Learn how to paint exaggerated cityscapes full of color and texture using acrylic paint
with artist Sarah Spillers. In this workshop you will learn how to use a palette knife to create texture, incorporate paint additives, establish a color scheme using color theory, and successfully abstract an image on canvas. All materials included.
1PM-1:10PM - Introduction to class, materials, and project.
1:10PM-1:40PM - Color theory, color wheel, color scheme
1:40PM-2PM - Texture and mark-making exercise.
2PM-2:15PM - Establishing a color scheme.
2:15PM-2:30PM - History of cityscapes
2:30PM-4PM - Landscape project
Instructor: Sarah Spillers is a contemporary painter, art educator, and curator from
Nashville, Tennessee. In 2020-2022 her work depicted Nashville living through the
COVID-19 Global Pandemic. She explored the new environment that the pandemic had created and translated it into a series of paintings, emphasizing the use of lively color and texture in contrast to the gloomy and more serious times. Her recent work highlights local businesses and neon signs while capturing the city's lively upbeat energy. Spillers' work aims to create work that brings the Nashville community together. Her work can be found throughout several businesses on Broadway, GEODIS Park and at Austin Peay State University. She was named Nashville’s “Best Visual Artist” in 2022 by the Nashville Scene, is a member of both COOP Gallery and DAC Gallery, and is the curator of Two Birds Gallery. Spillers currently teaches middle school art in Clarksville and classes at Austin Peay State University.
** Classes are transferrable, but not refundable.