Welcome!
In this class we’ll explore six different painting techniques that deal with how we touch the surface of our paintings and the characteristics of the paint itself, including:
Sgraffitto, Masking, Frottage Texturing and Blown Blots.
These techniques will become essential tools, not only for creating areas of mystery and intrigue in your work, but also for inspiring new ideas as your paintings evolve.
We will start by making test paintings of each technique to discover how viscosity and the physicality of the surface play a foundational role in the creation of a painting.
Our test paintings will then become an opening conversation, leading the way to three completed paintings of your garden, real or imaginary.
Diane
Supplies
- Acrylic Paints/ your colors of choice
- Flow Acrylics Golden (not necessary, but fun to use)
- Brushes medium sizes
- Old brush for Drawing Gum/ Masking Fluid
- Old stiff brush for Stippling
- Water container
- Laytex gloves
- Watercolored paper gessoed on both sides approx 4.5″x 6″
(You will use about 9 sheets)
- Three Canvas or wood panels about 8″x 8″ – 12″x12″
- MaskingTape
- Drawing Gum or Masking Fluid
- Sgraffitto tools to scratch thru the surface. Any sharp instrument can be used – knives, nails, end of a brush, pallet knife or an edge of a credit card.
- Cling wrap
- Straws for blowing blots
- Garden Images
Nuts & Bolts
Here’s how this online class works:
• As a self-study class, so you have access to all of the lessons right now and can work the lessons on your own timetable.
• You have indefinite access to this class.
• You can (optionally) share your work with Diane via email or via the class Facebook page. Since this is now a self-study class, you will need to let Diane know if you upload work, as she doesn’t check the Facebook page as regularly. Click this link and ask to join the group!
• Class fee is good for participants living in a single household.
Questions?
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