Williamsburg Paints: Learn it and try it

The Williamsburg Oils lecture is a two hour free educational presentation that covers topics essential to oil painting.  During this event, attendees will learn about sizes & grounds, using oil over acrylics, pigment grind, color properties, oil mediums, varnishing, solvent-free painting practices, and health & safety!  You will also get the opportunity to do several short hands-on exercises that feature some of our favorite ways to work with Williamsburg colors.  Each attendee will receive a color chart, product literature, and a small box of oil paint samples to take home. 

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Amy Shawley Paquette is a Virginia-based visual artist whose painting and illustration is inspired by the natural world.  Her paintings incorporate fauna, flora, landscapes, and textures she has encountered during her travels and daily adventures in the countryside.  She enjoys exploring the physical properties of paint and works in both oil and watermedia to create richly layered surfaces 

After earning her Art History degree, developing her love of art materials, and exhibiting her work in New York and LA, Amy was selected and trained in 2008 by Golden Artist Colors for their Working Artist Program.  She taught and lectured in their southern California territory for six years before relocating back east in 2014 to offer painting lectures in Virginia, Maryland, DC, and Delaware. In addition to her work with GOLDEN, Amy was trained in 2016 to be an Artist Lecturer for Williamsburg Oils.

Amy teaches art workshops nationally, offers online education, and published her first book on painting in 2015.  To find out more, visit: www.amyshawley.com