Mixed Media & Abstract Painting

Beginning & Intermediate 
August 29 & 30, 2025
2 Sessions (Friday & Saturday)
10:00am - 4:00pm Friday & 10:00am to 4:00pm Saturday
​Instructor: Rita Schwab 
Class Fee: $225.00 non-members + $25.00 Supply Fee
                $202.50 BRMAA members + 25.00 Supply Fee                    
Join artist and instructor Rita Schwab as she teaches you to create a textured mixed media abstract painting. In this two-day workshop, students will learn about and create a textured abstract painting using plasters as underlayment and inlaying objects such as crystals, pebbles, organics, and jewelry pieces prior to painting a vibrant abstract painting. We will primarily use acrylic paints using palette knives, trowels and brushes. Other techniques covered will include wet painting, dry brushing, underlayment to create texture and inlaying objects in a painting, highlighting and finishing. We will make a small sample on a smaller canvas board before completing a larger painting on a large canvas board. 
Mixed Media Abstract Painting Registration
Call (706) 632-2144 for questions regarding this course and registration.  Payment is required to register for BRMAA courses. You may pay via PayPal above, over the phone, or visit The Art Center located at 420 West Main Street, Blue Ridge, GA 30513 to pay in person. 
ABOUT THE INSTRUCTOR
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RITA SCHWAB            
Rita Schwab was born and raised in Heidelberg, Germany, but she immigrated to the United States in 1973. Rita's education includes obtaining her BFA in Fine Art from the University of South Florida in Tampa, Florida, and a MFA in Surface Design from FSU in Tallahassee, Florida. She has been a self-employed studio artist since the 1980s.
Rita lives in Englewood, Florida, in the winter and keeps her outdoor studio surrounded by her gardens, which are her inspiration. Her summer residence is in Hayesville, North Carolina where she likes to kayak and swim and paint Plein Air.
Rita has taught art classes in many different facilities including at Englewood Art Center, Ringling School of Fine Arts, The Arts Alliance of Lemon Bay, The Open Studio in Englewood, Northport Arts and Crafts Center, Florida, Fenland School of Fine Crafts in North Carolina, Murphy Art Center, North Carolina, and in her private studio. Rita shows and sells her work locally, nationally and internationally in galleries, museums, at juried fine art shows and art cooperatives.