Some new updates for the season…

Its official!  Im happy to  say   after  a long  and strenuous process Im  finally a homeowner!

In celebration,  I had mentioned in  an  earlier  blog  that I  will be offering a  20%  discount on  all commission, prints,  existing artwork, gift certificates and more.  his deal will only  be until  Thanksgiving.  Take  advantage of  it  now  as  I   usually never  do things  like  this!

Please feel  free to  share this blog   or  my  website, www.agillustration.com with  anyone you  feel would  enjoy it,  and  might  want to  spread  the  love  of  animal  art. (Keep  in mind   I   DO  draw  humans  as well!)

Moving along,  I  wanted to share   a  demo  I had   done in my Friday   Animal Portraiture class  at  the  Center   of Contemporary art  in Bedminster NJ

"Ruffled Feathers" Pastel 9" x 12"

This  piece  along  with many other  pastels  and other pieces  are  available on my etsy  store  for  VERY  reasonable   prices.  I  price  them    lower since they are  my   demos  and  I    would love  for  everyone  to  be able to  afford an  original piece of  work.  Feel  free to check out  my etsy  store here.

On a   final  note, Winter classes are  approaching!  Yes,  believe it or not winter, however that  shouldn’t  be  too hard  to  realize  after that  horrible  snow  storm  we  just  had!

I  will be  offering various  classes  at  both my usual   art centers,

The Visual Art Center of NJ  located in  Summit, NJ.

The Center for Contemporary Art in Bedminster, NJ.

Stay tuned to  their  websites   to  view the winter  online  brochure ( should  be  up   within the week) And if you register early  at  the Visual Art  Center  you  will receive  a  Early registration discount. If you are  already  enrolled  in  one of  my classes  you  can  simply call the art center.

*Please keep in mind  due to the   snow storm the art center   is   closed  for a few  days  due to  lack of power and  phone lines.  It  should  be  up and  running  by the  end of the week

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Hooping Workshop at CCA this Saturday!!

Andrea bodypainted with Black light paint for CCA's "DaDa" house party.

Workshop  I am offering this saturday,  at The Center for Contemporary Art  at Bedminster  located in Bedminster  NJ.

485 - HOOPING FOR FUN

Oct 8, 2011 (one day)
Meets 10:00 AM-12:00 PM on Sat

Tuition: $40.00

Member Tuition: $30.00

Level: Adult and Teen – All Levels

Remember the hula hoop? Well, the “Hula Hooping” you remember has been reborn; reincarnated into “Hooping”! Hooping is a fun artistic workout, allowing you to focus on standing tall, engaging the core deeply, and building muscle throughout the body. Beginning with a warm up, techniques such as on and off body, utilizing arms, legs and other parts while you hoop to get the best workout possible will be demonstrated. It revitalizes your mind, body and spirit, and helps gain self-confidence with a smile.

Register   by either  caling the  art  center  at (908)  234 2345,  or  via  online at  this link  HERE!

Take advantage of this deal!

 

Maggie 8" x 10" graphite

I  am  happy  to announce I’ll be   buying a   home in  the very  near  future.  Due  to  the good news  I  have decided to  offer  a   wonderful  deal of  20%  off  ALL orders, commissions, gift certificates,  current artwork, prints, greeting cards, and  anything else.

I  never  off   deals  such  as  this  so  with the  holidays  approaching  I  encourage  you   to  take  advantage! Feel free to   share  this   blog   post  with  anyone  you   feel  would   be interested.  Follow  me on my facebook  for   new artwork  not  yet  posted  on  my  blog or  website.

Toss me an email to  order  or   ask  any questions you  may  have! Mention the  word “BLOG”  for  the discount!

 

Recent work…

Here are  some pics  of  my  most recent commissions…….

Lucy 22" x 30" Graphite

Lucy as a pup 22" x 30" Graphite

My dog Papi next to "lucy" for scale

Mala 11" x 14" Oil

Fall Classes ready for registration!

Autumn  approaching,    as  so   fall  semester  registrations for   classes…

A summer Animal Portraiture workshop At Farmstead Arts

I  am  offering   several workshops  and  classes  at  both  the  Visual  Art  Center of NJ in Summit,  and  the  Center  for Contemporary Art   in  Bedminster , NJ.

At CCA, I  am   offering   my usual   Morning and Evening  Oil painting  classes on Tuesday  and  my  Friday Animal  Portraiture class as well  as  a  few  workshops. CLICK  HERE  to    register  online (  a   new and  much   appreciated feature!)

Some of  my classes  at the  Visual Art Center  include:

Drawing: Fine Tuning the  Details, Animal Portraiture, Evening  Oil painting,  and  a varierty of   both  children  and  Teen  classes  focusing on Drawing and Painting.  You can  find all my  classes  I  teach  for  all  age levels   on  my  page  on the  centers   website, or  CLICK HERE. Registration is   available online  as  well.

Hope to see you in the  Fall!!!

 

 

Some recent commissions….

Summer is  finally  here,  summer camps  began this past  week,  and  I  have been swamped  with  work. Thought  I  would   share  some recent  commissions  I  have  done  in the past   couple  of weeks.

This is  Jack,  a  very handsome black  lab, I’m  actually in the midst  of   doing  his  best  friend  a black  cat  at  the  moment. This piece is  8″ x 10″  and  done in oils.

8" x 10" Oil painting

This is  Linda,  a   beautiful Pitbull. This  was  a 8″ x 10″  charcoal  drawing. I hope to  draw  more  from her  family soon!

