Details
Instructor
Kit Palencar
# of Days
2 Days
Start Date
August 2, 2025
End Date
August 3, 2025
Location
The Cuyahoga Valley Art Center
Overview
WORKSHOP: Layering & Light: 
Exploring Indirect Painting in Acrylics – A Studio Workshop
DATE/TIME: Auguts 2-3, 2024, 9am – 4pm
LOCATION: CUYAHOGA VALLEY ART CENTER – GALLERY LEVEL
COST: MEMBER $150 / NON-MEMBER $175
INSTRUCTOR: KIT PALENCAR
BEGINNER/INTERMEDIATE with Kit Palencar – Discover the luminous possibilities of acrylic painting through the indirect method, also known as the Flemish or Old Masters technique. This workshop explores the process of building a painting in thoughtful layers using time-honored techniques such as glazing and scumbling. By layering transparent and translucent acrylics over a solid foundation, artists can achieve stunning depth, dimension, and radiance in their work.
Join Kit Palencar as you develop your composition through sketching, still-life research, and deliberate paint layering—all while maintaining creative freedom within a carefully composed framework. Whether you’re seeking to refine your technical skills or breathe new life into your painting process, Layering & Light offers an inspiring journey from foundation to finish.
Below are samples of work that students may explore within this workshop:
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SUPPLY LIST: Kit Palencar Supply List – Acrylic Workshop
*Students will need to bring all supplies listed to participate in this workshop.
WORKSHOP DETAILS:
Refreshments and light snacks will be provided. Please pack your lunch for this workshop daily. If you cannot, there are local places where staff can recommend ordering boxed lunches. Students will need to pick up these lunches during their designated lunch.
- Payment in full is due 14 days before the workshop start date.
- All deposits, $75, are non-refundable unless CVAC cancels the workshop.
- Refunds, less deposit, will not be issued for attendee cancelations 14 days before the workshop start date.
INTERESTED IN A SCHOLARSHIP?
Click here to learn more: www.cvart.org/scholarships
INSTRUCTOR: KIT PALENCAR
Born in Fairview Park, Ohio in 1992, Palencar currently resides in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, and has received a Masters of Fine Arts degree from Kent State University in the spring of 2018 with a major in painting and drawing.
Graduating from the University of Akron in 2016 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree, Palencar was awarded the top-honor scholarship at the Myers School of Art as well as receiving an additional private scholarship for his watercolors through the Frederic Whitaker and Eileen Monaghan Whitaker Foundation.
Having exhibited in galleries across Northeast Ohio and collectors ranging from around the globe, Palencar has taught foundation drawing and life drawing courses at The University of Akron, Kent State University, and several painting & drawing courses at the Canton Museum of Art for the last six years. As with his expanding teaching career, Palencar also teaches an art appreciation course through the Correctional Education Department at Ashland University.