Demos

Steve McGrath is a professional freelance photographer and photography teacher. He will be offering two demos about getting photos of your artwork that show their true beauty and colors.

Steve McGrath is a professional freelance photographer and photography teacher. He will be offering two demos about getting photos of your artwork that show their true beauty and colors.

Mitchell Albala is an award-winning landscape painter, workshop instructor, and author. His semi-abstract and atmospheric landscapes have been exhibited nationally and are represented in corporate and private collections.

Watch Recording DEMO: Donna Calleja October 25@ 1-3pm Donna Calleja creates paintings that are inspired by her observation of light on fruit, shells and flowers from her home garden. She composes natural forms together for their shape, color and texture from direct observation and her imagination. She wants to interpret the beauty of light on […]

DEMO: Michael Compton - Keeping It Real, Painting a Realistic Landscape in Oil November 13@ 7-9pm ZOOM LINK In this presentation artist Michael Compton will demonstrate how to paint a realistic landscape in oil from a photo reference. A brief description of materials will be given including the support, color palette, brushers, solvents and medium […]

DEMO: Deborah Drummond - Printing with a Gel PlateJanuary  15@ 7-9pm Gel plate printing is a low cost and accessible monotype printing process resulting in unique and unexpected effects on papers for collage, bookmaking, journaling and mixed media. In this demo, Deborah will show some of the myriad of ways she employs this mono printing […]

DEMO: Christie Scheele - Painting with Cold WaxJanuary  22@ 7-9pm Watch Recording My intentions for the demo are to show the progression of steps in how I attain my technique. We will begin with an assessment of my reference photo and then move on to color mixing and critiquing the palette followed by brush technique, […]

DEMO: Alexis Lavine - Design and Paint a Vignette February  26@ 7-9pm Alexis Lavine loves to teach, to share her many decades of making art, and to show people how she works. Along her journey through life and her pathway through art, she has succeeded in reaching her biggest and most challenging goal of all, […]

DEMO: Lynda Goldberg - Monotype Printing with a Press March 24 @ 6-7:30pm Hosted by Newton Art Association at the New Art Center, 61 Washington Park, Newton With more than 25 years of experience as a monotype printmaker and longtime instructor, Lynda Goldberg will demonstrate her process, from initial idea to pulling the first original print, […]

DEMO: Nan Rumpf - Perk Up Your Watercolors with Texture Resists September  10 @ 7-9pm Nan Rumpf demonstrates how to use melted dripped beeswax and an acrylic medium to enliven your watercolor with texture. Nan Rumpf's paintings have been exhibited, among other places, The DeCordova Museum School Gallery, The Danforth Museum, The Art Complex Museum […]

DEMO: Mitch Albala - Seeds of Abstraction All painting, both representational and abstract, employs the same formal elements — things like shape, pattern, color, composition, and movement. In this special presentation, landscape painter, instructor, and landscape painter, instructor, and bestselling author Mitchell Albala will discuss how those formal elements are prioritized differently in abstract and […]

DEMO: Alexis Lavine - Watercolor on Yupo Painting on Yupo is always an adventure. Many people use Yupo for abstraction, since it is such an unpredictable surface. Alexis Lavine will do a demo using it for realism. Alexis is an award winning watercolor painter Her painting have been included in numerous juried and gallery exhibitions. […]