Arkansas Craft School Welcomes New Instructor Adrian Deckbar (Posted by Ginger Smith)
Arkansas Craft School Welcomes New Instructor Adrian Deckbar
Hailing from New Orleans, Adrian Deckbar is well known for her naturalist and realist styles of work. She creates large compositions of what she describes as “the Natural World, increasingly in danger of extinction.”
Three Workshops with Adrian Deckbar Available in 2017
March 28-31 –
Students will learn the process of developing a language of color in this 4-day class.
Using acrylic paint as the vehicle, students will see that white dulls the colors and cools them, especially the warm colors. Too much mixing will dull color and make ‘mud’. You will learn how and when bright colors and dull colors are created. Theory put into use will change the concepts, and the colors!
May 19-21
“My favorite thing is to draw from Nature. Come and draw with me and immerse yourself in Nature, with focused time directed toward learning how to create drawings that appear to have depth and dimension.”
This class will take place at beautiful Tomahawk Creek Farm on the ridge south of Mountain View. It features a beautiful pond, gardens and buildings from rustic to contemporary. A modern kitchen, covered patio and large greenhouse offer protection and views in case of inclement weather. While the focus will be on using graphite, you may choose to work in other media as well. Come share in the beauty of the Natural!
September 22-24
What you bring will shape what you create
Students will gather all kinds of materials in preparation for this workshop. Anything that catches your eye can be compiled in your work bag. Collage is an art form in which compositions are made out of pieces of paper, cloth, photographs, and other flat objects, juxtaposed and pasted on a dry support. Form anything from a simple design, to a narrative, or even a portrait, your purpose can vary, and will shape the outcome. Playing with 2-D forms on a flat surface, making decisions about their placement by overlapping, cropping, and using spacial relationships to make your own creation. This form of art can open up new and unique vistas that will make both the creator and the viewer stop, and more importantly
– LOOK –
Arkansas Craft School | P.O. Box 2694, 110 E Main Street, Mountain View, AR 72560
