Events

SHOWS

13th Annual Fine Art in Brentwood Show & Sale

December 5-7, 2008

 

Brentwood Academy

Nashville, TN

  

WORKSHOPS

 Palette Knife Landscapes

Forstall Art – Homewood, AL

To register call 205.870.0480

Date Options: Saturday, October 11 (Class is full)

   Saturday, November 1

Time: 9AM – 3:30PM

Cost: $90

Join Melanie for a one day workshop as she shares her techniques on painting landscapes with a palette knife. Students will work from their personal photos learning how to see landscapes in a new, more colorful light. 

 

CLASSES

New Weekly Class

Palette Knife Painting with Acrylics

Forstall Art – Homewood, AL

To register call 205.870.0480

Dates: Every Thursday from October 16 - November 20

Time: 9:30 AM – 12:30PM

Cost: $175

Join Melanie in a weekly class for six weeks as she shares her techniques on working with acrylics.  Students will also learn helpful palette knife techniques and how to see painting subjects in a new, more colorful light.

 

Comments From Workshop Participants

Melanie makes it look so easy. She knows how to make what you thought was so difficult much simpler. 

Pat - Daphne, AL

Melanie is truly an instructor in that she has the ability to work on a demonstration painting and at the same time explain what she is doing and why she is doing it!  She has a wonderful sense of color and shares her knowledge to help her students recognize all of the subtle range of hues and values and how they work together. Composition is another area in which Melanie shares her mastery of the subject.  Her workshops are well organized and she creates an encouraging atmosphere.  What I remember the most is Melanie generously sharing tips with her students that she learned the hard way over the course of her art career.

Colette -Fairhope, AL 

Melanie is a most encouraging and nurturing teacher with new ideas to share.  Her class was stimulating and fun.  

Pauline - Fairhope, AL

As an instructor, Melanie strikes the perfect balance of promoting discipline in one's approach to art while encouraging creativity and self-expression. She's not afraid to demonstrate and share her painting technique to a class and yet accepts that many students may learn from her technique without copying it.

Debbie - Fairhope, AL