Jerry’s Artarama Materials Presentation
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Dates: March 13, 2023
Time: 1:30 to 3:30 pm
Location: Chota Classroom A
Prerequisites: None
Contact Information: ctiptonart@icloud.com
Cost: $40
Class Size: Min 6 Max 12
Sign-up: Registration is closed. Contact Cynthia directly to see if you can be added to the class.
Deadline: February 27, 2023
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: This class will be conducted with live (draped) models or using projected images of models. Class will begin with gesture drawings ranging from 30 second poses up to 15 minutes. The largest portion of class time will be spent on one long pose to give each person enough time to develop a drawing. We will concentrate on shape and value.
Biography: Cynthia Tipton holds two BFA’s. The first in painting from Belmont University in Nashville, Tennessee and the second in graphic design from the University of Tennessee in Knoxville. She has been an active member of the art community in Knoxville for thirty years. Currently she has a studio in the Homberg area of Bearden and teaches Adults and kids while continuing to produce her own work which consists of portraits and figurative painting.
Supply List: Participants are encouraged to bring whatever medium they would like to work in. Suggested supplies include:
Instructor Website: Www.ctiptonart.com
Dates: Tuesday, March 21 & Friday, March 24, 2023
Time: 10 AM – 4 PM
Location: Chota Classroom A
Prerequisites: Scratchboard for Beginners Class
Contact Information: judylavoieart@gmail.com
Cost: $150
Class Size: Min 8 Max 15
Sign-up: Registration is closed. Contact Judy directly to see if you can be added to the class.
Deadline: March 6, 2023
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: This 2-day class will concentrate on refining the scratchboarding techniques learned in the Beginner Class, tackling more challenging images. Emphasis will be on creating excellent line quality, fine scratching, clean edges, and a full range of values with smooth transitions between. Judy will teach how to use black space and color effectively and how to create highlights and cast shadows, using a variety of subjects for students to select from.
Supply List: Tools and art materials are provided, and students should bring their supplies and tool kits from the Beginner Class. Included in this Class Fee are various sizes of black scratchboarding papers and Scratchbord™ panels, reference photos and patterns, and numerous other useful accessories. Judy will provide every student with an Advanced Tool Kit (items not included in the beginner class) as part of the Class Fee.
Biography: Judy is an award winning artist in scratchboards, watercolors and acrylic paintings. She earned a B.A. in Creative Arts summa cum laude, and taught art to Grades K-12 many years ago. She has worked as a commercial artist for over 40 years, moonlighting as a fine artist. Judy became intrigued with scratchboarding in the 1990s. She discovered it to be an excellent surface for capturing the dramatic lighting, textures, and details which have become hallmarks in her realistic artwork.
Judy is an Ampersand Art Ambassador, hand-picked to represent the company which manufactures the scratchboard panels she uses. She is an active member of the International Society of Scratchboard Artists (ISSA) and her work has been featured in their juried exhibitions, earning top awards in their two shows in 2022. Judy’s work as a scratchboard artist is featured in a new episode of “Hand Made” on the Tellico Village Network: Scratchboard Handmade Video
She is a signature member of several watercolor societies and is a frequent exhibitor in regional and statewide juried exhibitions. Judy continually shares her art passions, encouraging other artists through classes, presentations, demos, videos, and her info-packed blog. See her scratchboard paintings in the “Scratchboards” tab in her website galleries: https://www.judylavoieart.com/galleries/
Instructor Website: https://judylavoieart.com
View our promotional video: AGTV 2023 Art Show
The annual Art Show of the Art Guild of Tellico Village will be held on April 28, 29 & 30, 2023. Presented at the Community Church at Tellico Village in Loudon TN, this acclaimed display showcases over 250 pieces of art created by our multi-talented members, including both 2- and 3-dimensional art media.
The Art Show offers a wide variety of subjects, styles and media, in both 2- and 3- dimensional works. Watercolor, oil, acrylic, pastel, inks, graphite, colored pencil, scratchboard, photography, gourds, wood carving, jewelry, ceramics, fiber art, sculpture, weavings, fused glass, stained glass, collage and mixed media will be featured. Much of the artwork will be for sale.
Throughout the 3-day Art Show guests are invited to watch and learn from “Artists at Work.” Over a dozen member artists will demonstrate various media while sharing their inspirations, techniques, tips, materials and more. The public is also invited to vote for Peoples’ Choice Awards, to be announced at the end of the show.
