FALL & WINTER HOURS: October - May Tuesday - Sat: - 10:00 - 4:00
The Cottage Art Gallery, 106 Pocono Tr. E. Nokomis FL
ART CLASSES SCHEDULE: May 12th -June 23rd
Come meet new friends, discover your creativity and just plain have fun!
NEW JUDY GILMER CLASSES! See below.
We currently offer: Adult Beginner Watercolor Painting Classes - Basic Cartooning - 3D Watercolor - Wet-on-Wet Watercolor Florals - Acrylic Abstract
TWIGFFITY!(Twigshire's version of graffity)
Monday - May 12th - 9:30 - 2:30 - $65.00
This is a new class which will inspire your creativity and imagination.
- Create a fun painting using letters and shapes and other images for a funky happy piece.
- Using ink and watercolor, you will learn how make letters, numbers, flourishes of any kind you want, to produce a little art piece ready for a frame.
- In this class, I will show you step by step, how to draw letters in fun ways, let loose with your doodling skills and detail and come up with your name, or initials, or a child's name or a word that means something special to you.
- I supply all materials including a frame and bling so you leave class with a completed piece ready to gift or set upon a table.
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Seats available - 8 - 1 spot left
2 DAY DRAWING AND CARTOON WORKSHOP
Monday &Tuesday - May 19th & 20th 9:30 - 2:00 - $110.00
Basic sketching and drawing from real life - basic character/cartoon practice - create your own character in pencil - then ink and paint
- For those of you who have been asking me for two day classes here you go!
DAY 1
- You will charge up your basic drawing skills by sketching from real life to begin to develop the skills of "drawing what you see".
Over time, the more you practice drawing whatever is in your environment - the better you will get and the easier it will be to "go off grid" as it were, to create more fanciful character/cartoon styles.
- Practice drawing cartoon body - face- shapes - different eyes and facial expressions - simple hands and funny feet
- After the practice sessions - create your own character, be it human-like or not; it could be animal, fish or fowl. Then ink it, setting it up for painting.
DAY 2
- Day 2 you will be painting your character. I will help you build depth of color and create the illusion of 3D through contrast and layering.
- All materials are supplied,including reference sheets for you to take home. Feel free to bring your own paints if you prefer.
Snacks, bottled water and coffee provided.
Bring a light lunch or order from one of the two restaurants behind us.
Seats available - 8 - 3 spots left
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13 TECHNIQUES - CREATE YOUR OWN ORIGINAL FREE FORM
Sunday - June 1st - 10:00 - 12:30 - $45.00
- I will show you how to create a great "cheat sheet" to take home and use as a guide when you can't recall how to create a certain effect with your watercolors.
- You will utilize some of these different tools to create fun textures and layers that will help you with your watercolor journey.
- All materials are supplied so just bring yourself and I'll even have the coffee on!
Seats available - 7 -FULL
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CARTOON BASICS
Monday - June 2nd - 9:30 -3:00 - $65.00
- Learn how to create different face shapes - body shapes, feet, legs, arms eyes -
- I will help you tap into your inner elf and transfer him from your *MindCloud* to the paper! :0)
- Practice loosening your pencil lines - softening your edges - have fun creating lumps and bumps and see what you come up with.
- Then you will add detail, design and finish up with painting your whimsical fella or gal - or robot - or bird thing or whatever!
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Seats available 7 - 3 spots left
WATERCOLOR FOR BEGINNERS
Wednesday - June 11th- 10:00 -12:30 - $45.00
- Learn how to create a lovely impressionistic floral!
- I will take you step by step through my unique process of creating a pencil free "drawing" of a floral and vase(s)
- In this class I will show you some basic techniques that put you in charge of the painting process so you have the satisfaction of creating your own work of art, rather than copying.
- You will choose the colors, you decide on how many flowers you want, you decide the shape of the vases.
- I provide all the materials including a mat so you go home with a creation ready to frame!
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Seats available - 7 - 5 spots left
JUDY GILMER CLASS: ACRYCLIC MASQUERADING AS WATERCOLOR!
Monday June 23rd - 10:00 - 3:30 - $65.00
- Learn how to use acrylic paints like watercolor. Yep - it can be done.
- Achieve the delicate surface that makes water color so popular.
- I will help you paint flowers with acrylic paints and in the afternoon you will learn how to step by step, create an abstract version of what you painted in the morning.
- Enjoy a fun pathway for your artistic creations using acrylics in a brand new way and take both of your creations home.
- Please contact me at the email address below for a supply list.
- It's a bit of a long class so I will provide coffee and a sweet treat, but you might want to bring a light lunch or order from one of the restaurants behind us.
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Seats available 10 - Open