Instructor: Michael Giaquinto
Monday - Wednesday
October 27 - 29
9am - 12pm
Open Studio 1pm - 4pm
3 sessions

This workshop will approach abstract painting through the use of still life. There will be construction and de-construction of the still-life and in - studio demonstrations and class critiques, plus examples will be shown. This workshop is for all levels of acrylic painting with interests in abstract painting.

Materials List

• Colors – Liquitex Basics Acrylic Paint: Primary Red, Primary Yellow, Primary Blue, Black & White.

• Brushes: Variety of sizes for acrylic paint.

• Stretched Canvas or Canvas Panels - 8 x 10, and/or 11 x 14.

• 2B Pencil or Vine Charcoal

• One empty clean coffee can, for water

• A roll of paper towels, for cleaning brushes

• Paper Plates to use as a pallet

Michael A. Giaquinto, former Exhibitions Curator at the Cape Cod Museum of Art, studied art at Montserrat College of Art, Beverly, MA. and art history at North Carolina State University. He was awarded “Craftsman of the Year '' by the Early American Life Magazine in 2001 and 2005, the VISI Award, from Cape Cod & Islands Art Educators Association in 2017, and and served as guest speaker or the Guild of Harwich Artists, 2017. His work has been exhibited with Berta Walker Gallery; Chabot Fine Art Gallery, and Miller White Fine Arts. He has held workshops at the Creative Arts Center; DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park, Weny Education Center at CCMOA; and the Truro Center for the Arts at Castle Hill, He is featured in Deborah Forman’s book, Contemporary Cape Cod Artists on Abstraction, 2015.