Arkansas Arts Center Summer Schedule for Art Classes

Check out a new one day workshop I will be teaching at the Arkansas Arts Center in Little Rock. Jewlery!

 Title of workshop "Working With Wire"
 Go to the web site and check it out. 
www.arkarts.com/art_classes/
Then go to summer schedule. 

There are a lot of really good classes and workshops.

Workshop In Eureka Springs, Arkansas by Marlene Gremillion

Event 

Title:

Painting Flowers in a Different Way -9am-4pm

When:

Jun 14, 2010 - Jun 18, 2010 

Where:

Eureka Springs School of the Arts - Eureka Springs

Category:

My Upcoming Workshops

Description

This is an intensive five days experimenting with multi-media additions to watercolor to create very expressive large flowers.  This will definitely loosen you up along with freeing you from the ordinary painting process in watercolor.  

If you do not have all the materials bring what you do have and I am sure we can all share.  I will be bringing wax for us to use. 

Typically I do a demonstration first so you will understand what the process and then you will be doing the process yourself in your own unique style.  You do not need to be an experienced watercolorists to take this workshop but you should be open to a loose creative attitude. 

Students may contact me if they have questions: gremartist@gmail.comThis e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or 501-915-0937

Tuition: $275

To sign up online, click here or call the Eureka Springs School of the Arts at 479-253-5384.

Art Week Come by and visit

     

Artist Demos for ART WEEK '10

Arkansas Studies Institute Galleries
401 President Clinton Ave., LR

Friday, May 14th
12:00pm - 4:00pm
Artist Marlene Gremillion will demo how to make greeting cards!

Tuesday, May 18th
12:00pm-2:00pm
Artist Kathy Bay will demo how to collage!

Free

For more information: www.butlercenter.org/art

Student work from assignment

Take a look.  Here is the official first student work from the assignment.  Good job don't you think.  Let's get some feed back and more photos!

Good observation of the surroundings and colors.

Painting Assignment

Well some of my students suggested I make assignments for them to work on while I am taking a leave this semester.

I got to thinking maybe others might find this interesting so will post the assignments on my blog.

So if the spirit moves you try it.  Then share with me what you have created and I can post on my blog.  Have fun!

Well you all asked for it so here is your first assignment.  Be open-minded with these assignments and relax and enjoy creating.  That is the best part, enjoying.  I plan on giving assignments every two weeks.  Would love for you to send me photos of what you do.

ASSIGNMENT

Get you a cup of coffee early in the morning and find a comfortable place outdoors and just sit and enjoy and observe the color, light, shapes, temperature, sounds and subtle changes that are going on around you.  Relax and breathe and let this moment in time take over your thinking and feelings.

Before you fall asleep from relaxation go and get your paints out.

You can work indoors but continue to feel the outdoors.  Put on some relaxing music.

Wet a ½ sheet of watercolor paper on both sides or soak for a few minutes in water.  Work real wet and see what the paint will do but first………..

Pull up in your memory the colors and temperatures you just observed outdoors.   Get in the feel of the outdoors and paint that movement, shapes, sound and colors and whatever you observed. 

1.      What color did I observe

2.      Were there warm or cool colors, what was dominate

3.      What shapes did I see

4.      Were they geometric or organic

5.      Was there a lot of texture

6.      Was everything light

7.      Were there lots of dark areas

8.      Was there a horizon line (high or low)

9.      Was it windy or quiet

10.  Are there other questions to ask myself

Don’t work on this piece too long.  See if you can finish within 30 minutes.  Set a timer.  But think and remember what you felt before you put paint to paper.

Remember techniques you have learned.  Could you use some of them in this piece?

The End of National Park Community College Continuing Ed Classes

It is always a little sad to end a session of classes.  I get excited to see what the students have created over the time period but so sad not to get together and have fun anymore.  Sure hope all continue to create during the summer vacation.

One of my classes is requesting I give assignments and you know that sounds like a good idea.  Maybe all of us will continue on to be creative artists when we have the challenge to create.

Here are a few photos of students works.

Feature on Butler Center Blog Spot

Thought you might like to know I was the feature last week on the Butler Center Blog, Central Arkansas Library System.  You can visit it at http://butlercenter.blogspot.com/2010_02_01_archive.html

Just found this out. Take a look and see what you think.