Chris Wuestefeld
260922 The Art of Less- Limited Palette Abstracts with Catron Wallace
Dates: Tuesday, September 22, 2026
Time: 9:30am – 3:00pm
Location: Chota Classroom A
Prerequisites: None
Contact Information: catronart@gmail.com
Cost: $75
Class Size: Min 6 Max 20
Sign-up: Submit this registration form or click on the button below.
Deadline: September 8, 2026
Cancellation Policy: Class size is limited, and each registration reserves a place in the workshop. If you need to cancel, please let me know at least 10 days in advance whenever possible so I can offer the spot to another artist.
Since payment is made at the workshop, I simply ask that everyone sign up with the intention of attending and let me know if plans change.
Thank you for your consideration. Your communication helps me continue offering these workshops and makes the experience better for everyone.
Class Content: A one‑day abstract painting experience designed for beginners and seasoned painters alike. In this workshop, students will explore creating expressive abstract work using a limited palette, layered techniques, and a variety of tools. We’ll focus on building depth, experimenting with mark‑making, and learning how to let intuition guide the painting process. Students may follow the suggested palette or choose their own colors. By the end of the day, each participant will have a finished or near‑finished abstract piece and a deeper understanding of how to build layers, create movement, and work confidently in an abstract style.
Supply List:
- Acrylic paints in a limited palette:
- 2 cool colors (examples: turquoise, ultramarine, phthalo blue, viridian)
- 2 warm colors (examples: terra‑cotta, sienna, burnt umber, ochre, warm reds)
- Black + White
- Students may bring their own palette within this structure.
- Canvas or painting surface
- Suggested size 16×20, 18×24, or larger
- Heavy watercolor paper or mixed‑media paper also works
Brushes + Tools
- Assorted brushes (large flats, mediums, detail brushes)
- Palette knives
- Old credit cards / scrapers
- Sponges or rags
- Any experimental mark‑making tools students enjoy
Mediums + Extras
- Matte medium or gel medium (optional for layering)
- Spray bottle for water
- Paper towels
- Water container
- Palette or disposable palette paper
- Apron or clothes that can get messy
Optional Add‑Ons
- Texture tools (mesh, fabric, cardboard)
- Graphite or charcoal for under‑drawing
Biography: Catron Wallace is a Nashville abstract artist who explores color, movement, and intuitive painting. Her workshops are relaxed, fun, and focused on building confidence with color.
Instructor Website: https://www.catronwallace.art
260922 The Art of Less- Limited Palette Abstracts with Catron Wallace – Registration Form
Date(s): September 22, 2026 Cost: $ 75
Protected: Roster for 261016 Paint Without Fear…..Loosen Up with Lil Clinard
261016 Paint Without Fear…..Loosen Up with Lil Clinard
Dates: Friday, October 16, 2026
Time: 9:00am – 3:00pm with a break for lunch
Location: Chota Classroom A
Prerequisites: Appropriate for all artists who want to loosen up and have more fun creating their art. Some experience with watercolor or acrylic painting is helpful.
Contact Information: watercolorsbylil@charter.net
Cost: $ 75 (all supplies included!)
Class Size: Min 8 Max 20
Sign-up: Submit this registration form or click on the button below.
Deadline: October 2, 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: Shake things up in this playful, one-day painting class designed to help you loosen up, let go of fear, and reconnect with the joy of creating. Through simple exercises, demonstrations, and hands-on practice, you’ll explore approachable ways to get started, silence self-doubt, and paint with more freedom and spirit. We’ll begin by identifying the fears that can hold us back, then move into techniques that encourage experimentation, confidence, and creative discovery. Most of all, you’ll learn how much fun it can be to paint without fear.
Supply List: The instructor will supply everything you need for the class, including paints, dry media, and basic tools. Because watercolor and acrylic paints dry quickly, both will be available for use throughout the day. Dry media will include pencils, chalk, charcoal, and markers. Tools will include brushes, palette knives, sponges, silicone scrapers, branches, leaves, and—of course—your hands and fingers.
