Sheila Zeve Lipkin
email: szlip@sbcglobal.net
Artist and educator Sheila Zeve Lipkin can reveal the magic of creating
visual art. During the summer of 2005, Sheila was asked to set up a sketching
program at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Sketching in the Galleries
began at the museum during the fall of that year, with Sheila leading the
classes each Sunday. Sheila has continued to lead these weekly classes,
as well as teaching classes at the museum utilizing different color mediums
such as watercolor and pastels.
Among Sheila’s greatest passions are creating
her large abstract canvases as well as experiencing great satisfaction
in facilitating and observing others discover the phenomenon of the creative
process through her engaging instruction.
If you can thread a needle and/or catch a ball you can sketch. The magic of being able to sketch is to get into the right side of your brain. One can relate to the experience of being in the right side of your brain when you daydream, which most people do only 5% of the time.
In the fall of 2005, Sheila was asked to set up a sketching program at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Through much research and using her abilities as a result of her background in teaching, she successfully launched this weekly program at the museum. Beginning with a simple exercise, Sheila has been able to successfully engage the most skeptical of sketchers. The sessions are for adults as well as children. Along with the Sunday sketching program at the museum, Sheila also taught sketching classes for adults and classes related to using color-starting with teaching color theory.
Sheila is currently pursuing her career as an abstract painter and also engaging in an ongoing business of painting called “paint with me”, where she gently guides children, starting at about 2 ½ years, and adults to create their own painting. This experience has reached all the way to families wanting to paint together to create special gifts for other family members. The paintings are done on artist quality canvas with artist quality paint which families hang in their homes and offices. Sheila is generally asked to touch up the paintings so they look like they come from an art gallery.
As an artist and an educator, Sheila believes that learning to create
visual art is a skill, just as learning to play the piano or learning
to be a gourmet cook. One starts with basic information, implementing
the information simply at first and then further developing the properties
of each endeavor, adding information and practice as you go along.
Sheila also believes that we each see a painting and/or style of work
differently and with practice we develop our own abilities and methods
of expression.
Besides teaching
and painting, Sheila had a clothing business for 15 years, designing,
manufacturing, and retailing a line of ladies clothing, featuring classic,
contemporary clothing.
Whether creating visual art is a hobby or develops
into a career, it opens up your mind and experiences in a totally new way.
No matter what your goal may be, creating from the right side of your brain
is totally relaxing and can help relieve the stresses of every day life.
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