Andrea Gianchiglia - The Thoughts and Aspirations of an Artist

Some new updates for the season…

gianchiglia — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 13:29:25 +0000

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

Thanks for reading! And please feel free to subscribe to my blog by hitting the ”follow” button of following me on my facebook page as well.

Hooping Workshop at CCA this Saturday!!

gianchiglia — Sun, 02 Oct 2011 13:45:00 +0000

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.

Take advantage of this deal!

gianchiglia — Wed, 28 Sep 2011 15:05:33 +0000

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…

gianchiglia — Sat, 20 Aug 2011 14:38:27 +0000

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!

gianchiglia — Tue, 16 Aug 2011 12:53:06 +0000

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….

gianchiglia — Sun, 10 Jul 2011 16:03:19 +0000

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…

gianchiglia — Sun, 19 Jun 2011 15:57:56 +0000

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

gianchiglia — Tue, 14 Jun 2011 19:25:31 +0000

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

wip watercolor

work in progress watercolor

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

Upcoming Workshops!

gianchiglia — Sun, 15 May 2011 15:46:17 +0000

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

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

Schatze

gianchiglia — Tue, 10 May 2011 00:51:39 +0000

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!