Workshops and Classes | ginalouthian-stanley

My teaching experience includes teaching in the public school system since 2003

(I am licensed in the state of Virginia to teach art PreK- 12).

Email me for more info! I am here to help you reach your creative goals!

For 2024/2025 (Please email me with interest.)

I am offering a variety of online, private classes, and mentoring at my home studio to assist you in your creative process.

I also travel and host online classes for those who cannot travel to my studio.

Email me for more info! I am here to help you reach your creative goals!

Please inquire by email for dates and various offerings.

The classes available are from the following:

Encaustic (beginning, advanced, and 3-D methods) ON-Going
Basic/Experimental Drawing (multi-media)
Cold wax and Oil (beginning and advanced)
EcoPrinting-Cyanotype
Printmaking without a Press (geli, lino, and encaustic)
Mixed Media and Collage (including WabiSabi)
Art Critiques and Individual One on One Studies/Mentoring (contact me for pricing)

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ONLINE and HOME STUDIO CLASSES:

By request. Please call or email. Lougael@gmail.com

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Location: The Studio School, Roanoke, VA

Teen and Adult Classes Offered

Upper Level Towers Mall

Adult, Teen , and Children's Classes:

I am back at the Studio School in February 2024 with all new day classes!

Please email me for interest and more information via my contact page.

Winter Classes 2024-

Anything Goes Open Studio

Session One: December 7, 10 a.m.-3 p.m.
Session Two: December 14, 10 a.m.-3 p.m.

Creating can be a very solitary activity and sometimes it's great to be with other creatives.

Come bring pieces you have been working on. A great refresh for cold-waxers, or any medium are welcome.

We will discuss processes and possibilities and Gina will start the class with a quick fun exercise

and be there offering guidance along the way. You can register for one session or both.

Bring your pieces (or start a new one) and your materials.

Contact Gina for questions and to let her know you've registered. Lougael@gmail.com

Spring Classes 2025-

Exploring Collage and Mixed Media Techniques

5 classes Thursdays -February 6, 13, 20, 27 and March 6

9:30-12:30 pm

Mixed media and collage are about freedom of expression and ‘play’. This class will look at different approaches to each with painting, drawing, incorporating ephemera, and found or recycled materials.

We will experiment with all new techniques (different from the fall class) of collage and a variety of mixed materials (Gina will have some to share), using both abstract and figurative imagery.

The focus will be on beginning with a brief discussion collage and Mixed Media artists, and then work to develop your own personal visual language.

All levels welcome! Email Gina for a short material list and and to let her know you've registered, lougael@gmail.com

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NEW LOCATION-FLOYD, VA.

The Happy Shack Art Studio (Retreat Space)

Coming Soon.

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Ongoing Online Classes: Sign up here:

Painting with Fire 2024-2025! I will be back and this time I will be exploring

Intuitive Nature! Garden Inspirations. (30 minutes)

Click the link here to find out more--> https://tinyurl.com/bderucze

Lesson One: This lesson will focus on the use of grid (thumbnail) sketching and viewfinder technique, specifically for observing and considering nature at a variety of scales. We will begin in the garden or using images looking at the flowers and foliage creating thumbnails in our sketchbooks inspiration. We will then take those thumbnails and we will add color using collage and a variety of materials. (30 minutes)
Lesson Two: Intuitive Nature - From the ‘Thumb’ to the Substrate. (1 hour)

We will return to our sketchbooks from Intuitive Nature Part 1 and choose an image(s) and create on to the substrate using encaustic mediums and pigments along with mixed media and a plethora of tools to create and enhance our pieces to create the cultivation and evolution of our

own botanical visualizations.

A year-long course that is devoted to studying best practices in Encaustic painting.

26+ world renowned Encaustic artists sharing their knowledge and expertise on all aspects of this wonderful medium plus you get to peek into

their practice and see what is behind the scenes and what inspires them. Plus a look at their studio setup!

