Making Meaningful Art with Randal Roberts
ABOUT THE WORKSHOP:
Join Randal Roberts for his upcoming drawing & painting intensive, “Making Meaningful Art” at ArtUs Co.
Once we identify as artists, it opens a new and magical relationship with the world around us. We are compelled to see where that path leads - a path that begins by saying,
“I am an artist.”
“I am an artist.”
“I am an artist…”
This program is an opportunity to explore what happens when we prioritize creating, and deepen our connection to art. By dedicating this time, we get closer to the canvas and acquire tools to make art our practice.
During our time together, we will explore using traditional drawing & acrylic painting techniques, guided visualizations, how to develop our own unique and personal artistic language, and how to infuse the art we make with meaning. Come paint with us!
This course is designed for both beginners and seasoned artists (some experience with painting is a plus). Some of the material we will delve into:
Drawing as meditation practice
Guided meditations / visualization exercises for inspiration
Accessing flow states
Developing our own visual language
How to create art that is meaningful; “what should we paint”?
Why we make art
2-D design basics and balance in our artwork
Acrylic painting - fundamentals and advanced
Using whites to build form & glazing techniques
The business of being an artist / How to organize your life and time
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SUGGESTED MATERIALS:
Drawing Tools:
• Sketchbook / journal / pad of drawing paper
• Pens, pencils, kneadable eraser.
Painting:
• 1 stretched & primed canvas (any size from 11” x 14” – 24” x 30”)
• Acrylic paints, brushes, palette, rags, etc (various colors & sizes, to your personal taste.)
• Acrylic Medium or preferred transparent glazing medium (recommended)
Brushes (Recommended):
• 2-4 filberts in assorted sizes (1/4″-1/2″)
• 1-2, 1/4″-1/2″ angle shaders
• 1-2 small rounds/liners
• 1-2 , 1″-3″ flat brush for glazes
(essentially just a range of smalls, mediums, and a large)
**Some materials will be available for shared use.
• A work-in-progress painting / art from home, to work on during open studio session (optional)
• Don’t be shy! You are welcome to bring a portfolio, prints, and/or finished work to share with the group
Tuition: $140
**Early Bird: $100 (available through April 3rd, 2025)**
For 1 full-day (10am - 6pm) workshop with Randal Roberts
* Tuition does not include accommodations and meals (these are available nearby)
*Only 15 spots for this workshop!
MEET YOUR INSTRUCTOR:
Randal Roberts
Randal Roberts is an internationally recognized, self-taught American painter. His paintings fuse various wisdom traditions, iconic symbolism, personal experiences and relationships with the flow of ornamental design. Having identified as an artist his whole life, at the age of 30 he met artists Alex & Allyson Grey, and was at last inspired to quit the factory job and dedicate himself to art full time. After embarking on a year-long soul-searching road trip, Randal found community at Omega Institute in Rhinebeck, New York, where he lived and worked for seven years while compiling a body of artwork.
He has lived in the beautiful NY Hudson Valley, the beloved San Francisco Bay, and is currently based in Denver, Colorado.
Statement:
"I pledge to do my best work for the highest good, & to practice my art as a way of awakening myself and others.
To You; cherished friends and family; to the beautiful, absurd, creative flow and language of the universe; and to the global Love Tribe – gone, living, and to be:
Thank you.
I love you, and do my best for you.”
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Portrait of Homer, acrylic on canvas, 2009, Randal Roberts
Stream, acrylic on canvas, 2024, Randal Roberts