Come along on an exciting journey to create magical abstracted floral art! In this workshop we will draw on shapes, colors and designs that enchant us from summer gardens and winter bouquets. In an intuitive process we will lay down a structure that will develop into flowers, leaves, gardens or still life in vases. Letting go of photographic imitation, each student will express their own language of flowers.
The intuitive process used here is a mixed media method. There will be multiple ways to approach this work, and we will try different ones. We will have lots of types of media for you to explore. Bring what paints you like (water based is probably best for this one day workshop) and we will also have different acrylic colors and mark makers for you to try. Open to all levels. Bring your beginner’s mind and an open heart and together we will create a minimum of two - but possibly more beautiful paintings. Be prepared to stretch - and experiment - and enjoy!
About the Instructor: Kelley MacDonald
After getting her Art History degree at Wheaton College, Kelley continued taking art classes at various Art Associations for 10 years before she started painting. First with watercolor, then oil and now happily with acrylic and mixed media, it has been a lifetime of growing and exploring all things art.
Kelley has won numerous awards, and has taught classes and workshops for many years. While for the majority of her career Kelley has been a literal, representational painter, in the past 4 years she has been diving into abstraction, particularly Intuitive Abstraction. The history involved on the canvas, the multiple layers, the reveal and conceal and push and pull are what attracts her to this method.
A favorite thing to do is to travel, and be inspired by different landscapes and cityscapes. Kelley has traveled to Holland to paint, along with many places on this side of the ocean, namely Nova Scotia, Sedona, Santa Fe, St. Simon’s Island, Seattle, San Miguel de Allende, MX, California and Maine.
In 2009 Kelley founded the Artists’ Challenge Group “Girls Just Wanna Paint” which is a collection of award winning artists who post a response to a new topic every month consecutively since July of 2009. Aside from the Providence Art Club Kelley is a member of the North River Arts Society in Marshfield, MA. She has taught at the Art Club, Bristol Art Museum, and at North River Arts Society.
Materials List: Materials List for Abstract Floral Workshop.pages
