Jump into a playful way to explore color mixing, collage layering techniques, personal motifs and two of the most versatile and fun to use acrylic mediums made by GOLDEN-- Light Molding Paste and Glass Bead Gel!
This workshop is a creative laboratory! Our day will feature a variety of mini projects to use these two mediums as playful ways to explore and evolve your personal style-- or help you identify it if you are still searching! Using the humble wooden "ATC" as our substrate, we'll get to experience my favorite way to create a unique mixed media "sketchbook." We'll make 12 bite-sized, mixed media pieces that you can go back to again and again for future inspiration and real technique references. Taking them home in a personalized, decorated container will give you a little box of joy to keep in your studio.
Materials Fee $20 paid at beginning of class includes:
Wooden Box with hinged lid and clasp
12 Wooden ATC-sized substrates
2 oz. GOLDEN Fluid Interference Color
Paper Sampler with Abaca, DuraLar, Kozo, Toddy and more
Supplies Needed to bring for Class:
NOTE: I am an Artist Educator for GOLDEN Acrylics and nearly exclusively use and instruct with their products. Your color mixing will be more successful if you are using professional grade paints.
• Fluid acrylics in any colors you like, but minimally in a “primary” trio (one each of a red, yellow, blue), plus black, white and at least one shiny iridescent color like gold, silver, pearl, copper or bronze.
• Heavy Body acrylics in any colors
• High Flow acrylics or acrylic ink in any colors
• Soft Gel Gloss
• Matte (or Super Matte) Medium
• Any gels, pastes or mediums that you have or enjoy using
• Gesso (either white or black, or both if you wish)
• Brushes: Any you enjoy using. I like a 1” flat, several smaller and medium in flats and rounds, a smaller angled, “liner” and “fan.” Bring brushes that you have and like to use
• Your journal to use for any notes, exercises and practicing
• Collage paper that you already have and would like to use
• Gel Plate and brayer
• Palette or palette paper for your paint
• Your favorite mark making tools: Pencils, crayons, markers, Sharpies, pastels, Poscas, Pintars, Marabu, etc.
• Palette knife
• Scissors
• Paper towels
• Water container
Optional:
• A small canvas to use to offload paint— a “junk” canvas. Definitely not required and you can always make collage paper with your unused paints too.
• Dot tools
• Calligraphy pen and/or Fineline applicator for drawing with High Flow
• A book to cut words from (spiritual, poetry and self-help work best)