. The $1 types from the Dollar Store are good.
Wear: Old clothes or bring an apron or old shirt to protect your clothes.
Optional: Any kind of plastic or nitrile gloves will save your hands.
Optional: Small hair dryer to speed up the paint drying process.
Optional: any tool to spread or scrap paint. Example: old credit card, silicone wedge. Don’t buy for this class.
Provided by instructor: The extra supplies fee of $10 is payable to the instructor in class
Old credit card scrapers for you to use
Water-soluble marking tools that you can try: Caren D’Ache wax pastels, Inktense pencils, Stabilo Woodies
Printed handouts on shape, line, value, color, center of interest, and the What Else Check List (this Check List is sold for $5 outside of my classes)
Other bulk items as needed
