Cristinia Acosta, April 26-30, 2010

Cristina Acosta believes creative art emanates from the palette within you — the unique combination of life experiences and art skills only you have.

Invite freedom and flow into your art. Jump-start your creativity in this class using acrylic paints enhanced with hard pastels and a variety of materials on paper, canvas, or a floor cloth — the choice is yours.

Cristina Acosta is a vibrant artist with a magical style. Lush, beautiful color and dynamic design are the hallmarks of her art. She creates art that transmits the joy of the moment.

Cristina applies her artistic vision to a variety of mediums, receiving national acclaim for her artwork. Her artistry is featured in a variety of books and magazines, including her successful art book, Paint Happy!

A lifelong artist, Cristina tends to paint in two or three directions or series. Over the years, she has learned that the two or three directions she routinely works in satisfy her different desires for expression.

Despite the variations of style and mediums between the series, Cristina's art consistently explores concepts of ambiguous visual space, rhythm and movement to express intuitive imagery. The results are lush and colorful whatever the medium or style.

 

Download the PDF REGISTRATION FORM for Cristina Acosta Workshop!

 

 

Two-day Workshop with Ellen Roles –
“Watercolor Choices”
 
March 6-7 (Sat.-Sun.)
9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. both days

Lauderdale City Hall
1891 Walnut St.
Lauderdale, MN 55113

Fee: $110
Limited to 20 students
Bring a bag lunch.
Coffee and light refreshments provided.

“As I examine paintings, I often see evidence of technical skill and much creativity. Yet many-a-time I observe a lack of focus, and a scattering…everything is important. I would like to address the issue of emphasizing and de-emphasizing, choices to cause movement and unity…design choices to enhance the essence of the creative. I seem to have an eye for design and composition and consequently for critique. I would like the opportunity to comment on two recent works of each student…either a work considered successful or one that is a conundrum. This is a great teaching tool.” -Ellen Roles

 

Want to get your creative juices flowing? From the start of this workshop, Ellen will encourage students to discover their individual inner gifting and respond to it. Her goal is to encourage excellence, to give students knowledge and experience toward creativity, artful painting, and design guided by choice and personal preference.

 

Ellen will teach technical competency-that is, the understanding of qualities of various pigments and how to apply paint so that each student will gain the ability to paint what they have always wanted to paint.

 

There will also be studies in size, shape, color, and how to create unity and interesting contrast. Ed Whitney taught us that a painter is a "Shape Maker, Symbol Collector, and Entertainer." These concepts will be explored. Creativity has to do with making choices. Studying provides knowledge about what and how to make choices with the intention to be creative. With this goal in mind, we will do many studies as well as have plenty of time to make a "real painting." Students will be encouraged to use only one or two subjects (of their own choice) and go home with several variations of each. (See SUPPLY LIST for details)

 

Beyond this, discover how watercolor fascinates artists with its endless possibilities and methods as Ellen works her magic with dynamic color and impressionistic style.

 

http://ellenroles.blogspot.com

 

REGISTRATION FORM FOR ROLES WORKSHOP