Expressive Acrylic Painting Workshop
Titles and Descriptions:
These Expressive Acrylic Painting workshops offer a wonderful opportunity to learn to paint more expressively and personally. Discover techniques that lend themselves to increasing the tendency to experiment, loosen up, and be more expressive. Learn about acrylic paints and products and how to use collaging, underpainting, and layering techniques as you bring more life to your paintings and more enjoyment to your painting process. The workshops are open to participants with all levels of experience.
Teachers can get Continuing Education credit for some of Jacqui's classes: Jacqui is an adjunct professor through Seattle Pacific University, so some of her classes can be taken by teachers for continuing education credit.
Current classes available for credit:
Monday-Wednesday, July 12th to 14th: Expressive Acrylic Painting [Continuing Education credit available for teachers, +$43]
Tuition: $250; Location: Rainier Valley Cultural Center
Jacqui specializes in helping students discover their own style of creative expression. All levels of experience welcome, including beginners.
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Summer Painting Class [Monday - Friday mornings, 10 to 12:30] All Ages
Description: This class is for students (age 10 to adult) at all levels of experience. Students will work on individual projects with the choice of working from a still life or photo, or doing an abstract. This is a great class for beginners or for people who have been painting for a while and want to take a new creative step forward. Think about taking this class with your children or grandchildren. This is also a great class if you've been away from art or want to start. All materials included.
Some Topics in this workshop
-How to set up and paint with acrylics
-Acrylic paints and mediums
-Overview of art theory: especially color and value
-Overview of composition
-Stages of a painting: from idea to finish
-Paint application: layering, edges, brush technique, impasto, glazing, veiling
-Dealing with "mistakes" and your inner critic
-Making changes and finishing a painting
Expressive Acrylic Painting
Description: Learn about acrylic paint and the huge assortment of acrylic products. Discover techniques that lend themselves to increasing the tendency to experiment, loosen up, and be more expressive. This workshop is offered as a 1 day, 2 day, 3 day, and 5 day workshop. The subject matter is the same for all these workshops. The multiple-day workshops have more depth and detail in the subject matter and much more time to paint, receive feedback, and discuss (and integrate) your learning.
Some topics in this workshop
-How to set up and paint with acrylics
-Acrylic paints and mediums
-Stages of a painting: from inception to gallery
-Preparing canvases
-Texture
-Collage
-Stamping
-Paint application, layering and edges
*toning, underpainting, impasto, rubbing in color, glazing, veiling, faking underpainting
-Dealing with "mistakes" and your inner critic, and loosening up
-Making changes and finishing a painting
Expressive Acrylic & Mixed Media Painting [This workshop is similar to Expressive Acrylic Painting, but with more of a focus on using collage, acrylic mediums, and texturing]
Description: Learn about acrylic paint and the huge assortment of acrylic products. Discover techniques that lend themselves to increasing the tendency to experiment, loosen up, and be more expressive. This workshop is offered as a 1 day, 2 day, 3 day, and 5 day workshop. The subject matter is the same for all these workshops. The multiple-day workshops have more depth and detail in the subject matter and much more time to paint, receive feedback, and discuss (and integrate) your learning.
Some topics in this workshop
-How to set up and paint with acrylics
-Acrylic paints and mediums
-Stages of a painting: from inception to gallery
-Preparing canvases
-Texture
-Collage
-Stamping
-Paint application, layering and edges
*toning, underpainting, impasto, rubbing in color, glazing, veiling, faking underpainting
-Dealing with "mistakes" and your inner critic, and loosening up
-Making changes and finishing a painting
How to set up and paint with acrylics
Edges: hard, soft, lost, varie
Color: Enhance Your Paintings with Color
Description: Learn about and experiment with color to find many ways to make your acrylic paintings more exciting and personal.
Some topics in this workshop
-Color theory
-Complementary colors and color families
-Color mixing: optical, palette, on the canvas
-Your individual color palette
-Limited palettes
-Color harmony
-Color and emotion
-High key and low key color
-Using black
-Techniques for applying paint to enhance color
Color theory
Stretching Toward Abstraction
Description: Learn about the process of abstraction and how you can use abstracting to make your artwork more creative, loose, personal, and interesting.
Some topics in this workshop
-Inspiration (inspiration/ idea file)
-References: painting from life, photos, imagination
-Theory and history: representations and non-representational art
-What is abstraction?
-Techniques for abstracting: exaggeration, simplification, and others
Inspiration (inspiration file)
References: painting from life, photos, imagination
Creativity & Loosening Up
Description: Learn ways to become more creative and to enjoy your painting process more. This workshop will provide you with experiences and information that you can take with you to your own studio.
