46. Acrylic Fine Art Class I Taught at Michaels as a Certified Grumbacher Fine Art Instructor in 2010

I am not teaching a fine art class at this time, but I did teach an acrylic fine art class as a Certified Grumbacher Art Instructor at various Michaels stores at several locations in Tarentum, Monroeville and Greensburg, Pennsylvania in 2010.  It was a pleasure being able to teach art classes once again and I look forward to doing something similar at some point in the future. The acrylic fine art program will go on and Grumbacher is presently looking for my replacement at these Michaels stores, so be sure to check with them to see if Acrylic Fine Art Classes are being offered at these locations. Class schedules at Michaels stores can also be found at: http://www.grumbacherart.com/michaels/workshops/index.html

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A related news item on Michael's use of some of my paintings can be found at Post 52.

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The following are some of the materials and paintings used in the acrylic art classes at Michaels which may assist you in exploring acrylic painting.  While these may not represent some of my more finished work, they are examples of what can be done with acrylics in a two-hour class.

LANDSCAPE

The image at bottom is the reference photo given to me by Grumbacher for the landscape painting, and the other images are paintings I taught.  As the classes moved into autumn and winter, we shifted the landscapes to reflect the outside conditions.  The Landscape Lesson Plan can be found here (warning:  this is a large file).  Here is the class syllabus.

FLORAL
The flowers on the left are paintings and the reference photos are show on the right.  The first reference photo at top and the one at bottom center were given to me by Grumbacher.  The other two photos are mine.  Click here for the White Daisies Floral Lesson Plan and here for an additional Floral Lesson Plan (which I never had the opportunity to teach). The Floral Class Syllabus can be found here.

SEASCAPES
Below are the Seascape paintings I taught at Michaels and at bottom the reference photo I was given.  Click here for the Seascape Lesson Plan and click here for the class syllabus.

STILL LIFE
Below are the still lifes I taught with my reference photos at the right.  At bottom is another reference photo which you are free to use to practice painting.  The Still Life Lesson Plan is here and the Syllabus is here.

 

(Right) My final acrylic art class as a Grumbacher Instructor at Michaels on 12/18/2010.  Pictured with me are two of my most loyal regular students, Wei-Duan Liao at left and Judy Zeman at right.   Sincere thanks to all of my students. It was great fun while it lasted.