I have retired from teaching at Arapahoe Community College, but not from painting and teaching!
Valorie Snyder Art
For Art Lovers, Collectors, and Painting Students. Colorado artist creates custom portraits, landscapes, and still life oil paintings.
Tuesday, February 8, 2022
Thank you Arapahoe Community College!
Thursday, October 22, 2020
Oil Painting Class moved to ROXArts Gallery
Thank you ROXArts Gallery(!) for your warm welcome to my advanced painting
class, when we had to find another class location. My students enjoy painting in the gallery
classroom and are continually inspired by the wide variety of styles, media,
and subjects of the art works all around the gallery.
They also feel safe, as we wear masks, stay apart while painting, and
disinfect the classroom.
Wednesday, July 24, 2019
Arapahoe Community College "Spectrum" Student Art Show Winners
Bill Briggs (right) won First Place for his oil painting, "Lavender Sky." The judge liked his creative use of color and mood, and his simple, but strong, composition.
Bill has been a regular student in my classes for over 8 years, rarely missing a class or session. His persistence and determination have made him an inspiration to the class. This award was long overdue. Congratulations, Bill!
Lisa Drake won Third Place for her painting, "Autumn Leaves." Although this is a fairly realistic painting, the judge liked the abstract quality in her composition and shapes.
Lisa is a fairly new student to my class, having only attended for a few 6-week sessions.
This is an analogous color study, a class assignment which allows for only three colors together on the color wheel plus black and white. She chose red orange, orange, and yellow orange, and varied them with black and white. Beautiful job, Lisa! Congratulations!
More Arapahoe Community College Art Show Winners
Featured here are two Merit Award Winners, who demonstrated monochromatic color themes in their paintings. Monochromatic means that they were allowed to choose only one color, plus black and white. All the colors in the painting had to be mixed from those three colors.
"Georgia's House" by Suzanne Connors. She chose burnt sienna brown, plus black and white. This painting shows wonderful depth and contrast and was a great perspective study as well! Congratulations Sue!
Dennis Perlman's "Monochrome Elephant." He decided on red with black and white to achieve subtle lavender grays in the elephant and rocks. It was a bold choice, executed with finesse. Congratulations Dennis!
Color exercises in my classes are designed to teach students color theory and the wide variety of colors that can be obtained with very limited palettes. Students enjoy learning color theory with this practical, hands on method.
Sunday, May 5, 2019
Help For Students! Critique Group
Some of you have been painting and may need some advice before my next class begins on July 25. Sign up for my critique group on Sat, May 18, from 2-4 at ROX Gallery. This is a relaxed, non-judgmental time for you to get some ideas to keep you going. Check out the invitation below (click on the invitation to enlarge).
Remember, you must register - the group is limited to 10 to keep it comfortable. Find more details and register at: roxartscouncil.org.
Feel free to email me at valoriesnyder@gmail.com if you have questions. I hope to see you there!
Wednesday, April 18, 2018
Student Art Show
Sunday, February 4, 2018
ROX Gallery, Aspen Grove, Littleton
ROX Gallery with some of the artists. My paintings are on the left wall. |