Looking for creative gift ideas for the holidays? UAB art professor Doug Baulos is here to help. Exploring a variety of processes including calligraphy, book arts and printing. Come learn fun new techniques and create at least four unique and remarkable handmade gifts just in time for the holidays.
Level 1: Beginner – This class is appropriate for beginner to advanced artists. Covers the basic techniques of the medium and offers individual assistance. No prior experience is required.
Join local artist and teacher Diane Hathcock for a day of expressive painting in a fun filled and informative workshop. Learn how to begin and finish a painting using fun techniques. Workshop participants will receive personal attention and guidance and get comfortable with working fast and loose. By the end of the workshop, you will have completed a painterly landscape and an abstract painting. Lunch is provided!
Level 1: Beginner – This class is appropriate for beginner to advanced artists. Covers the basic techniques of the medium and offers individual assistance. No prior experience is required.
You are invited to our Holiday Open House and Daniel Smith Watercolor Demo! Join
us for holiday shopping fun.
Join us for grits, gumbo, beer and wine! Enjoy a demonstration by Faber-Castell artist, Don Colley, along with complimentary refreshments and libations to make your holiday shopping more fun and relaxing while finding truly special creative gifts.
This workshop will focus on how to create believable landscapes without the tedious detail. You will be free to focus on capturing the essence of your subject while expressing your unique vision. The end result will be an expressive, contemporary work of art that is both recognizable and abstract. Demonstrations will be in oil, but participants are free to paint with oils or acrylics.
Level 2: Intermediate – Assumes the student has some experience in the medium. Reviews basic techniques and offers individual assistance but moves at a faster pace.
Explore color, composition, light and shadow, and visual depth with John Lytle Wilson as your guide. The concepts covered will be applicable to multiple techniques and styles. John will offer one-on-one direction and feedback on your self-directed projects. You may bring phot references, set up still lifes, or use other reference material. Your paintings may include landscapes, portraiture, still lives, or illustrations in a variety of styles. This class is open to intermediate and advanced painters working in oils or acrylics.
John Lytle Wilson is a Birmingham based artist known for his brightly colored acrylics of monkeys, robots, and unicorns. He has fifteen years experience teaching oil painting, drawing, and design at Florida State University, UAB, and Birmingham-Southern.
Dazzling the art community with her innovative Encaustic techniques, Maralyn Wilson will be bringing her creativity to Forstall Art Center! This workshop is for all levels: advanced to beginners. For those of you who are advanced, please bring an idea and supplies to do a specific project. Beginners, don’t worry, you will get all the help and technical advice you need to create your masterpiece. Some of the techniques that will be covered are: India ink on rice paper, India ink on wax, collaging, transferring images to the wax, stenciling, and incising. We hope you can join us; it will be a fun and productive day! MOST SUPPIES PROVIDED!
Level 1: Beginner – This class is appropriate for beginner to advanced artists. Covers the basic techniques of the medium and offers individual assistance. No prior experience is required.
Join Susan Vitali for an evening of fun as she demonstrates the fundamentals of watercolor. This watercolor demo will give you a taste of Susan’s teaching style and stimulate your interest in her upcoming class! Susan has designed an exciting course for beginner and intermediate artists wishing to explore and improve their watercolor painting techniques. You won’t want to miss this exciting demo!
Level 1: Beginner – This class is appropriate for beginner to advanced artists. Covers the basic techniques of the medium and offers individual assistance. No prior experience is required.
Join us for an exciting water media painting demo with local artist Melissa Shultz- Jones! Melissa will demonstrate how to create exquisite mixed media paintings using watercolor, gouache, ink and some dry mediums as well. See how beautiful the loose spontaneity of watercolor washes can be when juxtaposed to the refined detail of line art. Drawing devices such as negative space, balance, composition, color theory, line work, and how the materials interact will be discussed. Learn how to create your own unique lettering that will bring your artwork to life.
Level 1: Beginner – This class is appropriate for beginner to advanced artists. Covers the basic techniques of the medium and offers individual assistance. No prior experience is required.
Back by popular demand, Wayne Spradley returns to Forstall Art this October for a holiday themed watercolor workshop. An Alabama native, Wayne is recognized worldwide for his exceptionally beautiful and atmospheric watercolors, winning over 300 major awards throughout his 45- year career. Wayne will demonstrate splattering, wet-in-wet, and other loose, painterly techniques that he has become known for. Don’t miss this opportunity to learn from a local expert and create beautiful one-of-a-kind holiday scenes for your loved ones. Lunch is provided!
Level 2: Intermediate – Assumes the student has some experience in the medium. Reviews basic techniques and offers individual assistance but moves at a faster pace.
Come create with us! Join us for this fun hands-on demo as we explore watercolor crayons and pencils, gouache and watercolor, and water-soluble graphite. Learn how each type of water media can assist you in developing your own artistic style and vision. You won’t want to miss out on this exciting event! Sponsered by Caran d’Ache, M. Graham, Faber-Castell, ArtGraf, Sakura, Yupo, Fabriano, and Strathmore. Each registered attendee will receive a complimentary gift and be entered to win a Koi Watercolor Set valued at $100.00! $15. Call 205.870.0480 today to register!
Join Bill Farnsworth for a three-day oil painting workshop exploring both plein air and studio practices. Spend a day outdoors as Bill demos and shows you how to choose, edit, and capture the essence of a scene in plein air. Back in the studio for the following two days, you will learn how to get the most out of your studies and photographs. Bill’s unique teaching style will give you lots of one- on-one attention while working from the inside out with three main values.
Level 3: Advanced – For students with a good working knowledge of the medium and techniques. Not a beginner course. Individual assistance is offered. Moves at a fast pace. Class starts on October 11, 2018 and runs from 10am to 4pm Thursday/Friday/Saturday.
