Showing posts with label Ingbretson studio. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ingbretson studio. Show all posts

Monday, July 10, 2023

 Here are some recent works: (If you would like a more frequent updates, please see my Instagram under my name, or my FB under my name, where I am much more active).


"The Empty Vase," by Sandra Galda, 18 x 24 inches, oil on canvas


I won the First Prize at the Honor's Show At the St. Augustine Art Association, 
St. Augustine, Florida.



                                     "The Kitchen Bouquet," by Sandra Galda, 24 x 30 inches. 




"The Daily Grind," by Sandra Galda, oil on canvas, 20" x 24"


Thursday, August 27, 2020

We have moved to Florida!

Hi all, 
A post to update my news! We have moved to Florida! I now will be teaching in my new state! I have been busy painting and reorganizing the studio and its teaching activities. I love the weather and the beautiful landscapes, seascapes, trees, flowers and weather! I have many folks here who are very eager to learn the Boston School painting I teach and practice. I am still an approved Art Renewal Center atelier, https://www.artrenewal.org/Atelier/Index/10172 and I hope to have images soon of my teaching activities in the sunny south! 

Please check back as the fall semester gets underway. Please also be patient, as the pandemic restrictions have affected all of us in our business!
Thanks, 
Sandra

Thursday, April 12, 2018

We are the first and only ever atelier that takes place in a high school in the world! News, press release, painting in show


News, Press Release, Painting in Regional Show

      Hi everyone! I have been so busy, but must update! I have been busy with the "Atelier in the High School at Bradford Christian Academy," as we draw to a close our third year. We are still glowing from our status as the first ever atelier that takes place in a high school...in the world! We were told this by the Art Renewal Center this past February when they made us one of their approved ateliers. I am sure this will be a new trend in K-12 schools very soon!

   Since then, I was asked to present my paper, "Experiences and Methods in the First Atelier in the High School at Bradford Christian Academy; An Atelier program for High School." at The Regional Art Conference  TRAC2018 , about our endeavor. 

    I am very happy with the work the students are doing, and will share some photos below, that were taken for a press release that was circulated by our School, Bradford Christian Academy, today. I will also insert that press release below.

     Finally, with all this going on, I have not painted too many of my own oil paintings, but, my painting, "Arrangement with Cat and Twine" was accepted into the 21st Regional Juried Show at the Newburyport Art Association.

Stay tuned! scroll down for the press release, and photos !!  --Sandra Galda

PRESS RELEASE: 

Bradford Christian Academy Earns Distinction as the Only High School Atelier Program in the World

Haverhill, MA — On February 6, 2018, the Atelier in the High School at Bradford Christian Academy was approved as the only high school atelier program in the world by the Art Renewal Center (ARC), the leader in the revival of realism in the visual arts. The ARC is the only vetting service for realist art schools, ensuring that the teaching curricula and quality of teacher and student work meet strict standards for approval. BCA proudly holds the distinction being the only vetted atelier in a high school.

The atelier tradition, a practice stemming from Renaissance Italy, focuses on the technical aspects of drawing and painting figurative art, including perspective, accurate drawing, and values of dark and light. Atelier techniques were practiced for centuries by the European masters to perfect drawing and painting skills demonstrated in portrait work and landscapes. 
The Atelier at Bradford Christian Academy is led by faculty member and Massachusetts-based artist Sandra Galda. In addition to her undergraduate degree from the State University of New York at Buffalo and her master’s degree from Harvard University, Sandra completed six years post graduate study at Ingbretson Studios with master painter Paul Ingbretson. Galda will present her paper, "Experiences and Methods in the First Atelier in the High School," at The Representational Art Conference 2018 (TRAC2018), in Leeuwarden, Netherlands in May.  Founded by Michael Pearce and Michael Lynn Adams, the TRAC conference aims to provide an outlet for the discussion of new developments in 21st Century representational art.

The Art Renewal Center (ARC), a 501(c)(3), non-profit, educational foundation. For more information about the Bradford Christian Academy’s approval by the Art Renewal Center, please visit their website at link: https://www.artrenewal.org/Atelier/Index/10172

 About:

Bradford Christian Academy
Bradford Christian Academy is an independent, co-educational, college-preparatory elementary, middle, and high school serving students from Protestant, Catholic, and Orthodox faith traditions. With campuses in Bradford and Haverhill, MA, Bradford Christian Academy enrolls students from over 40 communities throughout the region as well as countries throughout the world. For more information, please visit www.bradfordchristianacademy.org.

Media Contact:                                                                                      
Matt Perusse, Director of Communications, (213) 804-0219, mattperusse@gmail.com








Finally, below is my oil painting, with a close up below it, "Arrangement with Cat and Twine," oil on canvas, 20 x22 inches, accepted into the 21st Regional Juried Show at the Newburyport Art Association. 




 Thanks for looking, tell me what you think-leave a comment! Paintings by Sandra Galda are copyrighted. Scroll down this page for more art!

Tuesday, April 7, 2015

Sandra's Portrait exercise Feb-March 2015








Thursday, July 31, 2014

"Laura Coombs Hills, (after a photo)," by Sandra Galda


"Laura Coombs Hills, (after a photo),"  by Sandra Galda
 28x36 inches oil on linen


Laura Coombs Hills (1859-1952), a founder of both the Newburyport Art Association (one of their gallery rooms is named in her honor), and The Guild of Boston Artists, (now celebrating its 100th year), She was a Boston School painter.

This painting will hang in a show at the Newburyport Art Association in a show called,

"Portraits of Newbuyrport,"
 September 12-24, 2014
Reception, free and open to the public, Saturday, Sept. 14, 7-9 pm.



