Be inspired by a combination of ideal, real and surreal imagery to create unique portraits using objects and symbols in place of facial features. Join Robin Douglas to design works that are large scale and bold or petite and precious, with an emphasis on acrylic paint, collage and watercolors as expedient materials. All supplies for your original artwork will be provided and artists of all levels are welcome.
Members $70, Visitors $100
Members will need to sign in online to receive their discount.
Limited space is available. This event will be held onsite at OMA in compliance with CDC, state, and county guidelines. Sanctioned social distancing will be followed and masks that cover both the nose and mouth are required to be worn at all times.
Pictured: Famous portraits of Van Gogh, Kahlo and Beethoven
Two-Day Workshop: Painting the Colors of Florence, Italy
As part of our Two-Day Workshop series, be inspired by Richard Mayhew and his spirited and imaginative landscapes. Explore the unique and iridescent colors that he uses in his focus on background, middle ground and foreground. Due to his studies at the Academy of Florence, Italy, his use of vibrating contrasting colors will evoke the essence of Tuscany in your works.
Join Robin Douglas to use a variety of materials including pastels, watercolor and acrylics to create your own work. All supplies included.
Members $70, Visitors $100
Members will need to sign in online to receive their discount.
Limited space is available. This event will be held onsite at OMA in compliance with CDC, state, and county guidelines. Sanctioned social distancing will be followed and masks that cover both the nose and mouth are required to be worn at all times.
Pictured: Richard Mayhew, Transition II.
Taste of Art: Expressive Watercolors
Join Robin Douglas for an evening as we explore large, expressive watercolor paintings reflecting the sea and the sky. For sunrises to sunsets and everything in between, paint with large brushes and sponges to create the natural attributes of Southern California. Enjoy appetizers and drinks during a brief presentation on California Impressionism before creating an original work of art. All materials provided.
Members $50, Visitors $65
Members will need to sign in to receive their discount.
Limited space is available. This event will be held onsite at OMA in compliance with CDC, state, and county guidelines.
Do you love to look at things that change and grow? Join Robin Douglas as we explore growth and maturity captured by the creative process. Inspired by the works of Pablo Picasso, chart the stages of transformation with quick sketches and final paintings in a variety of media. Enjoy appetizers and drinks during a brief presentation before creating an original work of art. All materials provided.
Members $50, Visitors $65
Members will need to sign in online to receive their discount.
Limited space is available. This event will be held onsite at OMA in compliance with CDC, state, and county guidelines.
Pictured: Pablo Picasso, The Bull (Le Taureau), state VII, 1945.
Two-Day Workshop: Art In Context, The Environment
What would a perfect world look like? Join Robin Douglas to create a metamorphosis of imagery presenting your own personal Utopia. In book-like form, a triptych or another series of images in your choice of media, design a multi-layered environment inspired by artists like Robert Smithson, Andy Goldsworthy, and Christo and Jeanne-Claude. All supplies for your original artwork will be provided and artists of all levels are welcome.
Members $70, Visitors $100
Members will need to sign in online to receive their discount.
Limited space is available. This event will be held onsite at OMA in compliance with CDC, state, and county guidelines. Sanctioned social distancing will be followed and masks that cover both the nose and mouth are required to be worn at all times.
Pictured: Andy Goldsworthy, Mist and Fog.
Taste of Art: Collage à la Matisse
During the last decade of his life Henri Matisse began creating a wide range of colorful collage-based cutouts, transforming paint and paper into a world of plants, animals, figures, and shapes. Join Robin Douglas to explore the depth and freedom in this technique using a vast variety of textures, papers, colors, paint, collage and patterns. Interiors that intrigue, simplified models surrounded by patterns, and abstract gardens will be the focus. Enjoy appetizers and drinks during a brief presentation before creating an original work of art. All materials provided.
Members $50, Visitors $65
Members will need to sign in online to receive their discount.
Limited space is available. This event will be held onsite at OMA in compliance with CDC, state, and county guidelines.
Pictured: Henri Matisse, Open Window, Collioure, 1905.
Two-Day Workshop: Magical Surrealism
As part of our Two-Day Workshop series, join Robin Douglas to investigate both inner and outer landscapes. Be inspired to create dream-like compositions similar to the works of artists like Salvador Dalí, Dorothea Tanning and Paul Klee, as well as OMA’s current exhibition A Kind of Heaven. All supplies for your original artwork will be provided and artists of all levels are welcome.
Members $70, Visitors $100
Members will need to sign in online to receive their discount.
Limited space is available. This event will be held onsite at OMA in compliance with CDC, state, and county guidelines. Sanctioned social distancing will be followed and masks that cover both the nose and mouth are required to be worn at all times.
Pictured: Dorothea Tanning, A Very Happy Picture, 1947
Join Robin Douglas to create one-of-a-kind monoprints in this exciting, hands-on workshop. Make your mark with this quick and spontaneous technique and build upon layers of color and texture like artists Helen Frankenthaler and Louise Nevelson. Expect to work on a couple of pieces at once to create a diptych. Enjoy appetizers and drinks during a brief presentation before creating an original work of art. All materials provided.
Members $50, Visitors $65
Members will need to sign in online to receive their discount.
Limited space is available. This event will be held onsite at OMA in compliance with CDC, state, and county guidelines.
Pictured: Helen Frankenthaler, Weeping Crabapple, 2009.
Two-Day Workshop: Multiple Surface Exploration
Explore the depth and texture of a variety of printmaking exercises on several levels from mono prints, etching, collagraphs and other techniques. Join Robin Douglas for a two-day workshop to create single and multiple prints on cloth and paper in the vein of Paul Gauguin, Helen Frankenthaler and Robert Rauschenberg. all supplies for your original artwork will be provided and artists of all levels are welcome.
members $70, visitors $100
Limited space is available.
This event will be held onsite at OMA in compliance with CDC, state, and county guidelines. Sanctioned social distancing will be followed and masks that cover both the nose and mouth are required to be worn at all times.
Pictured: Glen Alps, Collagraph #1, 1956
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