Meeting Times

• Tuesday 5:00 PM - 6:30 PM

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Description

This class is designed to learn about the modern art media, acrylics. Did you know that acrylics can create watercolor or oil like qualities? This versatile and experimental media that is fun and flexible. Students will work on canvas and paper to explore a variety of techniques while enjoying observing florals. We will work from photographs, from actual live flowers and from master artists. There is a focus on abstraction of realism which allows the painter self-expression. Group sharing is encouraged.

Class meets on Tuesdays, 6/30, 7/7, 7/14, 7/21, 7/28, 8/5 - 5-6:30pm

 

About the Artist

Peri Pfenninger was born in New York and relocated to Connecticut in 2013. She received her Fine Arts degree at the New York Institute of Technology, Old Westbury, N.Y. in 1989, and completed her MFA with Western Connecticut State University, in Danbury, CT.

Her recent oil paintings depict abstract portraits of nature. She is currently painting a second oil portrait for the New York Supreme courthouse in Brooklyn, NY. Her exhibits include the Blue Mountain gallery in Chelsea, NYC and is currently exhibiting at the Milford Arts Council where one of her works received an honorable mention December 2024.

She has an extensive published portfolio of public projects and mural art with over 30 years in mastering the medium of acrylics. Visit www.perisartsalon.com

Note: For the first few classes the canvas will not be needed.

 

Materials list:

9x12 canvas paper for acrylics or mixed media

8 oz matte medium for acrylics

1 acrylics paint set, 

( Goldens is recommended but other brands are fine

1 Thalo Blue

1 Quin magenta

Container for water

Paper towels or cotton rag

Synthetic brushes, inexpensive sets work well

1 2-3” nylon brush 

 

Plastic white plates or palette paper

 

 

Additional Notes