Gouache is a beloved water-based, opaque medium among artists due to its rich pigment Expand your color range, knowledge of surfaces and brushes, and ability to represent depth and atmosphere, texture and skin tones.
Demonstrations help you see and simply more complex compositions with value shapes and warm and cool relationships that work in still life, landscape and figure compositions.
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Susan Cottle is a painter who received her M.F.A. cum laude from The New York Academy of Art Graduate School of Figurative Art, and her B.F.A. from Montserrat College of Art. She is currently Part-time Assistant Professor of Art at New School University and Parsons School of Design. She has taught at The New York Academy of Art, St. John's University and various institutions in Italy, including Montserrat College of Art, Viterbo, St. John's University, Rome and Studio Art Centers International in Florence. In 2008, Susan was featured in a one-person exhibition at St. John's Univ ...
Susan Cottle is a painter who received her M.F.A. cum laude from The New York Academy of Art Graduate School of Figurative Art, and her B.F.A. from Montserrat College of Art. She is currently Part-time Assistant Professor of Art at New School University and Parsons School of Design. She has taught at The New York Academy of Art, St. John's University and various institutions in Italy, including Montserrat College of Art, Viterbo, St. John's University, Rome and Studio Art Centers International in Florence. In 2008, Susan was featured in a one-person exhibition at St. John's University Manhattan. Recent two-person and group exhibitions have included Synagogue for the Arts, The Painting Center SoHo, The Hudson Guild, Wyndham Fine Arts, and Island Weiss Gallery. In 2010, Susan was awarded an Artist Residency by the National Park Service, in the Petrified Forest, Arizona.
Figure and Portrait Drawing Combined
Portrait and Figure Painting (All Levels)
Painting with Gouache (All Levels)
Acrylic Painting for Absolute Beginners
Understanding Color Theory Workshop
Drawing Cityscapes with Mixed Media
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