– Acrylics in Practice: Color Value Study
– Instructor: Becca Shuler
– Beginners to advanced
– Friday, January 31, 2025 | 3-hour session (1-4pm)

Acrylics in Practice is one way for you to add to your artistic skill for painting landscapes. We can do florals and abstracts, but more often we paint the landscape. We live in such beautiful surroundings which inspire me to create works of art always including nature: trees, forests, mountains, lakes or rivers, etc.

This session is to learn more about color values by painting a mountain landscape with body of water reflections. The event image is our starting point. Once we achieve the  variations in our color of choice, we can then add as much or as little detail as we wish using our tool of choice: brushes or palette knives or credit cards or Q-Tip’s, etc. (Becca provides inspiration by using photos she gathers on her own or from internet resources. Typically, they represent our area, aka: Blue Ridge Mountains.)

Required Items

• Writing utensil
• paper or sketch book
• Roll of paper  towels
• Tools
• Water cup
• Palette surface (plate or clipboard w non-absorbing palette paper).

Optional items (Used by Becca in her home studio)

• Tabletop easel
• Gloss gel medium
• Paint retarder

Optional Supply Kit ($65)

• Color set (red, blue, yellow, white) of heavy body acrylic paints
• Small brush set
• Palette knives
• Multimedia sketch book
• Painting surface (canvas or panel: 8×10 or larger).

Artist Bio: Becca Shuler Creative Engineer Experienced Educator Workshop Instructor
Becca Shuler came to Gilmer Arts during the pandemic years when times were tough. She has been a member of The Arts Guild (TAG) of Gilmer Arts Center since 2022. She teaches both Folk Art and Acrylic Painting workshops at the Gilmer Arts Center and has been since she became a member. She previously taught painting workshops (2016-2021) in a public studio setting inside of antique shops in Ellijay, Blue Ridge, and Jasper, Georgia.

She has past experience in teaching children during the summer camp program at Blue Ridge Mountain Arts Association during 2014 and 2015. She creates all of the Lesson Plans and Class Demonstrations as well as the Material Lists for all of her workshops. She has reached “Super Host” status on Facebook Events where she has been hosting events since 2016. Becca has hosted a little less than 200 events for sharing art within North Georgia. That is quite an achievement.

Becca is a Super Host’ on Facebook Events. This is a clear designation given to a user who consistently creates high-quality, well-organized events, demonstrating excellent hosting practices by actively engaging with attendees, promptly responding to messages, and providing a positive experience, setting a standard for other event hosts on the platform; it’s a way to highlight the most reliable and well-regarded event creators.

Becca’s students attest to her achieving this status honestly:

“What fun Becca’s events are to attend! They have inspired me and got my creative juices flowing. Thank you and keep up the good work.”
—Susan Jane King of SueBee Arts on Facebook

“Well, after taking some of Becca’s barn quilt classes and some beginner painting classes painting barns, I can say for sure that Becca 100% deserves the status of Super Host on Facebook. She has always been accommodating to those who want to be in her class, she has posted clear instructions, and always does it with a very kind heart. I am grateful I found her.”
—Laura Ellard

“I have learned so much from Becca. I am so happy I was introduced to her classes through the Gilmer Arts Center. She always comes prepared with a lesson plan and notes that I can use to reinforce concepts and skills while painting on my own. She is a capable teacher, and I appreciate how she has accommodated my temporary need for a private teacher while my husband recovers from a recent health situation. Art is so therapeutic.”
—Brenda Wright

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