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Loosen Up, Expressive Painting
Jul
29
9:30 AM09:30
Public Event, Cabarrus Art Guild, Class/ Workshop

Loosen Up, Expressive Painting

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This class is organized and presented by Cabarrus Art Guild, a ClearWater tenant. PLEASE SEE BELOW and follow instructions on how to register

Instructor: Susan Lackey, susanlackeyart@gmail.com

Date: July 29, 2023

Time: 9:30 AM to 4:30 PM, includes a short lunch break. Bring your lunch and drink; we have a refrigerator

Workshop Cost: $90 members, $100 for non-members, plus $10 for extra supplies

Location: ClearWater Arts Center and Studios – 223 Crowell Drive, NW, Concord, NC 28025

Greenway Gallery, enter on the Kerr Street side of the building, double doors lower level, by parking lot.

To Register: Email instructor (above) to pay with check or to pay online click: Susan's Workshops

Registration Deadline: last day to register is July 26, 2023

Skill Level: Open to all levels of experience

Class: Ages 18 and up. Minimum class size: 5, maximum class size 12

Media: Acrylic

In this workshop, you will learn to loosen up your painting style so that you can paint more expressly. To preserve the freshness and uniqueness of your personal brush stroke, you will learn to paint quickly, loosely, and with playful intention.

First you will complete three short painting exercises flowing from expressive realism to expressive abstraction to expressive nonobjective art forms, following a simple process. The following three paintings are expressive examples of those three art forms.

Left to Right: non-objective, realism, and abstract

 
 

You will choose one of the art forms you practiced and use it to create a larger painting following the same loose and expressive process. In this workshop, Susan will demonstrate and coach you as you work.

You will receive a supply list when you register. The $10 extra supply fee is payable at the beginning of the workshop. This fee includes items not available in small quantities.

Susan Lackey has been painting and teaching painting for many years. She paints in acrylic and mixed media. She has won numerous awards in local, state, and national exhibitions. She is a signature member of the Watercolor Society of North Carolina.

Her work is frequently on display in area galleries and proudly hangs in both private and corporate collections. Susan’s most current work can be found at SusanLackeyArt.com

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One-Day Watercolor Workshop with JJ Jiang
Jul
15
9:00 AM09:00
Cabarrus Art Guild, Class/ Workshop, Public Event

One-Day Watercolor Workshop with JJ Jiang

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This class is organized and presented by Cabarrus Art Guild, a ClearWater tenant. PLEASE SEE BELOW and follow instructions on how to register

Instructor: JJ Jiang

Date: July 15 (Saturday)

Time: 9 am – 4 pm

Class Cost – Grant Subsidized Pricing: $50 members, $85 non-members

Register (Pay by PayPal): Go to www.cabarrusartguild.org, select the Classes & Workshops tab

Register (Pay by check): Email classes.CAG@gmail.com for instructions

Class Size: Maximum 15 participants

Location: ClearWater Arts Center & Studios – 223 Crowell Drive, NW, Concord, NC 28025.

Enter from Kerr Street side of building, lower level.

With years of experience and numerous awards, we are pleased to announce that JJ Jiang will teach an advanced beginner/intermediate watercolor workshop for the Cabarrus Art Guild. CAG is able to offer this opportunity at subsidized pricing due to a grant from the Grassroots Arts Program of the North Carolina Arts Council, a state agency, and the Cabarrus Arts Council.

JJ’s teaching is based on his belief that four fundamentals apply to all subject matter and even across mediums. JJ’s demos include clear instructions on these fundamentals: drawing, value, color, and edges. JJ will also discuss and demonstrate various techniques in watercolor, but he emphasizes the need for all artists to go beyond technique to explore the creative drive that has brought them to the easel.

In this one-day workshop, you’ll be using watercolors to create a beautiful landscape painting. After JJ’s step-by-step landscape demo, students will have the remainder of the class time to work on their own painting (from the photo reference provided) while JJ gives one-on-one instruction tailored to students’ individual levels. To wrap up, as time allows, JJ will have a brief critique and a question and answer session.

A list of supplies will be provided at registration.

Samples of JJ’s work.

JJ Jiang is an award-winning artist and a gifted instructor. He is a signature member of the National Watercolor Society and a North Carolina Watercolor Society Master Member. Though accomplished in watercolor, he is a versatile artist - excelling in drawing, oils, and Chinese brush painting. His subjects include landscape/urbanscapes, human figures, portraits, and still life.

