Instructor - Jill Pottle
Date: Saturday June 7th, 10AM to 4PM
Skill Level: Intermediate and Up
Location: Meet at Creative Connections; 56 Main Street, Ashburnham, MA. Class will be held at Jewell Hill Land Preserve in Ashburnham.
In this class, Jill will teach you how to set up on location quickly and get the concept into your sketchbook. Then it's onto the canvas to mix up a strong color palette, and to interpret and simplify what you see. The class will do two small paintings in one day, fast and furious and fun!
Lunch is included in price and will be provided by Ashburnham Wine & Spirits (sandwich menu choices will be available)
About the instructor:
Jill Pottle is an artist from Worcester County, MA who exhibits her paintings and drawings locally and nationally. She graduated from Syracuse University with her BFA and graduated with her MFA from the Boston Museum School. She is an accomplished artist and art teacher for 38 years. Her works have been included in shows at the Three Stones Gallery, W. Concord and the East End Gallery in Provincetown, MA. She is a member of the Fountain Street Gallery and Galatea Gallery in Boston, The Robert Collins Gallery, Rockport, MA, True Grit Gallery in Middleboro, MA and the Creative Connections Gallery in Ashburnham, MA. She was the artist in residency at the Fruitlands Museum. Her accomplishments include being in a variety of collections: 2022: Danforth Museum/Framingham State, “Pandemic Wedding Dress”, Hebrew Rehabilitation Center for the Aged in Roslindale, MA, Sterling Drug Inc., Fidelity in Boston and Avon Breast Center Art Collection. She won two grants from the Somerville Artists lottery and has been published in the “Artists Magazine”. She won a grant from New Vue Fitchburg, MA.