Some Topics in this workshop
-Your creative process
-The brain and creativity
-Getting started (inspiration) and loosening up
-Dealing with "mistakes" and your inner critic
-Exercises to facilitate expressiveness and loosening up
-Moving forward: taking your learning to your studio
Your creative process
Getting started
5 Day Workshop, Wider & Deeper: Working in a Series, Personal Graphic Language, and the Meaning of Your Art
Description: This is a wonderful workshop to help you find more meaning in your art process. Students will explore expressive aspects of their painting process. There will also be discussion of theoretical and technical information to support further development of each participant’s individual style.
This workshop covers many of the gems from all of Jacqui’s workshops.
Some topics in this workshop
-Discovering your personal graphic language
-Exploring the deeper meaning of your art
-Working in series
-Stages of a painting: conception to gallery
-Color theory and mixing
-Enhancing your creativity and expressiveness
-Creativity and the brain
-Stretching toward abstraction
-Mixed media and collage: acrylic products and how to use them
-Texturing and stamping
-Paint application, layering, and edges
-Making changes and finishing your painting
-Dealing with "mistakes" and your inner critic
-Moving forward with your painting process: taking this with you
Learn ways to become more creative and to enjoy your painting process more. This workshop will provide you with experiences and information that you can take with you to your own studio.
Discovering your personal graphic language
Exploring the deeper meaning of your art
Composition & Design
Description: Learn about composition and design in a hands-on, experimental workshop designed to help you create paintings with more impact. Learn the rules and how to break them to find your individual voice and style.
Some topics in this workshop
-The one rule of composition
-Dominance: the 80% - 20% rule
-Breaking the rules
-Chunking down space
-Values: how the painting reads
-Focal point
-Color
-Eye travel
-Starting, making changes, and finishing a painting
The one rule of design
Painting in Acrylics
Description: A class for beginning and intermediate acrylic painters. This class is especially good for artists transitioning to acrylics from other media. A wonderful introduction to this versatile medium.
Some topics in this workshop:
-Overview of acrylic paints and mediums
-How to set up and paint with acrylics
-Acrylic products and how to use them
-Stages of a painting: from inception to gallery
-Making changes
-Finishing a painting
Overview of acrylic paint and mediums
Layering & Edges: Bring more zing to your acrylic painting
Description: This workshop offers a wonderful opportunity to learn how to use layering techniques over smooth, textured, and collaged surfaces to enhance and bring more zing to your acrylic paintings. Discover how to use layers, a variety of edges, and complimentary colors to bring more life to your paintings and more enjoyment to your painting process. This workshop is open to participants with any level of experience.
Some topics in this workshop
-Layers: correcting, toning, underpainting, impasto, rubbing in color, stamping, glazing, veiling, faking underpainting
-Edges: hard, soft, lost, varied
-Incorporating layers: collage, changes, stamping
-Brush technique
-Paint quality: thinning, impasto, adding mediums
-Negative shape painting
Stages of a Painting
Description: A great workshop for learning ways to get paintings started, to solve problems as you go along, and to complete the work. Acrylic paint is a wonderful, versatile forgiving medium. You will learn how to transform “mistakes” into opportunities and to enjoy your painting process more.
Some topics in this workshop
STARTING
-Inspiration (inspiration/ idea file)
-Style: How shall I paint?
-Intention: What shall I paint? Personal meaning
-Design and composition
-References: painting from life, photos, imagination
-Accident and intention
THE ONGOING PAINTING PROCESS
-Problem solving
-Making changes
-Leap frogging
-Dealing with "mistakes" and your inner critic
FINISHING
-Stop before you overpaint
-The 87% rule
-Evening out the sheen
-Varnishing
-Showing your work
(Enhance Your Paintings with) Textures & Patterns
Description: A fantastic workshop for learning to use many creative and experimental techniques. Join this class for an introduction to a wide variety of ways to enhance your acrylic paintings.
Some topics in this workshop
-Why use texture and pattern
-How to use texture and pattern
-Where to get ideas
-Design ramifications
-Stamping and collage
-Paint application and integrating texture and pattern
Why use textures & patterns
What Shall I Paint? Bring more life & meaning to your painting process
Description: This is a wonderful workshop to help you to explore the deeper meaning of your artwork and to make it more personal. Participants will learn ways to explore their own creative process and to experiment with how to bring this into their paintings.
Some topics in this workshop
-Ways to loosen up and get more creative
-Exploring what you paint and how to make your art more personal and meaningful
-Painting in series
-How the brain works in the creative process and how to make the most of this
-Underpainting and layering techniques
-Decision-making in the painting process
-Intention and follow-through
-Finishing a painting
Underpainting & Negative Shape painting
Description: A fantastic workshop for learning to use underpainting, layering, and negative shape painting to enhance your acrylic paintings. Explore techniques with smooth and textured surfaces to enhance and bring more zing to your artwork.
Some topics in this workshop
-Composition and design
-Types of underpainting
-Design and negative shape painting
-Paint application
-Elements of design
-Layering and edges
-Texturing
Contact me to register for a workshop: jacqui@jacquibeck.com; 206-325-7267