Mommy and Me Class: Ladybug Love
Saturday, May 3
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Join Juli Shuszler on Saturday, May 3rd from 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM for am mommy and me paint class at Arts on Main!
Celebrate the upcoming Mother's Day and join Juli Schuszler, Gloucester artist and teacher, for a fun and relaxed painting class for mothers and their children. You will work in pairs to create an image on that fills two canvases. Using acrylic on an 8 x 10” canvas, you will paint an adorable and bright image of ladybugs on plant stems curving to suggest the shape of a heart. The instructor will provide all materials you will need, including brushes, canvas, and acrylic paint. You will receive a reference image and a handout with step-by-step instructions. Special instruction will be available to those needing help mixing colors and applying paint to create the details of this picture. Invite friends to join you for this fun and engaging class.
For kids ages 6+
ABOUT YOUR INSTRUCTOR
Juli Schuszler is a Gloucester artist known for her vibrant and dramatic oil masterpieces showcasing the beauty of the natural world. A passion for color is evident in Juli's paintings, inspired by an ongoing love of nature and gardening. Much of Juli’s inspiration comes from her garden. Juli works from real life observations and her own reference photos, focusing on the play of light and shadow, creating drama and visual interest in her art. Often working on large canvases, Juli paints carefully and slowly, creating numerous layers of paint, building as she goes. Juli says, “I like to search for striking and dramatic light in the images that I collect for my references.... I want to transport the viewer to a beautiful world of color and light with my paintings, to take them into a garden of delight!” Anyone can see that the common thread through all her artwork is a love of color and light. Retired from careers in commercial art and then in teaching Art and English in public school, college, and university, Juli now pursues her own art in her home studio. Her artworks are featured in the Bay School for the Arts, The Charles H. Taylor Art Center, and the Crossroads Art Center as well as the RAL Art Center Gallery.