Try It! Multimedia Workshop
Saturday, October 25th and Sunday, October 26
1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Join Juli Schuszler on Saturday, October 25th and Sunday, October 26th from 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM for a multimedia workshop at Arts on Main!
Have you been eager to try a different medium but didn’t want to invest in materials before discovering if it was right for you? If so, this two-day workshop is the perfect fit. Over the course of two weekend afternoons, you will experiment with oil pastels, oil paint, gouache, and chalk pastel. Join local artist and teacher Juli Schuszler to create with each of these four media. You will paint a small landscape with oils and a still life with oil pastels. You will also create a landscape with gouache and soft pastel. Juli will give you step-by-step directions in the application of materials.
All materials will be provided so the cost will be minimal, but the fun will be maximum. All levels of experience are welcome, from beginner to experienced. Feel free to bring your favorite (non-alcoholic) beverages and snacks to make the class even more special. Bring a friend, neighbor, relative, or spouse for this fun and engaging class.
FOR AGES 18+
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.