Portland Art and Soul Workshops
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Tracie Lyn and Marylin Huskamp
9-4:30
Thursday

1264 - Painted Nature Fabric

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$ 120 Plus $15 materials fee  

This is a technique class where we will explore ways of capturing nature, and more specifically birds on fabric. This workshop combines methods for sketching an image onto fabric, working with and mixing acrylic paints to develop your subject, and capture important details of such delicate creatures, along with examining ways to distress fabric in order to create interesting backgrounds.

Using plain muslin, you will learn a fast and easy way of drawing your image onto a fiber surface. (No Drawing Skills Are Required!) This sketch will serve as a guide to aid in bringing your bird to life by using acrylic paints. You will also learn how to extract your subject from its fiber support giving you options for placing your painting onto a completely different background. In addition, we will explore unique methods for distressing fabric to turn a plain background into a work of art. Finally, composing from gathered words and verses a beautiful portrait of nature will emerge that is sentimental and heartfelt.

Supply List:
--1 mechanical pencil with fine tip (such as a Pentel 0.5mm P205)
--white clic eraser
--one #2 or #3 Round Paint Brush
--2 oz. bottles of white, black, burnt umber, burnt sienna, lt. beige, pale purple, olive green,
med. foliage green, french blue, pale bluemed. yellow, and light rose acrylic/craft paint (any brand)
(NOTE: These paints should be inexpensive normally costing around $1 per bottle or less)
--small pair of sharp scissors to cut fabric
--Goldens Matte Gel and brush for applying Matte Gel
--2 water cups and old rags for cleaning your brushes
--an old book to cut words from and/or your favorite poem or verse
--1 or 2 bird images no larger than 4x5 (NOTE: pictures must be lighter in color than normal to
insure a successful transfer - the teacher will also bring some misc. bird pictures to use in class)

Optional Supplies - small ziploc bag of misc lace and trims to use for additional embellishment, your
favorite acrylic paint colors, misc. embossing powders,inks, dyes, decorative stencils and/or foam stamps (flourishes, and damask type designs are the best), stencil brushes, decorative papers, one package of decorative rub-ons used for scrapbooking (NOTE: can be found in with stickers or
decorative paper)

Materials fee includes:  1/4 yd. muslin ( this is a specific type and brand of fabric ); supplies to use in class for distressing fabric (tea, coffee, NuPrisma Pastels, liquidleafing, misc. embossing powders-inks-acrylic paints-metallic watercolors-fabric dyes)l use of light boxes, heat guns, paintbrushes, thread, misc, bird photos

CLOSED - CLASS FULL