Demos and Workshops

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We are so happy to announce a spectacular line up of talented artist for the 2024 season. 

     Monthly meeting dates followed by live demos are below. All meetings start at 9:30AM- 12 noon:

• May 11th | Karin Neuvirth - "Palette Knife Pears"
  • Learn how Karin creates "vibrant, textural, impressionist paintings" with a palette knife.
• May 11th | JoAnn Pippin - "Photographing Your Paintings with Your Cell Phone"
  • Often artists are required to submit photos of their work to be juried for exhibit live or online, or for submission to a gallery.  JoAnn will discuss how to take a professional-looking photo in the right resolution.  If you do not have a capable cell phone, she will give you hints on how to get your paintings scanned.  These images can also be used for other purposes, such as print or card production.  It is all easier than you think! 

• June 8th | Member Spotlight: Judy Clarke - "Judy's Hints and Techniques for Unusual and Interesting Animal Paintings"
  • HCWS member, Judy, is known among HCWS for her animal paintings. When a "member spotlight" was suggested, Judy was the top of the list! We can't wait to learn how she paints.

• July 13th | Tatyana Dyakonov - "Developing Your Signature Style"
  • Tatyana will share how her highly recognizable signature style evolved in her paintings and will explain how you can develop your own signature style.
• July 13th | Alicyn Wiedrich - " Developing a Successful Artist Proposal"
  •  In this presentation, Alicyn Wiedrich (Curator of the Gaston County Museum of Art & History) will lead you through how to develop a successful artist proposal and empower you to send that proposal out to art museums, galleries, and more. Wiedrich will present key things to consider when developing a proposal and provide tips and tricks to make your proposal shine! In addition to developing a proposal, Wiedrich will also provide some thoughts to consider when looking at your body of work, such as photography, themes, and transportation of your work. There will be time for questions at the end of the presentation. 

• August 10th | Jeremy Sams - "Tips on Backlighting ANY Scene in Acrylics"
  • Jeremy is an award-winning plein air painter. This master of "light and atmosphere" has been a featured artist in Plein Air Magazine.

• September 14th |  Eddie Tallent - "The Creative Process - From Concept to Final Product"
  • Eddie will share how to embody your creativity in your paintings, drawing from his experience creating paintings that "transcend the superficial depictions of nature".

• October 12th |  Amalia Yosefa - "Spontaneous Landscapes: Intuitive Painting with the Japanese Hake Brush"
  • Amalia's demonstration will explore the art of creating landscapes with a sense of immediacy and intuition, utilizing the large Japanese hake brush for its ability to facilitate expressive and fluid strokes.
  • The focus will be on capturing the essence of the landscape in a spontaneous, dynamic manner, which will provide an engaging and inspiring experience of the attendees. 

For more information on each of our Artist see below.