SATURDAY: Workshop - Discover Painting with Acrylic Ink

• Date: Saturday, October 2nd
• Time: 10am - 1pm, potential to tack on 2 - 5pm for an additional class if needed
• Location: Bryant Park . Well meet by the fountain at the Avenue of the Americas and West 41 Street
• Rain date: Sunday, October 3rd

Bring your sketchbook and acrylic inks for a day of urban sketching with artist and author Missy Dunaway. This class is a great introduction to painting with acrylic ink and working "form first." Missy will demonstrate how she begins a painting by breaking down a complex composition into large, simplified shapes of color, then gradually refining forms and adding detail. The lesson will focus on exaggerating the nuance of color in light, capturing accurate proportions for a realistic rendering, and breaking free from reality to heighten an evocative atmosphere that viewers can feel. Missy will begin class with a demo then float from student to student to offer personalized guidance.

Missy Dunaway is an artist and illustrator with a penchant for storytelling. A traveler at heart, she has attended numerous artist-in-residence programs that provide the opportunity for long visits and cultural immersion. She illustrates books, teaches online with Creativebug, and is a represented artist at the Portland Art Gallery of Maine. She has been awarded a Fulbright Fellowship, a Folger Institute Fellowship, the ArtPrize Educator Award, and traveled to Vietnam as a Four Seasons Envoy. Her first book, The Traveling Artist: A Visual Journal, is a collection of 80 cityscapes and landscapes that document five years of travel, all rendered in the pages of her Moleskine sketchbook.

You are welcome to bring your favorite art materials from home, as the general concepts of the lesson can be applied to any media. If you would like to try something new, I recommend acrylic ink. Here's what's in my painter's box. I will bring extra to share.

• -1 Moleskine Sketchbook (the classic sketchbook, size large)
• -FW Acrylic Artist Ink by Daler Rowney: Colors: Process Cyan, Rowney Blue, Indian Yellow, Process Yellow, Flame Red, Crimson, Light Green, White
• -Watercolor brushes - I use Winsor & Neston Series 7 Kolinsky Sable Brushes. If you prefer a synthetic, I recommend Princeton Heritage Series 4050 Synthetic Sable. A range of sizes is preferred, from 2 - 10.
• -I mix my colors directly on the page and do not use a palette. However, you may prefer one, and that's fine! An egg carton palette is great for a fluid medium like acrylic ink.
• -I avoid spills and ensure my ink jars are safe and upright by keeping them in a painter's box. A shoebox should work just as well.

Website: http://www.missydunaway.com/thetravelingartist

Instagram: @missydunaway

My book: The Traveling Artist - Missy will have copies of her book for sale and will autograph your copy.

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Bryant Park, Avenue of the Americas, New York, United States