261110 Acrylic Painting with Modeling Paste with Patricia Pasbrig
Dates: Tuesday, November 10, 2026
Time: 9:00am – 4:00pm (lunch 12:00-1:00)
Location: Chota Classroom A
Prerequisites: know how to paint in acrylics
Contact Information: patriciapasbrig@gmail.com
Cost: $ 175 (all supplies included!)
Class Size: Min 6 Max 15
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Deadline: October 27, 2026
Cancellation Policy: Participants may cancel up to 14 days prior to the start of the class for a full refund. There will be no refunds within 14 days of the class unless spot can be filled from wait list. To cancel, fill out the class refund request form
Class Content: An Immersive, Texture Driven Creative Experience
Step into a day of expressive mark making and sculptural acrylic work. This workshop invites you to explore the tactile world of modeling paste — shaping, carving, piping, and layering textures that bring your canvas to life.
You’ll work with brushes, palette knives, scrapers, and piping bags to discover how modeling paste transforms surface, depth, and light. Bring your favorite acrylic colors and palette knives if you wish; all essential materials are provided.
What You’ll Learn
- Layering acrylic color over sculpted surfaces
- Preparing and priming surfaces for sculptural texture
- Building dimensional forms with modeling paste
- Using tools to create controlled, organic, and expressive marks
- Translating texture from a reference image onto canvas
Supply List: All supplies included. If you wish, you may bring your favorite acrylic colors and palette knives.
Biography: I paint to give silence a voice. For twenty years without hearing, art became my language — a way to express emotions beyond words. A profound encounter with a deaf and blind man, who traced the textures of my canvas and felt its beauty, inspired me to sculpt surfaces that speak to both sight and touch.
Blending impressionism, realism, and abstract whispers, I call my style Contemporary Impressionism Realism. Through layered textures and luminous detail, my work explores nature, wildlife, and human connections, inviting viewers not only to see, but to feel.
Patricia Pasbrig is a contemporary realism artist celebrated for her richly textured mixed media paintings and sculptural gourds. Her artistic journey began in silence: after losing her hearing for twenty years, painting became her voice — a way to express emotions and stories that words could not convey.
Following her cochlear implant, Patricia regained her hearing and confidence, immersing herself in art classes, collaborations, and volunteer work at the Milan Art Institute. A pivotal encounter with a deaf and blind man, who recognized the subject of her painting through touch alone, inspired her lifelong passion for texture. Since then, she has developed a distinctive style she calls Contemporary Impressionism Realism, blending impressionistic light, realist detail, and abstract elements into tactile, multidimensional works.
Patricia’s career spans exhibitions at the Palm Room Gallery in Stuart, Florida, leadership as Treasurer of the Martin Artisans Guild, and the creation of a large-scale mural at Barbeque Beer Company. She has hosted Paint & Sip events, taught drawing and mixed media at the Hobe Sound Art League and earned awards for both her paintings and gourds.
Now based in Tennessee, Patricia continues to share her knowledge through commissioned works, teaching, and community engagement. Her art invites viewers not only to see, but to feel — bridging visual and tactile experience to evoke memory, nature, and human connection. Learn more at texturedstrokes.com.
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