Stephen Lursen Art

I taught my newest painting "Starry Eyed" at Donna Downey Studios last Saturday. A couple friends of mine Flo and Melody were celebrating Melody's birthday and they brought some friends and family. We all had a wonderful time and I want to show off their paintings. We had 3 hours and I think they each did a beautiful job on their 16"x20" canvases. Flo's painting Melody's Painting I teach this workshop in the studio and as an online workshop. If you are interested in painting this project, please check out the link at: http://www.donnadowney.com/products/starry-eyed-online-workshop

Starry Eyed Workshop Supplies List With Stephen Lursen Paint Supplies – Golden Brand fluid acrylics ·   Titanium White ·   Hansa Yellow Light ·   Quinacridone Magenta ·   Quinacridone Nickel Azo Gold ·   Permanent Violet Dark ·   Anthraquinone Blue ·   Paynes Gray ·   Sap Green ·   Green Gold ·   Burnt Umber Light ·   Yellow Ochre ·   Florescent Yellow (I used a craft brand but would have preferred Golden) ·   Florescent Orange (I used a craft brand but would have preferred Golden) ·   Florescent Pink (I used a craft brand but would have preferred Golden) Medium – Golden Brand ·   Regular Gel (Matte)...

Starry Eyed Workshop is Stephen Lursen's debut, large scale painting, video workshop. Watch, learn, and work along with him as he paints a 4' x 3' mixed media painting. He breaks each step down with wonderful explanations that clearly demonstrate every step of the process. With a total of 129 minutes (over 2 hours!) of instruction, this experience is the closest you can come to taking a full, in person workshop, with Stephen right here at Donna Downey Studios.  Concerned about working large for the first time? Don't be! You can do it! Furthermore, this painting is completely scaleable. You can use the...

I was extremely blessed by Donna Downey last year when she offered to include me in a series of paintings and subsequent workshops. The third and final workshop at Donna Downey Studios in Huntersville, NC just ended last month (May 2015). The concept behind this series was a collaborative project where Donna would create a brightly colored abstract whimsical background. She would then hand off the canvas to me and I would paint a figure on top of the canvas. In our second Workshop that took place at the studio in January of this year (2015), one of our wonderful...

In 2014 I was commissioned to create a painting for a customer in the Lake Norman area. We met and had a brief conversation about what colors she likes and dislikes and about the fact that she wanted the painting to give the experience of looking at clouds - having no intentional imagery, but the opportunity to read into it what one sees in the moment. I started by painting 2 small scale mock ups for a 2nd meeting where I could get more feedback giving me a little bit more clarity on her hopes and dreams for the painting....