261001 Abstract Adventures: Beyond Technique with Ginger Oglesby

Why do some abstracts feel cohesive while others fall flat? We will explore abstract concepts that will enhance your abstract works.

• Create dynamic compositions

• Develop mark-making as a way to develop and enhance your composition

• Explore different brushes and tools both conventional and unconventional

• Explore depth and layers in your paintings

• Use color that enhance the mood and emotion

The class will include demonstrations on drawing and painting intuitively. We will practice skill building exercises using your unique marks and automatic drawing.

Prerequisites: None

Supply List:

• Acrylic paint – warm and cool colors, black, white and any colors you want to use.

• A variety of mark making tools – pencils, charcoal, colored pencils, acrylic markers, artist crayons, etc.

• Matte Medium

• Brushes of varying sizes (large inexpensive brush from a dollar or hardware store would be nice)

• Palette knife

• Other implements you like to use in painting

• 2 large canvas or board. Examples: 24×36, 24×24, 30×40,36×36 or larger.

• Container for water

• Spray bottle

• Paper towels and/or rags

• Palette (can be freezer paper)

• Painters tape

• Cardboard that will hold a sheet of paper that is 30×22 (paper provided by instructor)

• Anything else you would like to bring

• Suggestion: Take a trip to a dollar store and find inexpensive things that can make marks on the canvas. Kitchen department has interesting things.

• Bring a lunch, please, as we will have a discussion during this time.

Biography:

I use the canvas to tell the bold and sometimes very subtle abstract stories of movement.
Beginning with a loose composition and adding layer on layer,
my paintings naturally unfold and expose an intuitive dance.
These images capture the vibrant attitudes of the human heart.
Soaring Leaping Turning!

Ginger Oglesby, a native Southerner, began studying art in the 6th grade. Saturday mornings were spent in art class learning the fundamentals of drawing, color, composition and medium. In the summer, classes were moved outside for landscapes at Nashville’s Belle Meade Mansion. This continued all through high school under the tutelage of Juanita Green Parks, Director of Art, at Watkins Institute in Nashville, TN. Ginger’s education continued to be concentrated in creative endeavors. She received a BFA from the University of Tennessee in Studio Art with a minor in Dance. After college, Ginger’s first job was with a modern dance company, Sidewalk Dance Theater, where she was a member for ten years. Retiring from the dance company, Ginger missed the movement of dance so she poured movement into her paintings. Her work became more loose and free until they became pure abstraction.