Colorest Demonstrations

GOLDEN Paints, Gels, Mediums
and Pastes

Thursday, June 15, 2023
10am-12:30pm
FREE! 
Please RSVP below

​This lecture/demo explores the vast potential of GOLDEN Paints, Gels, Mediums and Pastes. Acrylic paint can be used for a wide range of painting techniques, from traditional wet-into-wet and glazing painting, to printing, to college and much more. Learn to control drying time, so you will never again think acrylics dry too quickly. Discover how to extend your paint by as much as 70% and create any desired texture and effect with Gels and Mediums. Gels, Mediums and Pastes are also great adhesives for mixed media work. Demystify pigments and mix beautiful clean colors by experiencing the difference between mineral and modern pigments and how this relates to color mixing. This lecture also compares the slow drying OPEN to Heavy Body Acrylic Colors; Fluid to High Flow an ink-like consistency acrylic paint; as well introducing wide variety of Grounds. Introducing SoFlat a new line of super-matte paints. 

All RSVP'ed attendees receive a free packet of GOLDEN samples.

Roy Kinzer has exhibited extensively. Currently, his work included in 2023 New Jersey Arts Annual, “Mother Nature vs Human Nature: The Inequity of Climate Resilience” on view at the Noyes Museum, Atlantic City. He received a 2022 New Jersey Individual Artist Fellowship. In 2004 he was awarded the prestigious Pollock-Krasner Grant. He was invited to be the 2017 Artist-in-Residency at the Newark Academy; they purchased a painting for their school. He has completed numerous commissions, the most recent Berkshire Global Advisors, Manhattan, 2019; Grant Thornton LLC, San Jose, 2017; Providence Strategic Growth, Providence, 2016; Price Waterhouse Coopers, Boston, 2015, Grant Thornton LLC, Manhattan, 2014 and the Hyatt Regency New Orleans, in 2011. In 2013 after being included in "Art and Science" at the Freyberger Gallery, Penn State Berks in Reading PA the University acquired four of his paintings for their new renovated science building. He has an M.F.A. (Vermont College) and a Certificate of Art (Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art). His paintings are aerial landscapes derived from altered maps and satellite images.
Roy Kinzer website..roykinzer.com/

Mono- Printing Demonstration 
Instructor: Gina Torello
Saturday, October 22,  2:00-4:00pm
Join us for an introduction to mono-printing! 
Registration is also open for Gina's "Creative Mono-Printing Class."
Please see our art class page for class details Art Classes

Gina M. Torello Bio
Gina Torello is an accomplished, professional artist with more than 30 years of teaching experience in higher fine arts education. She earned her M.F.A. with a concentration in painting from the Dominican University in Florence, Italy, where she trained with renowned international instructors. Gina specializes in oil painting and pastels, focusing on a blend of impressionism and realism. Her subject matter is primarily nature-based with a heavy concentration in landscapes and seascapes. Gina’s work has been prominently featured in galleries, exhibitions, and art shows in the U.S. and abroad. Gina’s career is centered on the intersection of fine art and education. During her professorships at Monmouth University, Brookdale Community College, and Fortman Studios in Florence, Gina built a solid track record in teaching fine art studio courses and developed a deep commitment to all her students to find their passions, voices, and creative styles.  Gina continually seeks to provide students with a broad range of educational opportunities by designing her own contemporary fine art courses, orchestrating study abroad experiences, and incorporating structured classical studio courses of all ages and skill levels. Below are a collection of paintings in oil and pastels by Gina Torello.

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GAMBLIN aRTIST'S cOLORS

Saturday, October 5, 2019
1pm-3pm (aprox)
Cost: FREE   RSVP required- space limited

Presented by:
​Sarah Becktel

Understanding Contemporary Oil Painting Materials

Since our founding, Gamblin Artists Colors has handcrafted luscious oil colors and contemporary
mediums true to the working properties of traditional materials, yet safer and more permanent.
Gamblin's dedication to today's oil painters extends beyond offering the finest possible materials – we
believe in sharing our knowledge so painters can choose those materials that best support their own
artistic visions.
Understanding Contemporary Oil Painting Materials, a 90 minute Lecture Demonstration will cover the
following:
• Artist’s Oil Colors – Gamblin’s approach to color making
• Color Theory – 2-dimensional vs 3-dimensional Color Space
• Color Mixing – Navigating Color Space: Gamblin’s practical approach to color mixing
• Mineral vs Modern Pigments – How to create a personalized palette of colors
• Indirect vs Direct Techniques – Historical application of opaque and transparent colors
• FastMatte Alkyd Oil Colors – Benefits and uses of fast-drying, matte oil colors
• Galkyd Painting Mediums – Focus on working properties and choosing the right medium
• Building Permanent Paintings – Understanding Fat Over Lean approaches
• Supports, Sizing and Grounds – How they affect color and permanence
• Studio Safety - How to create a safe studio environment using Gamsol OMS
• Gamvar Picture Varnish – Understanding contemporary varnishes and controlling surface quality

All RSVP'ed Gamblin Attendees will receive a FREE Gamblin product & literature!

