Acrylic / Design Instruction Video

Virginia Cobb (continued)

Virginia is the author of "Discovering the Inner Eye" about experimental watermedia painting. Her works have been featured in numerous books and publications and the new instructional DVD, "Acrylic Abstract Painting: The Evolving Image" produced by Creative Catalyst Productions.

A recent Google search reveals over 1000 references to Virginia Cobb. Most of these are contained in the resume's of artists who have benefited from her guidance over the years. Artists who proudly list her as a teacher along their artistic path.

In the 2008 DVD workshop Acrylic Abstract Painting: The Evolving Image, Virginia Cobb demonstrates her process as she creates three abstract paintings, selecting options that highlight different design elements. The video includes 105 minutes of instruction and demonstration and a 37 minute interview.

DESIGNSENSE is a painting and design workshop on CD featuring interactive activities to integrate elements and principles of design into your paintings to create strong compositions through design. It includes projects for students that can be reproduced in print form and artworks by well-known artists and teachers Polly Hammett and Virginia Cobb.

Virginia Cobb grew up in a family of artists and has been actively involved in art throughout her life. Cobb was elected a member of the American Watercolor Society in 1976 and in 1978 was elected an associate of the National Academy of Design. She was awarded the Dolphin Fellowship in recognition of her artistic achievements in 1983. Her art hangs in many collections and is shown in numerous invitational and one-artist exhibitions. She is a valued lecturer and juror, and shares her exciting creative process in classes and workshops taught throughout the United States as well as at her studio/residence in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Her symposium “For the Sake of a Single Image” will provide a uniquely different approach to creating abstract art.

Virginia has served on the juries of the major watercolor/watermedia exhibitions throughout the United States and travelled across the US and Canada teaching painting workshops.

Among public collections that include her paintings are the National Academy of Design and the Museum of Fine Arts, Santa Fe.

“Virginia begins a painting impulsively, working with watercolor and acrylic, layering color and texture on her surface, scribbling and marking into her paint… insinuating symbols that may or may not survive to the finish… The design of the painting is imposed with deliberation... by connecting, overlaping or otherwise organizing the smaller pieces into large cohesive shapes.” (from “Designsense”, CD workshop)

Virginia likes to say “…Painting is a journey. It is the way I mark my path through life…”