Visitors will be treated to live music each day of the show. Food trucks will be on site each day of the show.
The 2023 Art Show takes place April 28-30, with hours on Friday 10-6, Saturday 10-5, and Sunday 10-4. The public is invited to the Opening Reception on Friday, April 28, from 4:00-6:00, when many exhibiting artists will be on site to meet and greet visitors.
The Community Church at Tellico Village is located at 130 Chota Ctr, Loudon, TN. Art Show attendance is FREE to the public and all are welcome. For directions, view this map.
Information for Artists
If you are an AGTV Member who would like to participate in our 2023 Art Show, please review the information on our ‘2023 Art Show Info for Artists‘ page.
Dates: April 11, 2023
Time: 9AM – 3PM
Location: Chota Classroom A
Prerequisites: Appropriate for beginning as well as experienced artists.
Contact Information: marthakisling@msn.com
Cost: $40
Class Size: Min 6 Max 16
Sign-up: Registration is closed. Contact Martha directly to see if you can be added to the class.
Deadline: March 28, 2023
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: Combine paint and collage to create a fun and colorful mixed media landscape painting. Use watercolor and/or acrylic paints along with a variety of collage papers to add texture and design interest with colorful sunflowers and a barn. Create several kinds of collage papers using paint and white tissue paper. Demonstrations along with individual instruction will encourage everyone to explore their own artistic expression.
Supply List: 230411 Supply List
More information on the painting supplies that I like and recommend can be found at http://marthakisling.blogspot.com/p/painting-tutorials.html
Biography: Martha Kisling has over thirty years experience painting in the exciting and spontaneous medium of watercolor. She also enjoys experimenting with acrylics, mixed media, collage and batik. She has taught painting classes and workshops while living in Colorado, South Carolina and now Tennessee and enjoys sharing her personal creative discoveries while encouraging students to develop their own artistic expression. Her original artwork has been exhibited and sold in art shows and galleries.
Instructor Website: www.marthakisling.blogspot.com
Lidwina Bekman paints transparent watercolor with a main subject of ocean life. She creates surrealist representations of fish, crustaceans, coral and more. Lidwina will present an overview of her last 30 plus years as a watercolorist.
Lidwina has shown her work in many solo exhibitions in the United States, the Bahamas, and Europe. Solo exhibitions include the prestigious Pulchri Studio in The Hague, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the Netherlands, Brickell Square Gallery in Miami, the World Trade Center in New Orleans, and invitations from the Netherlands Government and other locations and galleries.
She has won numerous awards including the coveted National Watercolor Society 1st place award and many other 1st place awards in cities around the United States. She was chosen for a group exhibit with 5 five major U.S. artists in Houston, Texas. In 1998, Liduine was the featured artist for the City of Houston Bayou City Art Festival.
Lidwina has been featured in published articles in the Pulchri quarterly magazine (the Netherlands), the Palm Beach Daily News (Palm Beach, Florida), the Seafood Leader (US), the Artist’s Magazine (US), the Oklahoma City Newspaper (US), the Houston Post (US) and was featured on television in Houston (Channel 8) and local television in Naples, Fl. Her work is in many of the major collections in the US, amongst which the Jean Jacques Cousteau (of the Cousteau Foundation), the City of Houston, hotel chains including Hilton, Marriott and Wyndham. Company collections include IBM, Exxon, various banks, designers, hospitals and many others.
Email: liduine@liduinebekman.com
Website: liduinebekman.com
NOTE: This meeting will be held online via Zoom. A Zoom invite will be sent out to all current members prior to the meeting on February 16. You may join the Zoom call from your home OR join us at the Yacht Club to watch it there.
Dates: February 13, 2023
Time: 1:30 to 3:30 pm
Location: Chota Classroom A
Prerequisites: None
Contact Information: hotwproductions@me.com
Cost: $40
Class Size: Min 6 Max 15
Sign-up: Registration is closed. Contact Cynthia directly to see if you can be added to the class.
Deadline: January 30, 2023
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: This class will be conducted using projected images of clothed and nude models. Participants are encouraged to bring whatever medium they would like to work in. For beginners I would recommend the attached supplies list. We will begin class with gesture drawings ranging from 30 second poses to 12 or 15 minutes. The largest portion of class time will be spent on one long pose with breaks to give each person enough time to develop a drawing. We will concentrate on shape and value.