Linda 8" x 10" Charcoal

This is  Maddy.  Maddy is the  dog of  a  student of  mine,  she   got   this 11″ x 14″  oil portrait   for  her  father  who  also  loves and  adores  her.

Maddy 11" x 14" Oil

More  works  to come!   Please   subscribe  to  receive  an  email   when   a   new  post is  created!

Some new pieces…

A few weeks ago i was asked to do a colored pencil demo for some students of mine that work in colred pencils. I havent pulled my Prismacolors out in about 7 years as well so it was fun to  experiment  with them  again.  Here  is  my finished   demo,  which  I wanna  say is  about  5″ x 5″  or  so in size. For the whiskers,   I   tried  a  new  technique  I had  never  done  before  of  scratching   with  a  blade   into the  work,  to reveal the white underneath. I think it was a success.

Colored Pencil Demo- La La

Another  work  just completed   started  as  a painting demo in  my  Animal Portraiture  class  a few Sundays ago. I  only  got  as far    as   drawing it on the canvas and   “plopping”  my first   layer  of paint   down,  but  I   wanted  to continue  with  it  so  i   do  another layer  and  some  details  to it.  I  think  its a  strong image, and  whats  interesting  to  at least  myself is  I   actually didnt  go in  with my  little  rigger  aka  ”whisker”   brush  to   create  any little  hairs (only the whiskers).  The  whole  portrait  was   completed  with a a small flat brush, (synthetic not bristle).

MINE! oil 11" x 14"

MIne! Detail

I guess   this  post  was  all  about  me  doing art  of  my  cat  La la!

Enjoy!

Experimenting with Watercolor

Havent  blogged in a  while.   I  have  been  working on a bunch of  different things.  Some of  which  being  watercolor.  I  hadnt  picked  up   watercolor  in  about  7 years  since school,   so it  was  a   fun  experiment to get back into  it.  I  did a  few  demos in class,  as well a s   some plein  air    painting  while camping  for memorial  day weekend.  Funny (  or not)  part  was   it stormed  one  night  that weekend and  guess who left her watercolor  paintings  outside!?  yup.  they werent too  ruined  so  Ill post them anyhow.

Here is  some  demos  I did in  watercolor  for my  animal portraiture  class.

Study of Papi's eye watercolor about 4" x 4"

Papi watercolor about 5" x 5"

Here are  some  of the landscapes  I  did, and a  few of  me in action,  you can see my  watercolor palette  here, consisting  of  some  warm and  cool primaries,  and  some earth tones.

landscape 2 watercolor 5" x 7" plein air

landscape watercolor 5" x 7" plein air

landscape watercolor 5" x 7" plein air

wip watercolor

work in progress watercolor

Really loving   watercolor lately.  Will blog  soon   with more pics  of  latest projects!

Upcoming Workshops!

I have  three  upcoming  Adult  art workshops in  May/June.  Check them out!

This Sunday, May 22, I will be teaching a Color Theory  3  hour  workshop at the  Visual Art Center of NJ.

A touch of blue

Course Description-
This workshop will allow students to understand how color works by isolating warm and cool colors, understanding complimentary colors, and learning how to mix the exact color you want with a limited palette. Specific exercises regarding value, temperature, and saturation will be  covered. All materials provided.

$60 + $10 materials fee
Register online  here- http://www.artcenternj.org/Create/Adults/Workshops.aspx

June 6th, I  will be teaching an Animal Portraiture  class  at the Visual Art Center  of   NJ from 10-4pm.

Simba - 9" x 12" Pastel

Course Description-
Students will be able to work in any medium they desire, as they receive individual attention. Demonstrations about the structure and anatomy of animals will be given, and textures such as fur and feathers will be addressed. The workshop will look at how to start a drawing loosely with gestures in charcoal and graphite, and explore nuances like the differences in drawing dog and cat noses by seeing the structure beneath the fur. Request a materials list.

$100 
Register online  here- http://www.artcenternj.org/Create/Adults/Workshops.aspx

On June 26, from 1-4pm,I will be  teaching  a  Wildlife Drawing and Painting Workshop at  Farmstead Arts located in Basking Ridge  NJ.

Morning Snack 12" x 12" OIl

Course Description-
Demonstrations about the structure and antomy of animals will be given, and textures such as fur and deathers will be addressed. The class willlook at how to start a drawing loosely with gestures in charcoal and graphite, and explore nuances liek the differences in drawing different breeds and species nu seeing the structure beneath. Demos to handle fur and anatomy with charcoal, oil paint, scratchboard and others will be covered.

$20  plus $5 Materials fee

Register online  here- http://wildlifedrawing.eventbrite.com/

Feel free to  msg me via my contact page on my website with  any  questions regarding these workshops!

Schatze

I havent  blogged for  a while,  have  so much to blog about! I figure ill start  with  Schatze.  I  was commissioned  a  while back to  do  a  5″ x 7″  graphite portrait  of this  beautiful  German Shepherd, Schatze. So gorgeous, and so  well behaved!

Heres   how  it  turned out!

Schatze Graphite 5" x 7"

I was  so  inspired  by  Schatze  that I  used   her   for  a bunch  of  demos   that   week in my classes.  Here  is an oil  demo  I  did in my animal portraiture class one Friday!

Schatze in Oil 9" x 12"

Every once in a while I  am  thoroughly inspired  by  one  particular dog or  cat  or   who knows! Enough  to   draw/ paint them   a number of  times.  What inspires  you?

Lots of things to  blog,  so  keep updated  and  stay tuned for the next one by subscribing!