Over 50 hours of tuition for one low price of $289.

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YOU CAN REGISTER ANYTIME! YOU GET INSTANT ACCESS TO THE ALREADY RELEASED CLASSES WHEN YOU SIGN UP.

Classes delivered each Wednesday approximately 12 noon EST as prerecorded video and once they are available you can watch whenever you wish.

Lifetime access to all classes. Weekly classes are approximately 60 mins or longer.

Work along, at your leisure or just watch, and jump in when you are ready.

There will also be basic instruction videos as a bonus, if you need to get a little of the basics before you get to the fabulous fancy stuff. It has more to offer than just Encaustic!

PAINTING WITH FIRE 2023:

follow the link to sign up for my online course.

https://tinyurl.com/483vtp65

I will be teaching two lessons called, New Dimensions in 3-D with Encaustic. You will learn how to prepare a substrate and a plethora of techniques to create your own voice on the structures you build.

In this workshop we will dive right in exploring the sculptural possibilities of plaster cloth, wax and encaustic to construct an encaustic 3-D work which best represents your personal idea or creative desire. Rigid and strong when dry, plaster cloth makes a wonderful support for dimensional encaustic work.

For this lesson you will need scissors, a pan of water, plastercloth and green floral foam or another sturdy substrate of choice, and encaustic medium.

This lesson is about creating the bases for the 3-d Sculptures that we will create in much more depth in lesson two (to be shown in the coming months).

Safety: “ALL foam needs to be 100% completely covered with plaster before any fusing occurs. Papers must be transparatized with wax prior to fusing. Only LIGHT fusing is needed to bond to plaster and wax. Always practice safely and have emergency items handy, as one always should.”

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310 Art-Asheville

https://310art.com/2024-fine-art-classes-and-workshops (link)

New Dimensions With Encaustic: Taking Encaustic into 3D

Coming in 2026

Pricing includes materials, tools and equipment. Beginners welcome. And if you have prior experience with Encaustic you can enhance your skills and go

to a new level with your work!. Gina will cover safety and basics of Encaustics as needed. for all participants..In this workshop we will dive right in exploring

the sculptural possibilities of plaster cloth, wax and encaustic making a totem and shield which best represents your personal idea or creative desire. Rigid

and absorbent when dry, plaster cloth makes a wonderful support for dimensional encaustic work. Once the form is created, we will apply Encaustic medium and fuse it to the sculptural composition using a variety of techniques. In the class, we will have a 12” disc and 12” rectangular shape to use as a base for

the plaster cloth. As the structures near completion, you will learn how to add found or small personal objects into the sculptures to create your ‘totem’ and discuss ways to finish and display your totem. As we create, we will contemplate our forms and their meanings to us personally - you can even to go abstract.

Gina will bring the two forms, plaster cloth, decorative papers, Encaustic Medium and pigments, oil sticks, oil pastels, and tools.

Optional - Bring your own decorative papers, ephemera, small nails, thin fabrics, found objects, dried organic matter such as seed pods small twigs and leaves, buttons, etc. Bring paper towels, Wet Ones, and Scissors.

AT 'The Art Project', Downtown Roanoke (link)

Coming Soon: 'The Art Project' is coming!

Classes, Art Shows, and More!

Contact Gina for more info!

If you desire group or private lessons, I can schedule a class at my home studio or your location.

Hourly/Daily rates will be quoted upon inquiry.

Please contact me by email in regards to private lessons, workshops and classes. I teach a variety of classes and workshops in my studio, Email me and we'll discuss a location and time.

Karen Witmer

I was so fortunate to be referred to Gina for beginner encaustic classes after newly relocating to the area.

What an absolute joy! My two day class gave me all the information I would need to continue creating encaustic art once I completed the class. Gina was so warm and generous with her time and expertise and I consider myself incredibly fortunate that we crossed paths. Her classes are not to be missed!