Welcome to the Studio
Every artist and writer needs a coach - someone with years of experience with wh you can rely on to answer your questions, critique your work, steer you in the right direction, and encourage you when you need it the most. If you're looking to take your artistic talents to the next level, you'll find many options below.
Group Painting Classes, Workshops
MEETINGHOUSE ARTS GALLERY PRESENTS AN EXCITING NEW WORKSHOP OCT. 26 - NOV. 30
PAINTING FUNDAMENTALS & BEYOND
A STEP-BY-STEP GUIDE TO MASTERING THE ART OF PAINTING
6 SATURDAYS, OCTOBER 26TH – NOVEMBER 30TH
This is the Ultimate Painting Workshop
designed for beginners and intermediate painters
Gerard Bianco, an award-winning professional artist, will guide you on a journey to learn the painting process from start to finish. Each week you’ll study a different topic.
· Mastering Composition
· The Sophisticated Palette
· Creating Colors that Sing
· How to Identify Values
· How to Begin Your Painting
· The Illusion of Light
· How to Simplify
· Adding the Magic that Will Make Your Painting Sparkle...and so much more.
After this course, you will no longer ask yourself how to begin a painting, or what to do when you’re halfway through the process. You’ll know.
Limited to 10 Participants. Reserve your spot today to master the craft of painting.
At signup, you’ll receive a list of suggested supplies.
Six, three-hour sessions, Saturdays, running consecutively from October 26th through November 30th.
Price $375 To register, please click here: https://meetinghousearts.org/event/painting-fundamentals-and-beyond/2024-10-26/
Private Painting Lessons
Step-by-Step Individualized, Hands-on Instruction to Take Your Painting to the Next Level.
If you are a painting beginner who wants to learn painting essentials, an intermediate painter who wants to take your painting to the next level, or an artist who has been itching to try your hand at a new medium, there's nothing better than individualized, private art coaching to help you achieve your artistic goals.
For painting beginners, I offer a program that gives you a solid foundation in the basics - things you'll never learn anywhere else. We'll cover drawing, color, values, and composition. We'll discuss brushes, paints, mediums, and painting surfaces. I'll examine your strengths and weaknesses, and you'll receive individualized assessment and exercises to give you clarity and direction to increase your painting understanding and technical skills.
For intermediate painters, we'll dive deep into color mixing, values, edges, and techniques to add magic to your paintings. We'll focus on your painting goals. I'll teach you how to see a painting, before you begin. You'll learn tips and tricks that will make your paintings sing.
For all levels, we'll meet in person once a week (or on Zoom if you are working remotely) - 4 times a month. Along with a critique of a painting you're working on, you'll receive a weekly assignment that we will review. Each session lasts between an hour and an hour and half. The cost is $300 per month. Some months have 5 weeks. If you want to meet for that 5th week, there is an additional cost of $75. Please click the link if you have questions about private art coaching, or if you want to sign up.
Monthly Painting Classes
$300.00
Group and Private Writing Classes, Author Talks
Group or Individualized, hands-on Writing Instruction to take your writing to new heights.
Gerard offers individual or group writing instructions, author talks, and 8-week series instructions. Please click the link below to contact us for details.
Coming Soon - Online Painting Tutorials
Creating Skin Tones in Watercolor!
I'm often asked about the watercolors I use to create realistic skin tones. In this tutorial, you'll learn how to render life-like skin tones in watercolor. It's a fun, easy-to-follow tutorial where, together, we will create a chart of skin tone samples that you can refer to when creating your next painting.
Creating Skin Tones in Watercolor
how to create life-like skin tones and avoid muddy watercolors in portraits.
how to create life-like skin tones and avoid muddy watercolors in portraits.
how to create life-like skin tones and avoid muddy watercolors in portraits.
Fun, easy, and a tutorial you can watch over and over..
Colors you can use straight out of the tube
how to create life-like skin tones and avoid muddy watercolors in portraits.
how to create life-like skin tones and avoid muddy watercolors in portraits.
You'll learn how to create life-like skin tones from colors you never imaged using! Many of which are straight out of the tube.
Learn from a master portrait artist
how to create life-like skin tones and avoid muddy watercolors in portraits.
Learn from a master portrait artist
Choosing the right colors from the start will make or break you painting.