Life is short, but art lives forever.
Because of the recent water damage sustained by the building, this exhibit is being immediately and safely relocated to the Essex County Public Library. TAG welcomes neighbor artists from CBAA:
Barbara Brennan
Nancy Brittle
Connie Canby
Andrea Clement
Rita Kovach
Kathryn Murray
Wendy Young
Kathy Waltermire
Cate Kauffman’s painting demonstration explored how she tackles a new figurative piece in oils from start and to finish. She shared how she begins with a photo and makes decisions about what will go in, what will not, and how she resolves issues with likeness and palette choices.
Cate does do commissioned portrait work.
The Tappahannock Artists’ Guild (TAG) and the Prince Street Gallery presents the annual Art on the Wall Party in conjunction with TAG’s 3rd Annual Tidelands Plein Air event that celebrates the natural beauty, historic settings, and scenery of Essex County. The Party, the Prince Street Gallery’s primary fundraiser, is the culmination of three days of painting outdoors by visiting and local artists, and is attended each year by over 200 guests.
We passed a wonderful Saturday morning with Kathryn Murray exploring new painting techniques centered around using acrylics on tissue paper.
We later used our tissue paper work for a final piece: some were for collage and some were to augment a watercolor piece (on Arches paper!!)
The TAG 2022 Summer Art Camp wrapped up a successful session on Friday, July 29th. This diverse class of 14 budding artists tried their hand at a number of different projects including collage, string art, drawing objects from real life, painting Van Gogh’s Sunflowers and a whole lot more.
Watch a video to share their experience. And if you missed it this year, there’s always 2023…
Working in oil and cold wax is one way to develop texture and form, using your own unique personality to create artwork. Learn the basics of cold wax painting and experiment with a variety of materials with this fun method. Develop design skills and create starts that will become paintings that “speak to you.” During this intensive workshop, instructor Mary Montague Sikes (Monti) will demonstrate basic methods and leave you with time to explore the possibilities in your own work.
Note: You can start a painting using acrylics or work over an old acrylic painting. You can paint oil over acrylic, but not acrylic over oil.
Bring lots of enthusiasm and a readiness to learn new techniques. Questions? E-mail Monti at monti7olen@verizon.net .
To register, please complete the form below.
Brief introduction to the history of mosaics and the works of Antoni Gaudi. Learn the basics of nipping tile and cutting glass to create tesserae (the small pieces of glass, stone, mirror, or other hard material used in mosaics). Begin planning individual project designs and materials that participants will gather for next week’s class.
Finalize plans and begin laying out tesserae. The focus will be on composition and adeamento (Italian for flow, it refers to how the placement of tesserae in rows creates a visual direction and movement). Adhere/finish mosaic.
To register and pay online, please complete the form below:
Instructor, Joyce Crown-Wilkins, is a local artist and art educator with a B.A. in Art Education (cum laude) from V.C.U. As a active member of the Virginia Art Education Association, the Teacher Advisorary Committe for the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, and the Tappahannock Art Guild, Mrs. Crown-Wilkins has presented countless workshops to art educators and aspiring artists throughout the state. She recently traveled to Barcelona on a Fund for Teachers grant where she studied Trencadís mosaic techniques in the studio of Livia Garetta and is very excited to share what she learned with her community.
