When
Where
Studio in the Park
The main facility for the Art Guild of Louisiana is the Studio in the Park. This BREC building is located in Cedarcrest Park in Baton Rouge.
More InfoNotes
Maximum of 14 participants
Workshop Coordinator
Nanci Charpentier, Email Nanci Charpentier, 225-936-7784
Billie Bourgeois
Billie Bourgeois is a renowned Louisiana artist and educator known for her intuitive approach to abstract painting. Born in New Orleans, she earned a B.A. in Education from St. Mary’s Dominican College and an M.F.A. in Painting and Drawing from Louisiana State University. She is also a certified Master Teacher in “Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain”.
Drawing inspiration from nature, spirituality, and personal intuition, Bourgeois creates expressive work through gestural marks, collage, stenciling, and mixed media. With teaching experience ranging from elementary through graduate-level education, she now leads private studio classes and regional workshops in drawing, painting, and mixed media. www.billiebourgeois.art
Description
Break free from artistic “stuckness” in this energetic, process-driven workshop designed to spark experimentation, intuition, and joy. Beginning with one favorite object, artists will explore how observation can evolve into abstraction through gestural drawing, blind contour, monoprinting, stenciling, collage, mixed media, and expressive color. Working quickly and from multiple points of view, participants will generate dozens of drawings, prints, studies, and paintings-potentially launching as many as 50 new works. The emphasis is not on producing one perfect finished piece, >but on building momentum, quieting premature judgment, and discovering unexpected visual possibilities. Over three days, artists will move from direct observation to increasingly abstract interpretations, ultimately creating mixed-media compositions and memory paintings in which the original object becomes fragmented, transformed, or nearly disappears. Fast-paced, playful, and overwhelmingly fun, Scribble to Structure will help artists loosen familiar habits, expand their creative vocabulary, and leave with a wealth of ideas for future work.
Supplies
Favorite Object
Variety of Drawing media (whatever you have: pencils, ballpoint, oil pastels, soft pastels, ink, markers, charcoal)
Acrylic painting supplies:
2-3 reds
2-3 yellows
2-3 blues
Titanium white
Small Matte medium
Small Gel medium
Long handle brushes
Palette knife
Palette
Misting bottle
Xacto knife
4 sheets Watercolor paper, (cold press, 140 lb)
6 24×24″ canvases (stretched or unstretched)
Paper towels
Apron
Vinyl gloves (optional)