Creating Dynamic Paintings - Part 2

This is the second of two exciting day-long workshops in which you will learn acrylic painting techniques and structures to make your paintings more exciting. In this class, you will get lots of experience trying new things through guided exercises and free time for personal exploration. Once you learn these ways of putting a painting together layer by layer, you will have more freedom in expressing your ideas, more clarity in your expressions and more confidence in the outcome. For all levels but especially good for people who have had some painting experience. 

In this workshop we will explore:

• Edges - wet and dry techniques that make for interest and contrast
• Edge - hard and soft edges, scumbling, blurring, and overlapping
• Blending colors with tools
• Practicing your marks
• Veiling and obliteration to create layers, history and depth
• Building a painting with marks and paints
• Time to make your own paintings with one-on-one support

Required Materials:

• Tools: various scrapers, various shapers, trowel, palette knives (large and small), various paint brushes of your choice
• Brayer
• Sponge, artist tape, scissors
• Tracing paper, palette paper, both 10” x 15”
• Two, 24” x 30” Canvases and 4 sheets of 22” x 30” of heavy weight mixed media paper such as Canson, or BFK Reeves
• Paints of your choice
• Rag, paint clothes
• 9” x 12” or 11” x 14” Multimedia Workbook
• Drawing tools of your choice such as charcoal, graphite, pastels, paint sticks, Stabillo Woody’s, etc.
• Eraser, fixative

The following items will be provided

• Studio basics
• Water buckets, paper towels, warm-up paper, push pins, misc tools

Additional Fee: A $35 materials fee will be collected on the first day of classes.

The school will send out a map, materials list and welcome email approximately 10 days to 1 week before start of the class.