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Collage and Acrylics Painting Workshop
Instructor: Deb Chaney
Location(s): Vancouver
Topic(s): Acrylic Painting
Date:
March 17, 2012 - March 18, 2012
July 28, 2012 - July 29, 2012
Fee:
$375 Learn the fundamentals in collage. Making art with hand made papers; staining, marbling, & split ink techniques. Integrating layers with collected letters and collage papers of your choice. Embellishing your work with gold leaf and mixed media. Photographic image integration with lazertran. Integrating your painting using gel mediums and acrylic paints in a water media way. Work on 3 projects from start to finish.
Prerequisites:
No Prerequisites: beginners included
Supply List:
- Always have • Your journal and pen/pencil. • An artbin or carry case to organize and bring your materials to class • 2 plastic covered foamcore or thick cardboard 23 x 30” boards Substrate – What you paint on. For class practice pieces - to learning techniques I will teach you - I recommend the 9 x 12” canvas pads. They are pre-gessoed and ready to go. You will need to have six sheets for each class . • for 3 day workshop you’ll need: 36 canvas pad sheets • for 8 week class you’ll need: 48 canvas pad sheets Paints & Mediums – • Liquid or full body paints – bring what you have – at minimum 3 primary colours • I have and love to use some of the following colours in the Golden liquid acrylic line: o Earth/Historic: Paynes Grey, burnt umber, Naples yellow, ultramarine blue, burnt sienna o Moderns: Nickel azo yellow, quinacridone nickel azo gold, green gold, quinacridone magenta, diarylide yellow, phthalo blue (green shade), red iron oxide, transparent yellow iron oxide, quinacridone burnt orange, Dioxazine Purple & torquois (phthalo). o Metallics – silver, gold, iron. o Basics: titanium white, carbon black • Black and White Gesso • Liquid Gloss or Matte (Polymer) Medium (Liquitex /Golden/OPUS brands) • Regular Gel Medium – Golden • Soft Gel Gloss Medium – Golden Tools • Palette – a plastic plate, stay wet palette, disposable palette sheets, or butcher paper to put your paint on. • Brushes – at least 2 brushes. o various sizes acrylic flat head brushes – the hake brushes are nice o various sizes round head acrylic brushes • stepped palette knife • paper towel (must!) • 1-3 plastic containers for water. • Mister spray bottle Clothing – • Apron • gloves Might be fun to have... (optional) • Droppers • • Rubber shaper • • Stencils • Chopsticks Stamps Rubbing Alcohol (from the drugstore) Brayers • Texture tools • • Papers for collage – decorative papers, papers with text, tissue papers. • Artist Safe removal tape.
Special Instructions:
The ARC Studios,1701 Powell Street,Vancouver, BC,V5L 5C9
Registration Details:
info@debchaney.com, www.debchaney.com, (604) 736-5111
