TEXTURE, COLOR, FEELING in Mixed Media Waterbase Painting
JAN SITTS Workshop October 1 – 4, 2019
Sponsored by the Lake Granbury Art Association
Registration is now open for the mixed media workshop with Jan Sitts. This is a four day workshop starting Tuesday, October 1st running through Friday, October 4th. The classes will be held at The Shanley House in Lake Granbury, Texas from 9 am to 4 pm. For more information contact Diana Littlejohn at (817) 598-1842 or email webmistress@granburyart.org. The Lake Granbury Art Association can also be found on Facebook.
Jan Sitts is a Sedona painter and teacher internationally known for colorful, richly textured works. You can see some of her art at www.jansitts.com
Sitts’s career began early with her winning art awards as early as the second grade. She was formally trained at the Kansas City Art Institute and received a B.A. in Art from Western State College in Gunnison, Colorado. After graduating, Sitts worked in the commercial arts, movie animation and in the motion picture industry. She has been a gallery director and an art teacher. She moved to Sedona over thirty years ago, where the Southwest had a powerful impact on her work.
Sitts states “My artwork is a reflection of who I am.” She works in a spontaneous manner, building up he surface of her art by texturing, painting and layering papers. Sitts often repeats this process many imes until she achieves the look she is going for. As the work develops, it becomes more important to er. She feels great satisfaction as she see the final image emerging from her canvas. he has received many awards and has written several books. She continues to teach national orkshops. You will learn many techniques and be able to master the ins and outs of an abstract ainting. Sitts workshops are lively and filled with fun.
Sign up for this workshop as soon as you can as eating is limited. This is one workshop you definitely don’t want to miss.
