Upcoming Workshops
"Still Life with Gerberas" by Maria Reardon
For all levels of experience using Soft Pastels.
Every painting including a still life, relates a story, told by the subjects that we choose to paint and how we present them through our individual expressions. Using your own favorite still life objects for subject matter, we will explore the pastel painting process. We will start with setting up and lighting the arrangements, then by using thumbnail sketches and color studies we will then transition into full size paintings.
Observation is essential to the painter and students will learn how to see with artist eyes in order to convey their vision and ideas. Beginners will be encouraged in developing their skills and intermediate and advanced students will be nudged to the next level. Maria will present demos, instruction for all levels of experience and lots of personal attention.
Every painting including a still life, relates a story, told by the subjects that we choose to paint and how we present them through our individual expressions. Using your own favorite still life objects for subject matter, we will explore the pastel painting process. We will start with setting up and lighting the arrangements, then by using thumbnail sketches and color studies we will then transition into full size paintings.
Observation is essential to the painter and students will learn how to see with artist eyes in order to convey their vision and ideas. Beginners will be encouraged in developing their skills and intermediate and advanced students will be nudged to the next level. Maria will present demos, instruction for all levels of experience and lots of personal attention.
About Maria Reardon
"Maria Reardon paints the world around her. Working primarily in pastels, she loves being outdoors, immersed in nature, observing and experiencing everything going on around her. She's drawn to the unique and ever-changing relationships of form and color. Her passion is pastels and plein air, using the vibrant and diverse colors of the pastel medium, in a painterly fashion, to represent the light and mood of a particular location.
Maria is a Virginia native and received her formal education from Virginia Commonwealth University, earning a Bachelor’s of Fine Art in illustration. She studied portraiture with Daniel Greene and continued her study of the landscape with Albert Handell, Lorenzo Chavez and other nationally known artists. Her work has been exhibited in the Richmond area and is in private collections. She has received awards during plein air events and gallery shows and has had her work published in the Pastel Journal July/August 2017 issue.
She enjoys working in the plein air tradition, working directly from life for the creation of most of her pastel paintings and she often travels for inspirational landscape locations. She participates in plein air events and is currently represented by For Art’s Sake Gallery (Richmond, VA), Crossroads Art Center (Richmond, VA), Cabell Gallery (Lexington VA) and Allure Art Center (White Stone VA)."
Please visit Maria Reardon's website at www.mariareardon.com to learn more about her.
"Maria Reardon paints the world around her. Working primarily in pastels, she loves being outdoors, immersed in nature, observing and experiencing everything going on around her. She's drawn to the unique and ever-changing relationships of form and color. Her passion is pastels and plein air, using the vibrant and diverse colors of the pastel medium, in a painterly fashion, to represent the light and mood of a particular location.
Maria is a Virginia native and received her formal education from Virginia Commonwealth University, earning a Bachelor’s of Fine Art in illustration. She studied portraiture with Daniel Greene and continued her study of the landscape with Albert Handell, Lorenzo Chavez and other nationally known artists. Her work has been exhibited in the Richmond area and is in private collections. She has received awards during plein air events and gallery shows and has had her work published in the Pastel Journal July/August 2017 issue.
She enjoys working in the plein air tradition, working directly from life for the creation of most of her pastel paintings and she often travels for inspirational landscape locations. She participates in plein air events and is currently represented by For Art’s Sake Gallery (Richmond, VA), Crossroads Art Center (Richmond, VA), Cabell Gallery (Lexington VA) and Allure Art Center (White Stone VA)."
Please visit Maria Reardon's website at www.mariareardon.com to learn more about her.
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Marla Baggetta
May 3-5, 2019 Richmond, Virginia |
Details coming soon!
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In the Works:
Lyn Asselta - November 2019
Jacob Aguiar - 2020
Lyn Asselta - November 2019
Jacob Aguiar - 2020