 *Update: Here are some pictures of the opening night party-fun!

If interested in purchasing any of my available art on this blog, contact my email address sgalda@aol.com or use the PayPal button if included in the post. Small works are signed in full on the back of the painting. All works priced and sold without framing unless by special arrangement with buyer. Thanks for looking, tell me what you think-leave a comment! Paintings by Sandra Galda are copyrighted. Scroll down this page for more art!

Friday, March 8, 2013

"Fish and Onions" In process

"Fish and Onions" by Sandra Galda
16"x20" oil on canvas
In Process


Here is a work I am just about finished painting.   When finished, it may be going into a show.  The fish have been very cooperative with me through the process.  They have been in and out of the freezer in bags multiple times without complaining. The onions on the other hand had to be replaced from the stage two times due to shrinking and molding. Some performers are difficult. I thought I would show the fish in those bags below:


My art teacher Paul Ingbretson is giving a lecture on the Boston School Style of Painting April 7, 2013 at 3-4:30PM at the Newburyport Art Association in Newburyport Ma.  Come learn more about this beautiful style of painting still being taught in ateliers today!  

If interested in purchasing this, or any of my available art on this blog, contact my email address sgalda@aol.com or use the PayPal button if included in the post. Small works are signed in full on the back of the painting. All works priced and sold without framing unless by special arrangement with buyer. Thanks for looking, tell me what you think-leave a comment! Paintings by Sandra Galda are copyrighted. Scroll down this page for more art!

Wednesday, June 8, 2011

update :Brown Paper Prep Drawing and experimental blog....

Brown Paper Prep Drawing by Sandra Galda
charcoal and chalk on brown wrapping paper

This is an update on the brown paper sketch prep drawing for a still life in the studio.  This is the first time I am doing this exercise which aids an artist in exploring the value systems, edge characteristics, and composition, in a still life set up in preparation for a painting.  I am putting an additional special interest blog that is in its trial stage-Not sure if it will fly for long but here it is!  http://thebostonschoolofpainting.blogspot.com/
 If interested in purchasing this, or any of my available art on this blog, contact my email address sgalda@aol.com or use the PayPal button if included in the post. Small works are signed in full on the back of the painting. Thanks for looking, tell me what you think-leave a comment! Paintings by Sandra Galda are copyrighted. Scroll down this page for more art!

Monday, May 2, 2011

Studio Exercises

 Color Notes Exercise 5-2-11

 Still life set up for Color Notes Exercise

 Brown Paper Value Study of still life

 Second Full Value Figure Study by Sandra Galda
(unfinished, 2.5 days, 2 hour sessions)

First Full Value Figure Study by Sandra Galda
March 2011 (somewhat finished)

Here is some of the exercises I am currently busy with at Ingbretson Studios.  Paul's brushwork is evident in the colorful study at top, he took my brush and generously worked some on this one for my instruction. I will save it as a good example for my records of a "start."  The aim is to "hit the color notes" in the still life as accurately as possible and only roughly indicate the shapes of the items.  I have painted since childhood, but today is my very first day to pick up paint and paint in this studio!  I have been training in the Boston Style of fine art for the past 3 semesters. Even though I have not been busy with my own painting very much since March due to  a fractured wrist (rollerskating with our daughter and her classmates), I can do some artwork--but it does make my wrist hurt after a while.  If interested in purchasing this, or any of my available art on this blog, contact my email address sgalda@aol.com or use the PayPal button if included in the post. Small works are signed in full on the back of the painting. Thanks for looking, tell me what you think-leave a comment! Paintings by Sandra Galda are copyrighted. Scroll down this page for more art!

Tuesday, October 26, 2010

Updates: Beethoven cast bust exercise and "Tea With My Foxy Whiskered Gentleman"




Updates: Beethoven cast bust exercise and "Tea With My Foxy Whiskered Gentleman

Thought I would post updates on these two images I am painting/drawing.  I am glad I tried to capture the flower first because it is totally wilted now:)   If interested in purchasing this, or any of my available art on this blog, contact my email address sgalda@aol.com or use the PayPal button if included in the post. Small works are signed in full on the back of the painting. Thanks for looking, tell me what you think-leave a comment! Paintings by Sandra Galda are copyrighted. Scroll down this page for more art!

Wednesday, September 29, 2010

"Vegetable Harvest"


"Vegetable Harvest" by Sandra Galda
approx. 5"x7" green pencil on paper (sold with 8"x10" frame with mat)



A picture of my current cast bust drawing exercise at the Ingbretson Studio.  Much of my art time is all about drawing now.  If interested in purchasing this, or any of my available art on this blog, contact my email address sgalda@aol.com or use the PayPal button if included in the post. Small works are signed in full on the back of the painting. Thanks for looking, tell me what you think-leave a comment! Paintings by Sandra Galda are copyrighted. Scroll down this page for more art!

Thursday, March 18, 2010

In Process: "Hold On"


In Process: "Hold On" by Sandra Galda
16x20 inch oil on gessoed Masonite

In process: Cast Bust Drawing II by Sandra Galda (NA)
charcoal on Canson paper (24x28 inches approx.)

In Process: Cast Bust drawing II by Sandra Galda (NA)
(close up of set up)
Here is a glimpse into what I have been up to, the painting is of my son's rotary style phone. I hope the cord works out...I only have part of it in so far, only about 4 hours into the work. The drawing is my current project at the Ingbretson Studios. If interested in purchasing any of my available art on this blog, contact my email address sgalda@aol.com or use PayPal button if included in this post. Thanks for looking, tell me what you think-leave a comment! Paintings by Sandra Galda are copyrighted. Scroll down this page for more art!