Acrylic Painting for Beginners with Manuel Adolfo Villalobos – Wednesday evenings

Acrylic Painting for Beginners with Manuel Adolfo Villalobos – Wednesday evenings

by | Apr 12, 2019 | Archive

Acrylic Painting for Beginners with Manuel Adolfo Villalobos

6 Weeks: Wednesdays, October 2, 16, 23, 30, November 6, 13 • 7-9pm 
$180M/$215NM

 

Have you ever wanted to learn how to paint, but didn’t know where to start? In this beginners painting class, students will learn the fundamentals of using acrylic paint. Color theory, color mixing, mediums, and composition development will be used to help create a still life painting.

Additionally, all great paintings began with an idea and sketch, thus, all students need to have a sketchbook at hand to jot down ideas and sketches. After this class you will have a different outlook in painting and the way you see art.

Materials list below.

 

Materials list

You can get all of these supplies at Dick Blick Artist Supplies (Located in Carle Place)

Acrylic paint:
Cerulean Blue Hue
Ultramarine Blue
Alizarin Crimson Hue
Burnt Sienna
Burnt Umber
Phthalo Green
Titanium White
Utrecht paint or Winsor & Newton 60 ml tubes 

Medium retarder (fluid slow dry) recommended for acrylic paint 

Brushes
Princeton Real Value Brush Set #9154
(Long handle, set of 7 (round 2 and 6, Bright 6, filbert 8, fan 6, flat 10 and angular 6)

Other
Grey paper palette pad (Blick brand has a color wheel on the inside cover)
Palette seal box
Two (2) 9″x12″ canvases
Rag/towel and paper towel
Sketchbook 
Pencil
Charcoal sticks
Pencil sharpener

Manuel Adolfo Villalobos is a Fine Artist, Musician and Art Educator from Mineola, New York. He has achieved a Bachelors in Art Education from Long Island University and is also a co-founding member of the alternative hip-hop group A Side Of Darkness (A.S.O.D), where he goes under the stage name OG Manny G and has performed in NYC and Long Island.

He has exhibited his art work in a number of galleries on the Island, such as; Studio 5404, Massapequa, NY, Artspace Gallery, Patchogue, NY, Mills Pond Gallery, St. James, NY, Plaza Art Gallery, Garden City, NY, Sculpture Studio & S.A.L Gallery, Brookville, NY, and The Art Guild, Flower Hill, NY. Through his music and art he expresses socially and politically driven awareness, which is showcased in his artwork and rhythmic lyrics.

Beginning Acrylic Painting w/Villalobos FALL 2019
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Empowering the Teen Artist – for Middle & High School Students – Fall 2019

Empowering the Teen Artist – for Middle & High School Students – Fall 2019

by | Apr 6, 2019 | Archive

Empowering the Teen Artist
for Middle & High School Students

12 Tuesdays: Sept. 10, 17, 24, Oct. 8, 15, 22, 29, Nov. 12, 19, 26, Dec. 3, 10 • 6-8 pm
$320M / $355NM

Investigate the principles and elements of design, make cultural connections and integrate influences-across-borders while advancing your artistic expertise.

Subject matter will include realistic and abstracted: still life, landscape and portraiture. Students will gain exposure in a variety of media in order to produce a varied portfolio that demonstrates technical skill as well as creativity and conceptual skills.

Using centuries-old techniques, students will learn how to create their own painting and drawing mediums from natural materials.

  • Egg tempera: used by Renaissance artists and modern masters
  • Sumi ink: a signature technique of Asian art and culture
  • Charcoal: possibly mankind’s earliest art material
  • Watercolor: natural pigments from our gardens and yards replicate materials used for thousands of years 

Instructor: Antonia Fthenakis
Antonia Fthenakis is a Parsons School of Design graduate, a Bank Street educator and a teacher of children and young adults with special needs, teaching studio arts and the art of traditional skills in NYC public school for some17 years. Currently based in Port Washington, co-creating and offering teachings inspired by the natural world, Waldorf philosophy, integrative holistic wellness and the Reiki healing arts. 

