Welcome
This class is about growing our doodles into large 30″x30″ paintings. We all have natural creative impulses, and our simplest drawings contain everything we need to to start (and finish!) big wonderful paintings.
The process I will teach comes from my own journey and we will go step by step from tiny drawings to completed works.
I am excited to share my discoveries about how to take what is already in you — your imagery, your marks, your voice (your DOODLE style!) — and give it direction and intent.
In this painting class we will work with line quality, color mixing, composition and design. I hope it will feed you, fill you up, and make you long for more exploration into your doodles and harvest the gold that is already inside of you.
If you’ve taken the first class, Doings of a Do-o-dle, you’ve already made a start… and this class will continue to take you deeper into your own self expression.
I hope you will join me!
Buckets of Joy,
Diane Culhane
Supplies
Markers: assortment, any brand. I use mostly a KING size sharpie, Ultra Fine Sharpie & Fine Sharpies, Gel pensPencils soft and hard lead
Colored pencils
Crayons
Scissors
Paper: Post-It-Notes; letter paper 8.5″x11″; roll of white craft paper or large sheets of paper 22″x30″ for a wall size doodle
Old Journal or old book or sketch book
Small brown bag from the grocery store
Gesso: white & grey
India Ink in a spray bottle
Optional: Walnut ink
Brushes: variety of sizes, flats, rounds & linear brushes
Paper towels
Stains for the journal papers such as coffee grounds, used tea bags
Acrylic Paints:
Primary colors: blue, yellow & red. I used Heavy Body Golden Paints: Manganese Blue Hue, Cadmium Yellow Hue, Quinacridone Crimson, Titanium White, Mars Black, Phathalo Blue (green shade). I added Fluid Golden Paints: Dioxazine Purple, Prussian Blue
Optional: I added some High Flow Golden paints: Titanium White
2 large wood panels: 30″x30″
Brushes: flat, rounds, fan, & rigger (linear brush)
Gel Media- I used Matte Gel Media, you can also use gloss or satin
Optional for a Palette:
TIP: There is a simple way to keep your paint fresh. I use a paper towel that has been water soaked then placed on a tray with tracing paper on top. You can purchase a plastic pallet at an art supply store – that has a flat sponge which does the same thing as a paper towel to keep the paints moist. By using a tray, paper towels and tracing paper on top is an easy alternative solution to keeping your paints from drying out quickly. I think you will love this method.
Optional: Card stock paper, any color
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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