big & bad abstracts:
3-day weekend intensive

If you know me, you know I'm no stranger to going large. Why? Because it's fun... magnetic... freeing... plus, it's more doable/affordable than most think!

Join me as I share my own process for going "big and bad" plus other tricks of the trade.

Students will learn about artists who also work larger-than-life and the different stages of a painting as I guide you through the process. The result: a large, mixed media 4ft x 6ft painting!

How will you get it home? That, too, we will learn more about, but know ahead of time that your painting will be completed on unstretched canvas.

Using bold brush strokes (connecting body to canvas) and discovering the right tools with a little pre-planning advice, students will walk away confident and comfortable with creating "monumental" works of art.

NOTE: this is an intensive workshop, for experienced artists who are intermediate up to advanced.

Supplies:

• ​Various brushes of all sizes—especially chip brushes!
• Various colors of acrylic paint (soft body, fluid, and hi-flow consistencies work best)
• Any large tools you already own—or find around home  (flat course grater, silicone spatula, silicone bowl scraper, silicone squeegee, large grouting sponge, microfiber duster, putty knife, taping knife, masonry brush, etc...)
• Any large drawing materials you already own (Art Crayons, Art Graf squares, Solid Marker, Woodies, Neocolor II's, Derwent XL Charcoal, Lyra XL Graphite, R&F Pigment Sticks, etc...)
• Recycled 4oz–16oz food jars with lids for left over paint—and there will be so start saving! :)
• Viva or Blue Shop Towels—to mop up watery messes​​
• Instructor will supply everyone with a 48 x 72 inch canvas and its support, plus other supplemental materials.

3-Day Intensive Info:​​

• Cost $199 (some supplies provided)
• November 18th–20th
• FRI-SAT-SUN, 10:00am-2:00pm + a 30min lunch break
• Max 10 students
• Skill level: intermediate up to advanced
• Age level: adult (18 & up)

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About the instructor

Kristen Guest

Kristen Guest is an award-winning and published abstract expressionism artist as well as a certified art instructor in San Diego, California who works in a variety of mediums and genres. She studied Art Education at Middle Tennessee State University and has been teaching realism since 2004 and abstract since 2018.

​Currently, Kristen works out of her studio at the Bernardo Winery, teaches a variety of classes and workshops, and is the Director of Marketing & Education at Art on 30th. She is represented through Ashton Gallery and her art is showcased in featured staged homes throughout San Diego in collaboration with Guest House Shop. She also creates work for designers, national exhibitions, and online galleries. Kristen is best known for her muted hues, expressive gestural line work, and simplistic approach to composition.
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"Structure and fun is not usually combined in an instructional class, but Kristen does an amazing job at both! Thank you!

~Jen Klinger

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