Congrats, Christina!

Congratulations to ARA Boston instructor, Christina Grace Mastrangelo, for placing second in the Still Life Category of the Portrait Society of America's 2012 Members Only Competition.

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2013 Summer Workshops

Still Life Painting

10 Days, July 22nd - August 2nd   10:00 - 5:00, one hour lunch break.  Cost:  $1150.00

Instructor: Christina Mastrangelo

Students will learn how to approach an oil painting from start to finish. We start with drawing the still life in the sight-size method, transfer it to canvas, and paint in layers until the objects have form and detail. This course teaches traditional atelier-style methods, from using a campitura, to dead color, first painting, and second painting, all working from life. Demonstrations will be given on the layout & methodical uses of the full-color palette, as well as lectures and handouts on mediums, steps of the process, hue/value/chroma, color mixing, palette care, and varnishing. The goal of the course is to understand the observational painting process and come away with a realistic still-life painting.

This course is recommended for artists looking to create more realistic work. Prior experience with painting in oil is not necessary. This is a very logical, academic course; everything learned here will translate well into drawing or painting any subject from life. 

To learn more, go to: http://www.academyofrealistartboston.com

To view Christina's work, go to: http://www.christinamastrangelo.com

Christina Grace Mastrangelo to Join ARA, Boston

We are very pleased to announce that Christina Grace Mastrangelo will join our teaching staff in September. A graduate of Angel Academy in Florence, Christina was awarded an Art Renewal Center Scholarship in 2009.


Christina works and teaches out of her studio in Western Massachusetts, is represented by Cavalier Galleries and will be spending four weeks this summer in New Hampshire's White Mountains as the recipient of the prestigious Hudson River Fellowship.


Christina will be teaching Bargue/Cast drawing and painting at ARA on Wednesdays from 1:30 to 4:30pm and again from 6:00-9:00pm.


To learn more about Christina and link to her work, visit the Faculty Page of our website http://www.academyofrealistartboston.com/index.php?id=5