Biography: Cynthia Tipton holds two BFA’s. The first in painting from Belmont University in Nashville, Tennessee and the second in graphic design from the University of Tennessee in Knoxville. She has been an active member of the art community in Knoxville for thirty years. Currently she has a studio in the Homberg area of Bearden and teaches Adults and kids while continuing to produce her own work which consists of portraits and figurative painting.
Supply List: Suggested supplies include 18×24 newsprint pad, Vine charcoal (various hardnesses) esp. soft, Chamois, Kneaded eraser
Instructor Website: Www.ctiptonart.com
Dates: March 2, 2023
Time: 10:00 – 3:00
Location: Chota Classroom A
Prerequisites: Took beginning pastel or have pastel materials and tried pastel painting on your own.
Contact Information: cathymarie543@gmail.com
Cost: $50
Class Size: Min 6 Max 10
Sign-up: Registration is closed. Contact Cathy directly to see if you can be added to the class.
Deadline: February 16, 2023
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: Students will be given a few exercises to try pastel techniques different from beginning class, then start a new painting of their choice. This will be a day to reinforce what you have learned and try more difficult subject matter to paint. Students should bring pictures or a painting they have started, as well check the supply list.
Intermediate students may sit at the back of the beginning class on the following two days, March 3 & 4, to continue their work at no additional charge.
Biography: Cathy has been painting in various art medium since 2006. She started pastel in 2009 and fell in love with it. She continues to try and enjoy the many new classes offered by then Art Guild but pastel remains her love.
Supply List: Intermediate Pastel Supply List
Dates: March 3&4, 2023
Time: 10:00 to 3:00 PM
Location: Chota Classroom A
Prerequisites: Great attitude, willingness to try new things
Contact Information: cathymarie543@gmail.com
Cost: $120
Class Size: Min 6 Max 10
Sign-up: Cancelled.
Deadline: February 17, 2023
Cancellation Policy: Participants may cancel up to 14 days prior to the start of the class for a refund. There will be no refunds within 14 days of the class. If AGTV or the instructor cancels the class, participants will get a full refund.
Class Content: This class is for artists who want to learn the basics of painting with pastels. Cathy will provide examples of finished paintings and give demonstrations of a variety of pastels and papers. In addition to the 12 nupastel set provided to students to keep, students will also try other brands of pastels, including Rembrandt, and pastel pencils. Cathy will provide sanded, non-sanded, and paper with a colored background for students to paint on with their pastels. Leave with 2-3 simple paintings.
Supply List: Art Supplies are included. Students will go home with a set of 12 Prismacolor NuPastels.
Please bring a smock/apron and a medium sized stiff brush for erasing. Bring reference pictures you may want to try to paint. It is best to bring several reference pictures as combining elements from more than one is recommended.
Biography: Cathy is an Art Guild member who has been creating artwork with pastels since 2007. After trying oils, watercolor and acrylic, she found her real passion in pastels.
COVID Protocol: Individuals are invited to wear face masks based on their own comfort level.
Dates: January 27, 2023
Time: 10AM – 3PM
Location: Chota Classroom A
Prerequisites: none
Contact Information: hannah.zie.hancock@gmail.com
Cost: $50
Class Size: Min 6 Max 15
Sign-up: Class registration is closed. Contact Hannah directly to be added to the class.
Deadline: January 13, 2023
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: Bluebirds, blue herons, blue jays, cardinals, hummingbirds and more! In this class you will learn how to paint a colorful and bright portrait of a bird on your surface of choice using your own favorite bird photo or references provided by the instructor.
You will learn:
Artists are invited to work on more than one canvas!
For artists bringing their own image, please bring a photo reference enlarged or reduced to fit your canvas size.
Biography: I am a professional mixed media artist born and raised in Knoxville, TN. I have a Bachelor of Arts degree in Graphic Design from Maryville College. I am currently employed as a manager at Jerry’s Artarama where I use my knowledge and passion of art to assist customers. I also share my knowledge by teaching classes and workshops at a variety of art and crafts centers throughout the area. Additionally, I have participated in numerous regional art exhibitions throughout my life in East Tennessee and won multiple awards.
Supply List: Hannah Hancock Supply List