 

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Oil Painting for Beginners with Joan Stevens – Saturday

Oil Painting for Beginners with Joan Stevens – Saturday

by | Aug 27, 2017 | Archive

Oil Painting for Beginners with Joan Stevens

6 Weeks: Saturdays, October 19, 26, November 2, 9, 16, 23 • 9 – 11 am
$180M/$215NM

 

This class will start with the very basics of oil painting –  drawing techniques, designing your composition, preparing your canvas or surface, and mixing colors. Joan will familiarize students with what supplies to use, different surfaces (pros and cons), the color wheel and color mixing.
Each week, Joan will demo on a subject and students will work on a painting related to the demo. Joan is a fun and relaxed teacher who gives lots of individual help in an environment of creativity and support.

Materials list below.

 

Materials list

You can get all of these supplies at Dick Blick Artist Supplies (Located in Carle Place)

PAINTS:
Cadmium yellow lemon
Yellow ochre
Alizarin crimson
Cadmium red
Ultramarine blue
Burnt Sienna
Titanium white (large tube)

BRUSHES: Princeton catalyst: 2, 4, 6 Bright; 4,6 Filbert
Turpenoid and a glass jar with a coil on the bottom for brush cleaning
Painting Panels by Dick Blick Artist Supplies (Located in Carle Place): 8×10 or 9×12
OTHER: Grey paper palette pad (Blick brand has a color wheel on the inside cover) or glass palette 
Rags or paper towels

Joan Stevens Bio: Born in Brooklyn, Joan moved to Long Island in her teens. She always had a love of drawing and painting, She works in oils but also sketches in charcoal and pencil. Joan graduated from St. John’s University with a degree in Fine Art and from there went to FIT to earn a degree in illustration. She has studied with Robert Baxter, Charles Pasqualina, Howard Rose, Kim English and Peggi Kroll Roberts. Always returning to her love of figure drawing she can still be found taking life drawing classes in her home town of Long Beach.
She has had many jobs in the world of art including illustration, art director, photo stylist, muralist, window dresser, and face painter. Her company, Through the Looking Glass, designs and installs store windows and decorates for events at restaurants and parties.
Joan has exhibited her work in group and solo shows throughout Long Island. Venues include The National Art League of Douglaston, Art League of Long Island, Elderfield Preserve, Adelphi University, Le Bon Amis Gallery,  Martha Clara Vineyard, and iFly Trapeze. She has been commissioned for portraits and landscapes and has donated many pieces to raise money for various charities. She teaches oil painting and drawing at Garden City High school. Joan paints pleine aire whenever possible and is constantly inspired by the beauty of Long Island.
You can see more of Joan’s work on her website.

Beginning Oil Painting FALL 2019 w/Joan Stevens
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Seventh & Eighth Grade Advanced Art Studio – Spring 2017

Seventh & Eighth Grade Advanced Art Studio – Spring 2017

by | Apr 12, 2017 | Homepage

Seventh & Eighth Grade Advanced Art Studio

Thursdays – April 20, May 4, 11, 18, 25, and June 8
6 – 7:30 pm

$130M/$160NM

(No Class April 27 and June 1)

Students in this class will hone their observational skills, learn to work with a variety of media (markers, watercolor, acrylics, colored pencils, etc.), and challenge their imaginations, and explore what they are interested in. Projects may take more than one week. Lots of one-on-one attention. Join us!

Instructor: Kristine Rivera

We hope that you will consider becoming a member of The Art Guild. Student membership is $30 per year and a family membership is $55. Your membership entitles you to discounts on future classes within the calendar year and help us to provide you with our professional teaching services. 
If you wish to become a member click here, add a membership to your cart and click “continue shopping” to come back to our website.

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Advanced Art Studio For High School Students – TBA

Advanced Art Studio For High School Students – TBA

by | Aug 19, 2016 | Archive

Advanced Art Studio For High School Students
Grades 9 – 12

IMG_0533 8 weeks • Dates TBA • 6 – 8 pm
$200m/230nm

This course is designed to assist the advanced drawing/painting/2-D design student in their freshman through senior years. Instructor will mentor and critique pre-assigned school projects or assign projects. There will be open studio time for students to work with the aid of the instructor to learn or enhance a specific skill or technique.

Classes will cover usage of various mediums including color theory, composition and life drawing. Guest speakers will stop by to demonstrate various techniques and skills.

Students should bring a pad of 18” x 24” drawing paper (not newsprint), 2B, 4B, 6B, 8B pencils, a kneaded eraser, and 3-5 samples of their work to the first class.