JJ currently lives in Cary, North Carolina and is the founder and director of the Village Art Circle Studio & Gallery in the heart of downtown Cary. To see more of JJ’s work go to www.jjjiang.com.

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Abstracting Nature 2-Day Workshop
Aug
20
to Aug 21
Cabarrus Art Guild, Class/ Workshop, Public Event

Abstracting Nature 2-Day Workshop

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Location: ClearWater Arts Center & Studios

Greenway Gallery (Lower Level)

Abstracting Nature Workshop

Instructor: Susan Lackey

Dates: August 20-21

Time: 9:00 - 4:00 with lunch break each day Class Cost: $180, preregistration required

To Register: Send an email to SusanLackeyArt@gmail.com

Phone: 704-840-5637 (Leave message)

Payment Method: Call, text, or email Susan directly to register, before August 13.

Don’t miss the registration deadline of August 13! See the Cancellation Policy below in FAQs.

Class: Class size is limited to 15 participants to allow for lots of interactive time in the classroom. Minimum size is 6. See Covid guidelines below in FAQs.

Example of a slightly abstracted landscape

Example of a slightly abstracted landscape

Learn to paint an abstracted representation of nature with Susan Lackey. Creating abstract paintings can be daunting, but not in this informative and fun-filled 2-day workshop. Susan will step you through her stress-free process and layered approach, starting with nature as your guide. There will be plenty of interactive time for questions and tips. We will create with acrylics and making tools.

For any experience level. Experience with abstract painting is NOT required.

To preview the supply list and a pre-workshop assignment, go to:

http://www.cabarrusartguild.org/classes--workshops.html

Comments from Susan’s last Abstracting Nature workshop:

 

1. Susan is an excellent instructor. She broke the class into manageable sections which gave me time to grasp a concept before moving on to the next think. I learned skills and concepts that will help me in multiple media.

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2. I like Susan’s teaching style: listen and watch a little, paint a little, repeat. It’s not overwhelming.

3. This is the first workshop that helped me understand how to apply composition in my work. It just clicked for me with Susan’s explanation, demonstrations, and the examples she showed.

4. I’ve never been taught how to self-critique my work before this workshop. Now see how important it is and I feel comfortable doing it with Susan’s “What Else Checklist” handout.

About Susan Lackey

Susan is a contemporary painter. Her goal is to help you remember all the beautiful and meaning things in your life through connections with her paintings. Her style is abstraction and expressionism and works in acrylic and mixed media.

Susan’s strong foundation for the arts comes from her father who was an oil painter. She majored in art at East Carolina University and has studied under many nationally known artists. She is a Signature Member of the Watercolor Society of NC and has won numerous awards for her paintings. Her work has been shown at the various local, regional and national exhibitions. Her work is also frequently on display in area galleries and proudly hangs in both private and corporate collections.

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Susan Lackey

Note you can watch Susan in action at her free Demo on Abstraction hosted by the Guild at ClearWater, in the lower-level Greenway Gallery, Sunday August 8, 2021; See the listing on our website Events Page and/ or the FaceBook Event!

FAQs:

1. What if I need to cancel? Cancellation Policy - By completing your registration transaction, you are agreeing to accept the following cancellation policy:

a. To receive a refund minus a $35 cancellation fee, you must cancel at least 1 week in advance.

b. There is NO refund if canceled after August 13.

c. There are no partial refunds (example for one day).

d. If the instructor must cancel the workshop, a full refund will be provided.

Example with Even More Abstraction

Example with Even More Abstraction

2. Are there discounted registration fees for a group? No, not for public classes. However, if you have a large group, discuss a private class with the instructor.

3. Covid Guidelines: For everyone’s safety, please follow these guidelines: If you are fully vaccinated, it is not mandatory that you wear a mask. However, if you are not fully vaccinated, we strongly recommend you wear a mask to protect yourself and your fellow artists.

4. Can I leave my art supplies at the facility overnight? Yes.

5. Are there restaurants close by for lunch? Not close enough. It would be difficult to drive to one, order, eat, and return in an hour. It is recommended that you bring your lunch and a drink. We have access to a refrigerator and microwave.

 
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