Asilomar Art and Soul Workshops

Judy Wise
9:00 - 4:30
Monday

A128 - Stencil Your Family

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Learn how to convert photographs of your family and friends into stencil masters that can be combined with collage and used over and over for a variety of projects. We will learn what makes a good stencil image, how to create the master, how to determine where to cut, negative and positive space, and then we will build up a painted and collaged background on which to place the stencil. A final layer of wax and resin will be layered on top of the image to unify all the elements. Each student will leave the classroom with a completed stencil collage.

Supply List:

• photographs of family or friends or self to make into stencils
• IMPORTANT: you must e-mail your photographs to me one week before the class so I can have the stencils ready for you. I will still be demonstrating how to prepare the      photographs on the computer but to save time I will have your stencils all ready for you to cut. Pets make lovely additions to our portraits.
• 1-8x10 stretched canvas or canvas board 
• 2 sheets 8x10 watercolor paper
• acrylic paints
• container for water
• a good selection of brushes
• small scissors
• gel medium
• uhu stick
• pencil
• portfolio crayons if you have them - only the colors you love
• exacto #11
• interesting paper for collage, several pieces with small images to cut out
• patterned tissue paper, several kinds, several sheets
• drying gun (opt.-only a few needed to share)
• masking tape

A $15 materials fee to be paid to the instructor at the beginning of class.

This fee includes: wax and brushes, prepared stencils,black spray paint, stippling sponges, collage packet, tracing paper, additional stencils