Monday, January 2, 2017

Acrylic Art Class - Art Reception

Back in September I posted that I was beginning a Monday night Art Class for Acrylic Painting. December 12, 2016 was our Art Reception and the last night. It was bittersweet and we hated to see this class come to an end. But never fear, during the reception the head of the program came to attend the reception and to tell us that the Art Class has been funded again! Yay! We still don't know what kind of class but I don't care if it's painting with our feet using mud and glitter cause I am so there!!! I love ART! 

I want to share some of the artwork we completed and displayed but first I want to show you the piano that we painted for this class. I'm hoping this becomes a regular thing and that we get to paint and donate a piano each time. 

When I took my Beginning Drawing and Sketching class we painted this one. The theme for this one was Almond Blossoms and Bees.



For the most recent Beginning Acrylic Painting Class we painted this one and the theme was a Hispanic Culture theme. Our Art Instructor Alex, chose a popular game called Loteria. I would say this game is a Mexican Bingo and I remember playing it often as a child.

Here I am with some of my fellow classmates. From the left is Samantha, then me and then my sister Lisa and our friend Lupe. You can see some of our artwork that was displayed in the background.


The front has the obligatory roses. The City of Wasco, where the classes are held is the Rose Capital of the World! Our instructor Alex painted the amazing American Flag.

Here's a side view showing the Loteria portion of the piano. It was so much fun to do this and I hope in the next class someone donates another piano to us!


If I were to share all the artwork we displayed you would be here forever, so let me just share some of the artwork that I think was the favorite of each artist.

First, this was my favorite that I painted. It's a fireplace that I learned to paint by using an online tutorial from the most amazing teacher and Artist, Cinnamon Cooney aka The Art Sherpa!


Here's how I displayed it at Christmas for the Holiday. Isn't it lovely?


I think this was probably the favorite one that my sister Lisa did. She did such an excellent job and I love the eyes, they are just mesmerizing. Lisa has a natural gift and talent for art. It seems effortless when she paints!


I think this one would probably be the favorite one that Lupe did, at least I know it's my favorite that she did! So cheerful and love the big yellow umbrella!


This is my favorite of the ones that Samantha did. Samantha is a college student and the youngest of us all and she had a real "outside the box" way of doing her art which was refreshing and I was always amazed to see the way her mind worked!


We also had to each do a social experiment piece. Something socially relevant to us. Our instructor came up with the idea of doing this because of a this painting that he did.


Here is my social statement. Can you see my concept that we now see the world through the "eyes" of social media?


I loved Lisa's, seeing the world through rose colored glasses!


Lupe choose a statement as old as time, the Madonna and Child, it was just beautiful!


Here's our instructor Alex with a painting he brought to display. Thank you Alex for being such a great teacher, for your patience and guidance and for always being there on time with a smile and a word of encouragement for us each! You have an amazing gift as an artist and as a teacher!



10 comments:

  1. I've greatly enjoyed the artwork displayed in your post. All four of you (in the first and smashing picture) are very talented.
    Happy New Year!

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    1. Thank you DUTA! I hope we continue to grow as we take more classes. In the future I plan to share some painting that I gave as Christmas gifts. I am loving this art journey! Happy New Year to you as well!

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  2. I loved seeing the piano and paintings. All of the projects are so colorful and creative, the fireplace is my favorite!

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    1. Thanks Diane! I really love the fireplace as well. They put the piano in a public setting so random people that just happen to be there can play it. It's such a great way to share art and music with that small community!

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  3. How fun to explore your creative side through painting. I am a stitch-aholic. Most nights you can find me embroidering my heart out! Thanks for sharing your work.

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    1. Heidi! Happy New Year! I used to embroider when I was in high school. I remember the big thing was to embroider flowers and birds all over our jeans. My mom still embroiders once in a while. Thanks for stopping by, nice to hear from you :)

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  4. Very lovely art Alicia. I really like Lisa's painting, as you say the eyes are captivating. Regarding the pianos, NYC has a program where donated pianos are placed in public places for anyone to use. They are painted like those in your photos.

    Great art work.

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    1. Thank you Sextant! Yes, those eyes are something else. That is exactly what they are doing with our pianos, placing them in random public places. It's a great idea I think.

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  5. The piano - now that is going to make the music colourful.

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    1. Definitely! I should have posted the before picture. It was drab and old looking with chipping paint, we gave it new life :)

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