ONLINE Mixed Media: Towards Abstraction - Starts Thurs 15th April 2021 at 10am
SKU:
KC-S-1504aa12
£140.00
£140.00
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If you wish to take part but are unable to attend the workshop demo live, please let us know in the notes field when booking.
A video playback service is provided to all students for 30 days.
A video playback service is provided to all students for 30 days.
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Tutor: Karen Carter
Thurs 15th April 10am - 11:30am
Thurs 22nd April 10am - 11:30am
Thurs 29th April 10am - 11:30am
Thurs 6th May 10am - 12pm
(All times shown are UK)
This four-part LivePlus™ online course is ideal for beginners and improvers. You do not need to be able to draw or paint in the traditional sense to enjoy this course - all you need is an open mind! This course is for anyone who wants to push their boundaries and is willing to explore & experiment.
Workshop details
A delve into the world of abstraction – or at least a few steps in that direction!
This is a course designed to push your ideas and working methods away from realism and towards a more abstracted interpretation of your subject matter.
Each week we will look at the work of different artists as a starting point for the session. We will focus on the different elements of a painting or mixed media piece - line, colour, shape, pattern, mark-making - and then using that structure we will look at still life, landscape & natural forms.
Karen will be showing you work by some of her favourite artists – Ben Nicolson, Barbera Rae, William Scott, and Matisse as well as a number of contemporary painters - and the projects, exercises and demos will be based around their work. You will also be encouraged to seek out your own sources of reference to inspire you.
Each week has a strong practical techniques-based element – we will be looking at creative drawing techniques to get you started, serendipitous and intentional mark-making, colour choices, constructing textural surfaces, and working with collage…. and sometimes we’ll mix it all up, combine methods and materials and see what comes out the other end!
Specific skills you will learn at the workshop
Equipment & materials list
Materials are not included in the course fee. All the materials and equipment you will need are listed below.
This list is for guidance only - you can improvise and source your own materials, either in advance or once you have seen the LivePlus™ workshop, giving you maximum flexibility to choose how you would like to approach this craft.
You needn't have the materials ready whilst watching the live demonstration if you don't want to – the demo session can just be a time to watch, ask and learn. After the demo you will be sent a link to the recording, which you can watch as many times as you wish for thirty days.
Links to suppliers
www.amazon.co.uk
www.greatart.co.uk
www.hobbycraft.co.uk
Thurs 15th April 10am - 11:30am
Thurs 22nd April 10am - 11:30am
Thurs 29th April 10am - 11:30am
Thurs 6th May 10am - 12pm
(All times shown are UK)
This four-part LivePlus™ online course is ideal for beginners and improvers. You do not need to be able to draw or paint in the traditional sense to enjoy this course - all you need is an open mind! This course is for anyone who wants to push their boundaries and is willing to explore & experiment.
Workshop details
A delve into the world of abstraction – or at least a few steps in that direction!
This is a course designed to push your ideas and working methods away from realism and towards a more abstracted interpretation of your subject matter.
Each week we will look at the work of different artists as a starting point for the session. We will focus on the different elements of a painting or mixed media piece - line, colour, shape, pattern, mark-making - and then using that structure we will look at still life, landscape & natural forms.
Karen will be showing you work by some of her favourite artists – Ben Nicolson, Barbera Rae, William Scott, and Matisse as well as a number of contemporary painters - and the projects, exercises and demos will be based around their work. You will also be encouraged to seek out your own sources of reference to inspire you.
Each week has a strong practical techniques-based element – we will be looking at creative drawing techniques to get you started, serendipitous and intentional mark-making, colour choices, constructing textural surfaces, and working with collage…. and sometimes we’ll mix it all up, combine methods and materials and see what comes out the other end!
Specific skills you will learn at the workshop
- Creative drawing approaches to generate ideas and starting points
- Collage – making and using collage papers both as backgrounds & design elements
- Constructing textural backgrounds & combining them with acrylic paint & linework
- Exploring colour, mark-making & surface pattern with mixed media
Equipment & materials list
Materials are not included in the course fee. All the materials and equipment you will need are listed below.
This list is for guidance only - you can improvise and source your own materials, either in advance or once you have seen the LivePlus™ workshop, giving you maximum flexibility to choose how you would like to approach this craft.
You needn't have the materials ready whilst watching the live demonstration if you don't want to – the demo session can just be a time to watch, ask and learn. After the demo you will be sent a link to the recording, which you can watch as many times as you wish for thirty days.
- Heavy watercolour paper, photocopy paper, assorted textured scrap paper, tissue paper, black carbon paper (the old-fashioned sort – not graphite paper)
- Acrylic paints (System 3 / Galleria or similar): COOL PRIMARIES - Process Magenta or Permanent Rose, Lemon or Process Yellow, Phthalo blue or Process Cyan, White, and Black (plus any others you may have)
- Dark coloured acrylic ink or waterproof Indian ink (1 bottle)
- Oil pastels or Neocolours or chalk pastels….whatever you have
- Matt Medium (the gel sort – not fluid medium)
- Polyfilla or tile grout or texture paste
- Selection of paint brushes: bristle and soft (various sizes – whatever you have)
- Glue brush
- Mixing palette (tear-off / stay-wet / old plates – something with large flat area to mix colours)
- Kitchen roll
- Water jars x 2
- Apron
- Old newspapers
- Pencil
- Ruler
- Rubber
- Notebook
- Masking tape
- Scissors / craft knife
Links to suppliers
www.amazon.co.uk
www.greatart.co.uk
www.hobbycraft.co.uk