Painting Small in Acrylic
with Greta Watkins
Tuesdays February 8 - March 1
9:30AM - 12:30PM
$120 for Members, $150 for Nonmembers
Class meets at 638 E Market Street in Rockport, Texas
We will set up little still life arrangements of candy- jelly beans, chocolates, conversation hearts, etc or coastal theme objects- bobbers, lures, shells, bits of driftwood,...
We’ll be working with:
-Small canvas 5X7 or 8X10
-4 Acrylic Liquitex
-Titanium White
-Cadmium Red Medium
-Phthalo Blue
-Cadmium Yellow
-A small assortment pack of acrylic brushes sizes 2-6
About Greta Watkins
Greta Watkins, a longtime resident of Bryan/College Station, Tx., moved to Rockport in 2021.
As long as I can remember, I've always been involved with some form of art and creative process. As an adult, I worked for several years in clay, focusing on handbuilt porcelain. Eventually I experienced frustration with the waiting- for clay to dry, for the kiln to be fired, etc, and turned to a more direct medium, handmade paper. I worked with handmade paper for about 12 years, exploring texture, pattern, light and shadow.
In 1995, I decided to return to school to finally finish that art degree that I'd begun 23 years earlier. The figure drawing and painting classes I took as I worked toward my degree (BFA, Sam Houston State University '98), gave me new direction as an artist. I like the directness of painting, the marks that can be made, the fact that you can sometimes see the decisions I've made as I worked.
Over the last several years, I’ve really enjoyed painting small. I often set up little still life arrangements with vintage toys, especially Fisher Price Little People.