Fine Art Workshops for Adults

All fine arts workshops are $75/day for NSAA members and $85/day for non-members. All workshops will meet on site at NSAA from 10:00am to 4:00pm unless otherwise noted.

Please register early to insure yourself a place in any of the workshops. Participants may register and pay online via PayPal by clicking on the 'Add to Cart' buttons below each workshop listing or print out a WORKSHOP REGISTRATION FORM and mail it with a check to:

North Shore Arts Association
11 Pirates Lane
Gloucester, MA 01930

Acknowledgment of your registration will be mailed to you and will include a supply list for each workshop you register for. Cancellations must be made at least five days prior to the start of the workshop to be eligible for a refund. Registrations will not be accepted without full payment. A fee of $25 will be charged for checks returned for insufficient funds.

Laurie Bryce - June 3 - “One-Day Website” *10:00am-3:00pm
Do you wish you had your own website so you could easily showcase your artwork for galleries, exhibitors, and clients? Come to this hands-on demonstration and workshop to learn how to put your artwork online. See how creating a website is inexpensive, easy and fun! No technical or web skills needed. Limit 10.

Elizabeth Harty - June 5, 6 - “Acrylics with Mixed Media”
Ths class will focus on the exploration of personal vision in a series. Using color, collage, mark making techniques, simplification and abstraction, students will learn to find joy in experimenting. They will expand their artistic perspective and learn new ways of working. Limit 12.

Bea Pappas - June 16, 17, 18, 19 - “Layering with Mixed Media”
Students will “layer” over texture and stampings. Acrylics will be used to create texture and students will make their own stamps. Nothing is ever wasted working in this manner. This class is a perfect continuation of Pappas’ Pouring Workshop, but it is not necessary to have previous experience. Open to students of all levels of experience. Limit 10.

Larry & Judy Pumfrey - June 24, 25, 26 - “Expressive Paintings - How to Paint with Feeling”
Free Demonstration June 19th at 2pm
Loosen up your painting! Gain painting insights from this dynamic duo who will demonstrate their approach on how to observe and interpret subject matter. Learn the skill of oil painting, a process that starts with big shapes, setting the stage for an intuitive interpretation of subject matter and expressing feelings with impact. Limit 12. www.pumfreygallery.com

Barbara Donnelly - June 25, 26, 27 - “Capture the Moment” Watercolor Plein Air Workshop
In this three-day plein air workshop each student will learn to “capture the moment” with light and shade. Light is what defines the objects in space. The luminous Cape Ann light on the harbor and landscape is glorious! There will be watercolor demos on site, covering composition, values and color. An award-winning artist and popular teacher with her studio on Gloucester harbor, Donnelly will advise students at their easels with an emphasis on individuality. To help students learn to judge their own work, there will be a positive group critique. Limit 12. www.barbaradonnelly.com

John Caggiano - July 9, 10, 11 - “Painting from the Heart and the Head” Free Demonstration July 2nd at 6:30pm
This workshop is geared to all levels of artistic ability. It will concentrate on drawing, composition, design, color and value. Caggiano will endeavor to have each student utilize inner talent and perception to grow and develop his/her artistic abilities. The day will begin on location with a painting demonstration that will emphasize the essential elements of composing a successful painting en plein air. Caggiano will then circulate among the group and help each student successfully meet the challenge of interpreting the chosen subject matter. To emphasize a painting principle, mini demonstrations may occur. At the end of the painting day the class will meet for a group critique. Limit 18. johncaggiano.com

Dennis Poirier - July 12, 13, 14 - "Color Vibrations in Oil and Acrylic"
In this workshop Dennis Poirier works with each individual to establish the simple shapes in a motif and to understand that a good concept leads to good picture making. Students will learn to understand the process of painting on location and gain knowledge of techniques, and the control of the mediums (oil and acrylic). Limit 10. www.dennispoirierstudio.com

Ellen Rolli - July 14 & 15 - “Big Color, Bold Strokes” Acrylic Workshop
Artist Ellen Rolli, recently featured in an American Artist Workshop Issue for her bold style and “loosening up” teaching techniques, will instruct in the art of arranging simple still life set-ups and on the second day will discuss outdoor composition and painting. Students will leave this workshop not only feeling educated but truly inspired! Limit 14. www.ellenrolli.com

Susan Daly - July 16 & 17 - “Monotypes with a Plexiglas Plate”
Free Demonstration July 10th at 2pm
Students will savor the “Joy of Monotypes!” in this two-day workshop exploring water-based printing inks, water-soluble oils and watercolor. Daly will demonstrate all mediums as students work from their previous completed paintings, photos or their imagination to create unique images with this hand-pulled process. Limit 10.

Steve Kennedy - July 19, 20, 21 - “Perspectives - Painting the Streets of Gloucester” *9:30 am-3:30pm
Free Demonstration July 8th at 2pm
Learn how to see light and shade as it relates to architecture, along with a focus on proper perspective and drawing. Paint right on the streets of East Gloucester in this three-day workshop with award winning artist, Steve Kennedy. In a pragmatic, yet appreciative approach, Kennedy wants to bring his students on an exploration of Cape Ann streets as they really are. Limit 15.

