About Our Workshops
NSAA offers a compelling line-up of fine art workshops for artists of all levels of experience, offered in a wide range of techniques and media. Learn from some of the region’s finest art instructors!
POETIC LANDSCAPE
WITH LOREN DOUCETTE
Saturday, October 3rd | 10AM – 4PM
$100 for NSAA members / $125 for non-members
This workshop was moved to October 3rd due to weather conditions. Slots are filling fast!
Weather permitting, in this workshop you will be painting outdoors at the NSAA. You will be introduced to a number of artists who take liberties with the landscape followed by a “Search Method” introduction of drawing from observation explaining how forms relate to one another. Loren will discuss the idea of “letting the landscape work for you” rather than copying it directly. You will be encouraged to use the colors and forms you see but also to depart from them as you invent your own. You will learn how to expand your color mixing and will be encouraged toward freedom, fun and exploration.
ABOUT LOREN
Loren Doucette lives in Gloucester, MA working as a full-time painter and art mentor. Her work has shown in solo and group exhibitions since 2006. She received a BFA in Drawing and Painting in 2013 from Montserrat College of Art where she participated in Montserrat’s study-abroad program in Italy. It was there that landscape painting became a stabilizing force in her work. Using Oil, Acrylic, Pastel and Gouache, her work includes architectural landscapes unique to Gloucester’s harbor, vibrant floral paintings, emotional figurative work and abstractions that come from the bones of all three subjects. Her paintings are prayers hovering between realism and abstraction and celebrate the sun, flowers, people and color of this world. In addition to painting, she offers art mentoring and classes throughout the year while doing live demonstrations upon request. All of Loren’s original artwork, giclee prints and a large assortment of her greeting cards can also be viewed and purchased on her website and online store.
REQUIRED MATERIALS
Please bring the medium you are most comfortable using!
Loren can assist you in watercolor, gouache, acrylic, oil or pastel.
Please bring palettes or palette paper
brushes
water jar(s)
paper towels
a sketchbook
charcoal
Please bring a variety of paint colors including lots of white, blues, yellows, reds, pinks and a brown or two.
canvas or a wood panels if you are working in oil or acrylic
Arches or Fabriano watercolor paper at least 140 lb if working in watercolor or gouache
pre-sanded paper if you are working with pastels.
And any colors you LOVE!
Any drawing tools you love to work with.