You may want to bring gloves and an apron for added comfort. If you have favorite supplies you enjoy using, feel free to bring them as well.
Biography: Lil Clinard is known for her watercolor, acrylic and encaustic paintings. She paints in both realistic and impressionistic styles and loves to experiment with her art often mixing media for fun and effect. She is best known for her landscapes, waterscapes and unusual approaches and techniques which she enjoys teaching and passing along to other artists. Lil’s paintings are in private and commercial collections and are available at her Tellico Village Studio.
Instructor Website: www.WatercolorsByLil.com
261016 Paint Without Fear….Loosen Up with Lil Clinard – Registration Form
Date(s): October 16, 2026 Cost: $ 75
Protected: Roster for 261001 Abstract Adventures- Beyond Technique with Ginger Oglesby
261001 Abstract Adventures: Beyond Technique with Ginger Oglesby
Dates: Thursday-Saturday, October 1-3, 2026
Time: 9:00am – 4:00pm (Thursday-Friday)
……. 9:00am – 2:00pm (Saturday)
Location: Chota Classroom A
Prerequisites: None
Contact Information: gingeroglesby@aol.com
Cost: $290 (non-members $340)
Class Size: Min 9 Max 14
Sign-up: Submit this registration form or click on the button below.
Deadline: September 20
Cancellation Policy: Participants may cancel up to 30 days prior to the start of the Workshop. There will be no refunds within 30 days of the workshop. If AGTV or the instructor cancels the workshop, participants will get a full refund. To cancel, fill out the workshop refund request form
Workshop Content:
Why do some abstracts feel cohesive while others fall flat? We will explore abstract concepts that will enhance your abstract works.
- Create dynamic compositions
- Develop mark-making as a way to develop and enhance your composition
- Explore different brushes and tools both conventional and unconventional
- Explore depth and layers in your paintings
- Use color that enhance the mood and emotion
The class will include demonstrations on drawing and painting intuitively. We will practice skill building exercises using your unique marks and automatic drawing.
Supply List:
- Acrylic paint – warm and cool colors, black, white and any colors you want to use.
- A variety of mark making tools – pencils, charcoal, colored pencils, acrylic markers, artist crayons, etc.
- Matte Medium
- Brushes of varying sizes (large inexpensive brush from a dollar or hardware store would be nice)
- Palette knife
- Other implements you like to use in painting
- 2 large canvas or board. Examples: 24×36, 24×24, 30×40,36×36 or larger.
- Container for water
- Spray bottle
- Paper towels and/or rags
- Palette (can be freezer paper)
- Painters tape
- Cardboard that will hold a sheet of paper that is 30×22 (paper provided by instructor)
- Anything else you would like to bring
- Suggestion: Take a trip to a dollar store and find inexpensive things that can make marks on the canvas. Kitchen department has interesting things.
- Bring a lunch, please, as we will have a discussion during this time.
Biography:
I use the canvas to tell the bold and sometimes very subtle abstract stories of movement.
Beginning with a loose composition and adding layer on layer,
my paintings naturally unfold and expose an intuitive dance.
These images capture the vibrant attitudes of the human heart.
Soaring Leaping Turning!
Ginger Oglesby, a native Southerner, began studying art in the 6th grade. Saturday mornings were spent in art class learning the fundamentals of drawing, color, composition and medium. In the summer, classes were moved outside for landscapes at Nashville’s Belle Meade Mansion. This continued all through high school under the tutelage of Juanita Green Parks, Director of Art, at Watkins Institute in Nashville, TN. Ginger’s education continued to be concentrated in creative endeavors. She received a BFA from the University of Tennessee in Studio Art with a minor in Dance. After college, Ginger’s first job was with a modern dance company, Sidewalk Dance Theater, where she was a member for ten years. Retiring from the dance company, Ginger missed the movement of dance so she poured movement into her paintings. Her work became more loose and free until they became pure abstraction.
261001 Abstract Adventures: Beyond Technique with Ginger Oglesby – Registration Form
Date(s): October 1-3, 2026 Cost: $ 290 / 340