Instructor name: Cynthia Huesman, Palette and Quill Studio, LLC
Description of Class:
Enjoy the Spring weather and paint outside! You will complete a painting that you will be proud to frame and display in your home. You will learn some drawing techniques, perspective, some color mixing techniques, how to apply the oil paint to your canvas to achieve the effect you want and how to preserve your oil painting once it is completed and has dried. Safety with materials will be taught and you will learn how to use your materials. This workshop will prepare you for subsequent complex oil painting workshops.
Enjoy this fun endeavor. You do not need to know how to draw for this workshop; nor do you need any experience. I look forward to teaching you!
Outdoor location to be determined as we get closer to the workshop start date. We will reschedule any workshop days that are negatively impacted by weather.
Age range of student (if applicable): 18+
Supply List:
For returning oil painting workshop participants: I will supply the stretched canvas, miscellaneous supplies, and handouts for this workshop. Materials and Supplies Cost per Participant: $35
For new oil painting workshop participants: I will supply all the materials and supplies as well as handouts for this workshop. Materials and Supplies Cost per Participant: $50
About the Instructor:
I am a former high school science teacher and I have also taught workshops in corporate settings as part of my pre-retirement work in Information Technology. Currently, my workshops have included a Pysanky workshop in the following places: Shepherd University in Shepherdstown, WV, Firehouse Gallery in Charles Town, WV, St. Agnes Catholic Church in Shepherdstown, WV and Howard’s Art and Frames in Hagerstown, MD. I have also taught a Parchment Class at St. Agnes Catholic Church in Shepherdstown. I am teaching oil painting as well as drawing workshops at Berkeley Art Works. I also teach gilding in the Illuminated Letter and have done so at both St. Agnes Catholic Church in Shepherdstown, WV ad at Berkeley Art Works.
I am an oil painter who paints in a realistic style and has fun with abstraction. My subject matter includes landscapes, still lifes, architecture and patterns with occasional life drawing and portraits. I pay careful attention to the play of light on the scene before me and render my paintings and drawings with detail as well as attention to accurate colors and depiction of reflections and shadows. I also enjoy applying my skills to works that depict religious art and are spiritual in nature. I also enjoy working with egg tempera, acrylic, colored pencils, pastels and pen and ink and use these media in my art. Educated in art in a community college setting as well as independent group lessons, I was taught by professors who were educated at the Maryland Institute College of Art. My 10+ years of both experiences and education were broadened by my studies in life drawing classes and international trips.
I have participated in art shows in the Morgan Arts Council (Ice House) in Berkeley Springs, WV, Shepherdstown Community Club in Shepherdstown, WV, The Old Opera House Theatre Company in Charles Town, WV, the Washington County Arts Council in Hagerstown, MD and Long Branch Historic House and Farm in Virginia.
Additionally, I love crafts and I credit my love for crafts to my grandmothers who were well-versed in these wonderful works. I produce works in both arts and crafts that are commissioned by others as well as initiated by me. I am most inspired to produce art and craft works that have meaning for others as well as showing the wonder and beauty of God’s creation.