Presented by;
Sarah Becktel graduated from the Tyler School of Art in 2005 with a BFA in painting and continued her studies of representational drawing and painting at multiple locations including Studio Incamminati in Philadelphia and the Art Students League in New York. She has exhibited her art in both solo and group exhibitions throughout the U.S. Sarah is a member of ASTM International's subcommittee for artist materials, where she helps to revise and maintain standards related to lightfastness testing. Her artwork can be seen at: www.sarahbecktel.com

RSVP REQUIRED!!   LIMITED SEATING

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FREE ESCODA ARTISTS BRUSH DEMONSTRATION

with Josep Escoda & Ricard Escoda

WEDNESDAY- FEBRUARY 27, 2019
3PM
 limited seating ~ please call RSVP
732-741-0001

About Escoda:
A tradition turned into art
In a small town outside of Barcelona in the fall of 1933, Josep Escoda Roig (1902-1982) envisioned and created a brush factory to produce artist brushes for decorative and Fine Art. It would be the first of its kind in Spain and despite a Civil War and difficulty in obtaining raw materials, the company developed and grew. Today, the company has produced nearly 75 million brushes with close to a million brushes being produced each year.
Josep Escoda’s vision and passion for producing the best brushes in the world continues to this day with his sons Josep Jr. and Ricard. It is is now a 3rd generation company with sons and daughters of both brothers following in their grandfather’s footsteps.
They have become a company known for their exacting standards and a conscious sense of what artists want.

In 2001, the Escoda brush factory was awarded the coveted ISO 9001/100 certificate.
This award recognized Escoda as a company consistent in both quality and efficiency in the production of their products.
From the beginning, the Escoda family recognized that superior materials create a superior brush. They insist on using only the finest hairs from such animals as the Kolinsky sable of Tajmyr, the Russian squirrel and hog bristle from China. They have also incorporated eight kinds of artificial fibers with a wide variety of colors and diameters to produce brushes that are renowned by artists around the world.
The process of designing and creating Escoda brushes in their factory begins and ends with brush artisans. Each brush is meticulously crafted by hand.
A triple crimp is applied to the brush ensuring a fixed ferrule that will remain in place for a lifetime of use.

This triple crimp design is an exclusive trademark design for Escoda. The brush is then printed with a size, brand, series name, hair type and city where it is manufactured. The handle is then formed and shaped in a way to provide an ergonomic fit for the artist.
The final step of the brush making process involves simultaneously ironing and drying the brush hair.
This special process, original to the Escoda company, consolidates and locks each hair in place creating a permanent brush shape.
It also increases the natural spring of the brush and its ability to retain the original form.
The brush is then finally finished and ready for use and as the 16th century Spanish poet, Lope de Vega once said, “It is yours the miracle of catching the sun and taking it to the Earth with your fine point and taking it back to the sky, letting itself turn into day again.”

Ricard Escoda Giralt – Ricard is the grandson of the founder and is the son of Josep Escoda, the older son of the founder. Ricard has worked in the family business his entire career, other than his college years and an internship at Cheap Joe’s Art Stuff in Boone, NC. His background is accounting and so he works on the business side of the company. He is a recent past member of the Board of Directors of NAMTA, the industry’s trade association. Ricard’s older sister also works for the company in an accounting role.
 
Josep Escoda Salles – is also a grandson of the founder and is the younger son of Ricard Escoda, the man who traveled to the U.S. every year (until this year) since the mid-90s and performed brush-making demonstrations at retail stores all across our country. Josep has also worked in the family business his whole life, other than his college years in Spain. He trained to be a master brush craftsman from his father and has taken over the duties as the primary trainer of the brush makers at Escoda since his father retired. He will now be performing the brush-making demonstrations that his father did for all those years! His older brother Mark works for the company as well, primarily as the Sales Manager.