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Anne Grgich 9-4:30 Monday	1137 - Painterly Portrait Books	[back to quicklinks] $ 135 Plus $10 materials fee
Anne Grgich is a life-long book artist and portrait painter, Anne is internationally known for her faces and passionate raw art developed over the last 26 years. In this intensive class you will transform a book into a visual journal of personality and autobiography with the use of collage and paint. Anne inspires with a wide range of artistic techniques and shares her secrets providing demonstrations throughout the day in a positive atmosphere with intuitive painting assistance. Learn how to unify collage in a lively day of creating and absorbing methods to achieve Grgich's detailed ancient feel in your own work. Spend a day with Anne Grgich, and take home a new approach to painting and seeing. Get inspired to work more freely and have your art passion awakened by the constant creative energy of the class, they will learn how to paint with coffee, beeswax, acrylics, and get the various painting surfaces of Anne Grgich’s richly painted books, you will leave with one book well on its way to being complete... Items to bring for Painterly Portrait Books: * One old book about 10-20 pages averaging about 8 x 10" or any size. * Pre-sorted collage * Glue that dry clear-Elmers, PVA Glue * Small-medium-large paint brushes * a range of 5 small tubes of paints-red-blue-yellow, black-white * Water cup * Paper towels * Scissors Materials Fee includes: Beeswax, acrylic non-toxic asphaltum tar, gold leaf, heat gun, variety of golden gels, generous amounts of luscious paints and Anne's own collage elements for each student.

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