WINTER WORKSHOPS
Border Encased Scapes Mixed Media Workshop
Irene Zytka
February 1 & 2, 10:00AM - 4:00 M $180 members, $200 non-members
Welcome to the world of mixed media on “steroids” ! This workshop is taught by Irene Zytka, a self-taught local artist who uses recycled materials, acrylics, watercolors among many other things to create a truly unique type of “landscape”. Students will start by creating their own collage papers using glazing and mark making techniques. We will incorporate these collage papers along with book pages, publications and scrapbook papers to create a large piece of collage that will be used for our inspiration and border for our larger painting. Come join us for a fun and often times messy artistic experience!
Relief Printmaking
Alexis Crowley February 9, 10:00AM - 5:00pm
$105 members, $125 non-members
Students will learn to design, carve, and print relief blocks (linoleum or wood) on fabric. The instructor will go over different uses of printing on fabric. Relief printing on fabric can be used for putting designs on clothes, making patches, creating simple stuffed figures or ornaments, or making garlands, among other more experimental uses. Beginner printmakers are welcome, but this is a less traditional form of printmaking and they may get more out of a different workshop! The instructor will bring muslin fabric and all other materials required for class, and ask that you pay a material fee the day of the workshop.
Limited Palette Watercolor Workshop
Charlie McCaughtry
Level: Advance beginners and up
March 8, 10:00AM - 2:00pm $85 members, $105 non-members
Painting with transparent watercolor. Learn to control water Experiment, different paints, lots of different papers.It is not necessary to have 300 colors on your palette. A limited palette of compatible colors of density and strength are much more manageable, and will have a surprising range of color.
Limited palette, I work in triads of red, yellow, and blue, four to meet different needs. Compatible triads should make a neutral gray when used in equal amounts. One color should not overpower another with opacity or strength. Experiment with colors by making grids of triads.
Experiment with papers of all kinds. Know what they will do and not do.
Fundamentals of Composition
Nicholas Casciano February 8, 1:00PM - 4:00pm $80 members, $100 non-members
A class for artists with experience in drawing focused on overall subject matter selection and composition. The class helps artists transcend their work from drawing pictures to creating artby understanding and employing the elements of storytelling and composition. Topics includeselecting subject matter, determining the use of shapes and their relationships, perspectivesand depth of field, textures and materials, lighting, contrast and color.