Expressive Color in Acrylic | Beki Borman | Fri-Sat, July 11-12 | 9:00 AM-4:00 PM
Adult | Acrylic | Levels 1-2
Members: $275 | Non-Members: $300
Course ID: 2D2514
*This workshop must meet a minimum number of students by June 5, 2025.
Concept
Designed for beginners and advancing beginners, this two-day workshop explores the inherent expressive qualities of acrylic paint. Discover how to make dull, static photo references your own by using unexpected color and mark-making.
Experience
Working from your own photo references, begin with basic acrylic painting techniques and color mixing. Explore commonly used color palette combinations to understand color interaction and ways in which colors can enhance one another within a painting. With these fundamentals, dive into the world of expressive art making. Experimental methods encourage you to push the boundaries of the medium as you work on multiple paintings throughout the workshop. Leave this experience with techniques to help you loosen up, a toolkit to solve problems creatively, and a foundation for making visually stunning, bold paintings.
Skill Level
Beginners and advanced beginners welcome.
Adult | Acrylic | Levels 1-2
Members: $275 | Non-Members: $300
Course ID: 2D2514
*This workshop must meet a minimum number of students by June 5, 2025.
Concept
Designed for beginners and advancing beginners, this two-day workshop explores the inherent expressive qualities of acrylic paint. Discover how to make dull, static photo references your own by using unexpected color and mark-making.
Experience
Working from your own photo references, begin with basic acrylic painting techniques and color mixing. Explore commonly used color palette combinations to understand color interaction and ways in which colors can enhance one another within a painting. With these fundamentals, dive into the world of expressive art making. Experimental methods encourage you to push the boundaries of the medium as you work on multiple paintings throughout the workshop. Leave this experience with techniques to help you loosen up, a toolkit to solve problems creatively, and a foundation for making visually stunning, bold paintings.
Skill Level
Beginners and advanced beginners welcome.
Adult | Acrylic | Levels 1-2
Members: $275 | Non-Members: $300
Course ID: 2D2514
*This workshop must meet a minimum number of students by June 5, 2025.
Concept
Designed for beginners and advancing beginners, this two-day workshop explores the inherent expressive qualities of acrylic paint. Discover how to make dull, static photo references your own by using unexpected color and mark-making.
Experience
Working from your own photo references, begin with basic acrylic painting techniques and color mixing. Explore commonly used color palette combinations to understand color interaction and ways in which colors can enhance one another within a painting. With these fundamentals, dive into the world of expressive art making. Experimental methods encourage you to push the boundaries of the medium as you work on multiple paintings throughout the workshop. Leave this experience with techniques to help you loosen up, a toolkit to solve problems creatively, and a foundation for making visually stunning, bold paintings.
Skill Level
Beginners and advanced beginners welcome.
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INSTRUCTOR
Born and raised in Milwaukee, Beki Borman knew she wanted to be an artist from a young age. She earned her BFA in Painting from Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design. Today, Beki creates abstract landscapes that explore color, shape, and contrast using acrylic paint and a knife as her primary tool. As an educator, she believes art should be accessible and enjoyable for all. She reminds her students it’s never too late to start and that we’re all on our own journey. When not teaching or painting, Beki likes to read, write, exercise, and play with her kids and dog.
