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FA25 (A) Lauren Adams’ Acrylic for the Absolute Beginner Workshop
Date/Time:	Sat 9/13/2025 from 2:30 PM to 5:30 PM
Location:	Abernathy Arts Center
Class Price:	$100.00
Notes:	Acrylic Painting Supplies Please feel free to bring anything not on the list. Remember to wear your paint clothes or a smock. Brushes: Have points and flats. Inexpensive set on Amazon: robert simmons brushes Acrylic Colors I like the Liquitex professional line and Golden Acrylics. I use a “double primary” palette. Examples: · cadmium red medium and napthol crimson (or alizarin crimson ) · cadmium yellow medium and lemon yellow (or hansa yellow) · ultramarine blue and phthalo blue · burnt umber · Titanium white (buy artist grade for this color even if all other paints are student grade) Surfaces · An 8” x 10” surface for painting exercise: heavy weight gessoed paper (100-140 lb), or a canvas panel or a sketch book with heavy paper · Stretched canvas, canvas board or canvas pad 8” x 10” or larger Other Supplies · Bring in several photos to choose from either printed or digital. Anything that you find interesting or inspiring is appropriate. · Paper towels · Palette knife for mixing · A flat, non-absorbent palette. I use a disposable paint palette pad, but glass is ok along with paper plates or aluminum foil. I don’t recommend the small plastic palettes intended for watercolors. Optional · Acrylic Matte Medium - (fluid not gel) · Pencil or charcoal for sketching and image transfer · Mister for water (keeps paints moist on the palette) www.LADAMSART.com

Do you lack confidence in your painting skills?

- Are you in the dark when it comes to color mixing and tonal values? 

- Do you struggle with composition and creating a focal point?
- Do you have difficulty controlling your brush strokes and the paint?
- Or maybe you just don't know how to get started or what to paint?

If you answered “yes” to one or more of these questions, then this is the workshop for you!

Join instructor Lauren Adams for an afternoon of learning about the foundations of this versatile, fast-drying, non-toxic medium. No experience necessary!

For convenient parking located nearest the tennis courts – use GPS address:  6621 Bridgewood Valley Road, NW, Sandy Springs, GA 30328. 

Instructor Bio:

 lhapainting@gmail.com

 A Southern artist and native of rural middle Georgia, Lauren Adams has explored and experimented with painting and drawing most of her life. Inspired by her southern roots and the natural world, her work runs the gamut from figurative to landscape and beyond.  Adams holds an MFA in painting from the Savannah College of Art & Design. And in addition to her studio practice, she currently teaches adult painting classes in a wide variety of media at various arts centers in Georgia. Adams’ work can be found in many private and public collections throughout the Southeast, including the Medical College of Georgia in Augusta and the Historical Society of Sandersville, GA.

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