About the Workshop
Along with practicing and learning about how to paint form, light, value, and compose creatively, we will also invite our intuition into the process and explore both gesture and mark-making. Most days, we will investigate color mixing and compare pigments and how to layer color. Abstract and representational painters welcome. Beginners welcome. Most exercises will be centered around observing and painting from life (still life, landscape), but your instructor is adept at abstract
painting, and if you prefer to paint without a physical reference, the lessons will be offered in a way that allows you to choose abstraction. Or, perhaps, to explore both. Every day we will remember there is more than one painting reality!
About Jolyn Fry
Jolyn Fry was born in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. She graduated with honors from Pennsylvania School of Art and Design in 1996. Since moving to Portland, Oregon, the following year, she has exhibited her continually evolving body of work in many group and solo shows. She is a trauma survivor and has used the practice of art-making and mindfulness in the process of recovering self. Whether depicting literal, physical landscapes or those of a more personal, emotional nature, Jolyn says, 'Surrendering to my artistic process grants me the kindest perspective of myself and the life that moves around me.’ She currently lives in Portland, OR and works as an art instructor teaching painting classes at Ulna Community Art Studio. She is also currently a Social Work student in the MSW program at PSU. To learn more about the classes Jolyn teaches follow her on Instagram @jolynfry and/or see her class listings at radiustudio.org and portfolios at jolynfry.com
Learn more about Jolyn on her website: www.jolynfry.com
Instructor will provide:
The instructor will provide everything needed for the class.
What students should bring:
Bringing materials is optional! Students should bring acrylic painting materials they already have. brushes, canvases, paint, etc. Bringing materials is optional!