David Curtis - July 21, 22, 23 - “Understanding Light”
Free Demonstration July 11th at 2pm
David Curtis will use his 35 years of plein air painting experience to instruct a plein air oil painting landscape workshop. The focus will be on understanding and interpreting the effect of light on a chosen subject. Individual days will be given to studying and practicing back light and front light and the impact each has on landscape painting. Limit 15. www.davidpcurtis.com

Andrew Anderson-Bell - July 23 - “Landscape Painting in Pastel”
Free Demonstration July 15th at 2pm
This pastel workshop will focus on landscape painting working in the studio from photographs, memory and imagination. Emphasis will be placed on composition, values and light. Andrew will share his different techniques using pastel paper, tools and materials. Students will receive individual attention at their easels, as well as demonstrations and critiques. Limit 15.

Charles Gruppé - July 30, 31, Aug 1 - “Plein Air Painting”
Award winning Artist Charles Gruppé is offering a three-day landscape and marine painting workshop in oil and acrylic. Gruppe shares his unique techniques using a palette knife and brush in a rapid wet-on-wet approach to achieve a controlled, impressionistic style painting. For beginning to advanced students, daily instruction includes individual assistance and critiques. Limit 18. www.charlesgruppe.com

Judythe Evans Meagher - Aug 2 - “Color Mixing with a Limited Palette”
Award winning artist Judythe Evans Meagher is offering a special one day workshop. While demonstrations will be done in transparent watercolor, the information presented also applies to opaque media such as oils, gouache and acrylics. Students may bring a medium of their choice. Limit 10.

Lynda Goldberg - August 5, 6 - “Creating Monotypes with an Etching Press”
Free Demonstration July 30th at 2pm
Explore the process of creating monotype (one-of-a-kind) prints on paper. Students will learn general printmaking techniques using an etching press. Incorporating the elements and principles of design students will create prints using natural and man made objects. Students will explore different ways of creating texture and depth on an inked surface. Using the plates created and pulled, students will have the original print, a “ghosted” print, and a third print utilizing what is left on the plate. The possibilities are endless! Limit 6.

Lynn Loscutoff - August 7, 8, 9 - “Watercolor on Yupo Paper”
Free Demonstration July 31st at 2pm
This workshop is geared towards intermediate and experienced painters or the beginner who likes a challenge. Students will be working on “YUPO” paper, a synthetic coated paper which works in a very organic way. Paint moves and blends and leads to an even greater creative experiences.

Frank Federico - August 7, 8, 9 - “The Painterly Pastel” *9:00am-3:00pm
Free Acrylic Demonstration August 26th at 2pm
Award winning artist, Frank Federico, is holding a three-day plein air pastel workshop. During this workshop, Federico will show students how he focuses on the essence of a landscape or figure, while applying emotional and aesthetically crafted content in the pastel medium. Limit 18. www.frankfederico.com

Carole Berren - August 16, 17, 18, 19 - “Organizing Values from Abstraction to Realism” Watercolor Workshop
Free Demonstration June 13th at 2pm
This workshop will explore a unique, abstract and fun approach to creating light patterns. Through negative space painting, students will go deeper into the space of the paper, claiming and organizing light / shape relationships. Abstract shape will be taken into a multi-level representational painting. With this new awareness, students will create a realistic painting using photos or outdoor inspiration to organize, edit and strengthen value relationships to create stronger paintings.

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Shelly Eager - August 21, 22 - “Pushing Color” Pastel Workshop
Join award winning artist Shelly Eager as she teaches students to push color and put down bold, confident marks in this studio workshop that celebrates the luminosity and vividness of pastels. Working from photographs, Eager will encourage students to plumb memory to produce expressive works of everyday life in any genre of scene; cityscape, county fairs, restaurant scenes, parties…any type of memory students want to capture on paper. Eager will be teaching new techniques on painting textural surfaces such as glass, metal and reflective materials. Limit 15.

Carolyn Jundzilo - August 21, 22 - “Painting at the Essex Marshes” *12:00pm-5:00pm
Join artist Carolyn Jundzilo for a two-day outdoor oil workshop at the Essex marshes. She chose the marshes for two reasons: “The motif is absolutely beautiful, it will inspire one to paint a masterpiece” and “One can grasp: distance, light, color, and the composition is limitless. Students will leave with a beautiful painting and experience. Any light is beautiful at the marshes. The sparkle of sunlight or the velvet colors of a cloudy day put together in an interesting composition and it is as if your painting was painted for you.” Sessions begin with a quick demo and discussion. http://web.mit.edu/jundzilo/www/

NEW DATES!
Peter Spataro - September 14, 15, 16 - "Plein Air Workshop"
Free Demonstration September 13th at 2pm
This workshop is designed for all media painters. It will be especially beneficial for watercolor painters who have felt the urge to try acrylics. On the first day, Spataro will demonstrate the use of acrylic as a watercolor, on watercolor paper. Over the next two days students will use acrylic on canvas; however all are encouraged to use any medium regardless of what is demonstrated each day. Limit 15.

Caleb Stone - September 24, 25, 26 - “Plein Air Oil and Watercolor Workshop”
New England Artist Caleb Stone will instruct a three-day Outdoor Painting Workshop. Each day will begin with an on-the-spot demonstration. Students will then work in the medium of their choice, with personal instruction from Stone. Workshop participants may work in oil or watercolor. Each student will be helped according to his or her ability, limitations and choice of medium. Limit 18. www.calebstoneart.com