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Create & Inspire with Andrea in TUSCANY
Join me for a week long artistic exploration in the rolling hills of Tuscany. Stay at a noble family. villa, eat exquisite food and drink the regions best wine. Oh! And create art! Plein air sessions, studio time, photo excursions, and so much more!
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Classes
morning oil
The Power of Pastels
The Power of Pastels
IN PERSON COURSE
The focus of the painting classes is to train the student in the basic skills needed to paint in oils with particular attention to the use of color, light, shadow, composition, brush handling and materials. Students work from photographs from either the instructor or from their own collection. Every class, a weekly challenge will be demonstrated focusing on either subject matter, technique or other various painting elements. The student can watch the demo and either execute the exercise or use the demo as a learning tool and apply to their continuing project. All levels.
The Power of Pastels
The Power of Pastels
The Power of Pastels
IN PERSON COURSE
Understand the power of pastel! In this class students will learn how to work with several pastels, surfaces and techniques. A range of subject matter will be addressed such as still life, landscape, animals, and more
colored pencils 1 day workshop march 7
colored pencils 1 day workshop march 7
colored pencils 1 day workshop march 7
This workshop is perfect for anyone looking to begin their journey with colored pencils or those who wish to expand their skills and learn some new techniques. Discussions and demonstrations on various paper surfaces, burnishing, layering and more will be given. Elements such as color, value, form and proportion will be shown.
Dec 6 - Color Theory - one day workshop
colored pencils 1 day workshop march 7
colored pencils 1 day workshop march 7
Ever want to know how you got that color or how to mix the same thing again? This workshop is for you!
Learn the world of color and more importantly the why’s and how’s of color theory. This guided, stress free hands on workshop is perfect for anyone looking to learn the basics and way beyond. Color harmony, value in color, temperature, and more will be covered and learned through involved exercises. Materials are all provided. We will be using acrylics but the lessons can be applied to all color media.
Classes
Drawing And PAstels
Painting: Making Your Creative Mark
Painting: Making Your Creative Mark
This class is perfect for anyone looking to pursue a colored medium with a drawing mindset. Color theory, value and form will be addressed and demonstrated in both step by step and exercise-based lessons to help students learn how to take their drawing skills to the next level while introducing color with pastels.
Painting: Making Your Creative Mark
Painting: Making Your Creative Mark
Painting: Making Your Creative Mark
Whether you are an experienced painter or looking to brush up on your skills, this class is perfect for exploring new styles, techniques, and furthering your artistic creativity. Demonstrations in various media such as oil, pastel, acrylic, watercolor, and others will be given throughout the session. Every week a new technique or idea will be discussed and shown to expose students to new ways of tackling painting within their own practice. No matter what your style or medium, all artists will get exposure and inspiration throughout the course while picking up useful tips to experiment with along their painting journey.
Painting in Color & Light
Painting: Making Your Creative Mark
Create & Inspire: Empower Your Art Journey
Add color to your canvas with instruction on achieving correct color, value, texture, temperature, soft and hard edges, atmospheric perspective, and much more. Demonstrations and topics enhance this fun and relaxed class where you choose to work from either a still life or reference photo. All colored media welcome.
Create & Inspire: Empower Your Art Journey
Pastel Landscapes: Capturing Atmosphere and Perspective
Create & Inspire: Empower Your Art Journey
Explore your artistic potential in a fun and relaxed atmosphere! Each week, the instructor will provide a demonstration in various mediums delving into form, value, color, texture and more, which is applicable to the student's choice of medium. Whether you are a seasoned artist or just starting out, this class is designed to inspire creativity and elevate your artistic skills.
Pastel Landscapes: Capturing Atmosphere and Perspective
Pastel Landscapes: Capturing Atmosphere and Perspective
Pastel Landscapes: Capturing Atmosphere and Perspective
Dive into the world of pastel landscapes! Students will explore key elements like atmospheric perspective, value, color, while capturing the essence of nature. Guided demonstrations to show technique and variations to achieve certain looks will be given.
Classes
Fundamentals of Drawing & Painting (ages 11-13)
Fundamentals of Drawing & Painting (ages 11-13)
Fundamentals of Drawing & Painting (ages 11-13)
Build a foundation! Study composition, perspective, proportion, color theory, and values while creating still lifes, landscapes, portraiture, figure drawing, and more. Talk about art concepts with demonstrations and step-by-step lessons to gain an understanding of what makes strong drawings and paintings.
oil painting for teens (ages 13-17)
Fundamentals of Drawing & Painting (ages 11-13)
Fundamentals of Drawing & Painting (ages 11-13)
Unleash your creativity with oil paint! Students will learn how to use the traditional favorite medium of the masters while diving into color theory, brush handling, layering, wet on wet, grisaille, dry brush and more with a variety of subject matters. Explore vibrant techniques in a fun supportive environment. All materials provided.
Classes
Painting Ornaments with Andrea Dec 11 10am-1pm
Painting Ornaments with Andrea Dec 11 10am-1pm
Painting Ornaments with Andrea Dec 11 10am-1pm
Join artist, Andrea Gianchiglia for this festive one day workshop to create hand painted ornaments on wood slices. They have a lovely, rustic quality that is so easy to customize to your liking. Choose various medium options such as colored pencil, acrylic, watercolor, or collage to create a one of a kind keepsake for gifts or to decorate your own family tree!
All materials will be provided. Each student can create up to 5 ornaments.
This is a really fun and extremely low pressure class where we just enjoy each other’s company and the holiday spirit.
The power of Pastels fridays 10-12:30
Painting Ornaments with Andrea Dec 11 10am-1pm
Painting Ornaments with Andrea Dec 11 10am-1pm
Fridays Jan 10 to March 7 ( skip Feb 28)
Understand the power of pastel! In this class, students will learn how to work with several types of pastels, surfaces and techniques. Step by step demonstrations will allow students to create with this under appreciated medium over 8 weeks to hone their skills no matter what level you are coming in at.
The Art of Painting Horses
Follow my art instruction on how to paint horses using easy-to-learn techniques for composition, color, value and texture. This 3 hour pre recorded course was so much fun to make! I take you from the sketch all the way to the end of a painting and so much more! Use my affiliate link below to sign up and watch the trailer!
Free Art Lesson!
Learn a little about me and my teaching style while. making a work of art in a medium of your choice!