About this Event
SKIES OF WONDER: Painting Big, Beautiful Clouds 2-Day
Wednesday, December 9 and Thursday, December 10
10:30am to 1:30pm - No makeup classes
Get ready to fall in love with the sky! In this immersive, two-day acrylic painting workshop, you’ll explore the magic of big, bold, beautiful clouds drifting across brilliant blue skies. From soft, wispy formations to towering, sunlit cumulus clouds, discover how to capture the atmosphere, movement, and breathtaking beauty of the ever-changing sky.
Working on an 18" × 24" canvas, you’ll learn how to blend colors, build luminous layers, create convincing cloud formations, and use light and shadow to give clouds remarkable depth and dimension. Explore the interplay of warm and cool tones, the softness of distant edges, and the dramatic highlights that make clouds appear to glow against a deep blue sky.
Whether you’re drawn to realistic skies or prefer a more expressive, painterly approach, you’ll develop techniques to bring your clouds to life and transform a simple sky into a captivating work of art.
Perfect for painters who love the drama, tranquility, and awe-inspiring beauty of a summer sky, this workshop invites you to experiment, build confidence, and discover the joy of painting clouds.
🎨 Painting experience suggested.
🖌️ All supplies included.
🥪 Bring a lunch to refuel if desired.
Instructor Information:
Renée Rey, an award-winning artist born in Sagamihara, Japan, lives and works in Delray Beach, Florida.
Rey’s artwork has been recognized in national awards and exhibitions by notable museum and gallery professionals including Jade Dellinger, Director of Exhibits & Collections, Bob Rauschenberg Gallery, Fort Myers, FL; Julie Sasse, Chief Curator, Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson AZ; Erin Wright, Commissioning Editor and Producer, Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA; and Gisela Carbonell, Curator, Cornell Fine Arts Museum, .
Honored with the 2024 Dina Baker Fund Grant from the Cultural Council for Palm Beach County, Rey's work has graced galleries across the globe. Recent solo shows include Bailey Contemporary Arts Gallery, Pompano Beach, FL, Tauni De Lessep Gallery at Palm Beach Atlantic University, West Palm Beach, FL, and the Hammond Hall Gallery, Jacksonville State University, Jacksonville, AL. Her group exhibitions span the Baker Museum, Naples, FL, Flatiron Gallery, New York, NY, Studio 33, Spain, Art Brut Biennale, Netherlands, and Project Space Brut, South Korea.
Rey was awarded artist residencies at Bailey Contemporary Arts (2023-2024), School of Visual Arts in New York (2019), and Sun Peaks Center for Art and Sustainability (2016). Her art is in the collections of Bristol-Myers Squibb Co., New York, NY, First Albany, New York, NY, and Wasmer Art Collection at Florida Gulf Coast University, Fort Myers, FL.
She served as the International Curator for the 2021 art exhibition "Lo Cierto Es Lo Incierto" held in Soriano, Uruguay.
A dynamic lecturer, Rey has inspired students at Florida Gulf Coast University, New College, and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. With nearly a decade of teaching drawing, painting, and creativity in Florida, Rey brings a wealth of experience and education to her work. Her background includes extensive undergraduate coursework in drawing, painting, 3-D design, performance art, and art history and graduate courses in film and computer art. She holds an MBA in Management from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, an A.A.S. in Interior Design from Parsons School of Design, an M.A. in Jewish Education from the Jewish Theological Seminary, and a B.A. in Judaic Studies from the University at Albany. This diverse educational foundation infuses her artistic practice with exceptional depth and perspective.
Event venue & nearby stays
Arts Warehouse, 313 Northeast 3rd Street, Delray Beach, United States
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