Meeting Times

• Friday 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM

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Description

Enjoy painting outside and draw inspiration from your surroundings at Sherwood Island State Park. This class is for anyone with an interest in painting with acrylics, no experience required! In each session, enjoy nature at Sherwood Island while immortalizing your experience in an acrylic seascape painting. Participants will learn how to mix paint colors from specific primary colors to uncover their own unique and personal color palette. The goal is to relax and enjoy the process of self-discovery.

Directions to Sherwood Island State park: From I-95 north and south - Take Exit 18 to access the Sherwood Island Connector. Follow the Connector directly into the park. Take the 2nd right to the Pavilion. Meet in the Pavilion on the left-hand side. Entrance is free for cars with a CT license plate. A parking fee is in place for vehicles registered in any region other than the State of Connecticut. Please follow all state park regulations.

Connie Manna is an illustrator and Fine Artist who earned her BFA from the School of Visual Arts. As a freelance artist, she has worked for such diverse clients as book publishers, medical magazines, general interest magazines, advertising agencies and software companies and works on private commissions.

 

Classes meet on Fridays, 6/27, 7/11, 7/18, 7/25, 8/1 | 10:30 am-12:00 pm (NO CLASS ON 7/4/2025)

Additional Notes

Supply List

Acrylic paints in the following colors

•Titanium white 

•Phthalo (phthalocyanine) blue

•Burnt sienna

•Alizarin crimson (or cadmium red medium)

•Cadmium yellow medium

Canvas (stretched or panels) 16” x 20” *this is preferred size but 14” x 17” is fine

Round Brushes any acrylic brush in a variety of sizes. (Ex. 2, 4, 6, but these sizes aren’t consistent between different manufacturers)

I find that 3 brushes in small, medium and large are usually sufficient. I prefer round bristle brushes (that come to a point), and if you have on hand or prefer, one medium-sized flat brush (no larger than the width of the nail on your thumb may be used)

paper towels, disposable cup for water and paint palette-which can be as simple as a disposable plastic plate.