Mixed Media Image Layering

Mixed Media Image Layering

360 Online Weekend WS | This program is completed

All Levels

11/7/2020-11/8/2020

9:30 AM-4:30 PM PDT on Sun Sat

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$255.00

$229.50

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Learn the process and skills needed to energize and make the surfaces of paintings more complex, nuanced, and rich with meaning. Through the process of mixed media, found object and collage, explore various background layering techniques.

  • Scissors
  • Single Edge Razor Blades or Xacto Knife
  • 1” or 2” Chip Brush
  • Two 12 oz jars or plastic containers
  • One 12” to 16” Metal Straight Edge
  • One ½” or 1 ½” Elephant Board Wood Panel, Size Optional, no smaller than 18” x 24”
  • *Elephant Board is a brand name, ( The company has recently changed the name however .) But it is just hard paneled boards. Any type will do. Artist and Craftsman has many sizes and shapes.
  • Assortment of Paints (Can work in Oils or Acrylics 3.7 ml., student or professional grade)
  • Titanium White
  • Mars Black
  • Burnt Sienna
  • Burnt Umber
  • Cadmium Yellow Medium Hue
  • Ultramarine Blue
  • Cadmium Red Medium Hue
  • Hansa Yellow
  • Disposable Palette /Optional Glass Palette
  • Palette Knife/Optional Flexible putty knife
  • Assortment of Brushes that include: # 6 round, #8 bright, # 6 Filbert, #12 Flat, # 1 Round
  • Glue and Varnish Furnished
  • The following is a list of suggested collage materials, you can use some of these or add to them, please know we will be doing a piece that illustrates or conveys a significant event in your life using Metaphor as the means of communication:
  • Old Art reproductions
  • Engravings
  • Posters
  • Bills
  • Receipts
  • Price tags
  • Labels
  • Catalogs
  • Magazines
  • Newspapers
  • Comic strips
  • Greeting cards
  • Corrugated card board
  • Packing materials
  • Diaries
  • Journals
  • Dress patterns
  • Sheet music
  • Foil papers
  • Wall paper
  • Letters
  • Envelopes
  • Postcards
  • Stamps
  • Maps
  • Dried leaves, flowers
  • Travel folders
  • Photographs
  • Playing cards
  • Shopping bags
  • Ticket stubs
  • Programs
  • Tissue paper
  • Typing paper
  • Wrapping paper
  • Pages from old books
  • Cloth material
  • Glass pieces
  • Wire
  • Stone
  • Personal Found objects
  • Wood
  • Metal debris
  • Sand
  • Easel or table top
  • Paper towels
  • Microphone and camera enabled computer
  • iPad or smart tablet
  • Smart phone (android or IOS)
  • Strong internet connection
  • Excited Attitude!