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Art tip of the week- Gesso…

My Art Tip of the Week

What is and why would you use Gesso ?

Gesso is an acrylic undercoat / primer and comes in  White or Black

Using Gesso – gives a ground to your surface, thus allowing a layer between the paint and substrate surface. ( which means you ultimately use less paint)

- Gesso is Very Opaque so covers up painting errors very well.

-Gesso needs to be used on any Wooden Board before painting and acts as a undercoat which protects the boards surface from any dampness that could be effected from applying straight paint.

Art Workshops Coming Soon !

I can’t believe how fast 2011 has gone by, especially down here in Christchurch!  I must admit it has been a year I really would not want to repeat in a hurray!!

2012 will be hear before we know it!   I am  currently busy preparing next years Art Workshop and Classes !

Because of the Earthquakes this year the venue I was hiring has been used by Civil Defence and the Council while their buildings have been repaired.

So it looks like as from March 2012 this venue will be back in action. Yay!!  So I am busy working preparing some up coming Art Workshops!

Workshops will be held on Saturdays, there will be a minimum and maximum number of places in these workshops and bookings will  be essential.

Just to give you a little heads up on what some of the up coming workshops will be on ….

Exploring Colour and Colour Mixing- Looking at the different pigments Organic vs In-Organic, Metalic and Reflective Pigments, including Interference Colours

Types of Acrylic Paint – Fluid, Air Brush, Heavy Body and Open Acrylic

Mediums -  (Gel) Creating Texture using a wide variety of  Gel Mediums

Mediums – (Paste) Creating Texture using a wide variety of Pastes

Transfers – We will look at different techniques for transfering images into artworks.

Skins – Explore what acrylic skins are and what you can do with them, including looking at digital transfers onto skins.

Collage- Mixed media collage

Substractive techniques -  engraving, Layering, sanding back acrylic surfaces and using different ways to work back into your artworks giving great layering effects.

Pours- Using different Mediums

Acrylic Ancaustic

Drawing, and resists with acrylic

Drawing Surfaces and what to use on your artworks to allow you to draw,  Grounds, Additives

Working with Open Acrylics

Learning different Painting Techniques

Preparing your canvas to paint- supports, priming surfaces, and looking at different tools you can work with to create effects.

Acrylic Painting – using mixed media

Abstracts – using mixed media

Landscapes – using mixed media

Planning Artworks and looking at Perspective

Mandala – Harmony For Sale

Mandala- Harmony

150mm x 150mm

Acrylic Mixed Media on Wood ready to Hang

$75.00

This artwork can be viewed and purchased from

Cafe Mint, Wairakei Road, Burnside Christchurch

 

 

What is a Mandala ? The word “mandala” is from the classical Indian language of Sanskrit. Loosely translated to mean “circle,” a mandala is far more than a simple shape. It represents wholeness, and can be seen as a model for the organizational structure of life itself–a cosmic diagram that reminds us of our relation to the infinite, the world that extends both beyond and within our bodies and minds.

Describing both material and non-material realities, the mandala appears in all aspects of life: the celestial circles we call earth, sun, and moon, as well as conceptual circles of friends, family, and community.

 

 

Provincial Chambers -SOLD

Door No.1 Provincial Chambers

Mini Canvas Ready to Hang

100mm x 100mm

SOLD

Can be Viewed and Purchased at

Cafe Mint

Wairakei Road

Burnside, Christchurch

Shake your Can!!

B4 Varnishing it is very important to “Shake your Can” check out this !!

http://www.youtube.com/goldenpaints#p/u/19/VNPzxbLCJwM

Art Classes – Next Class starts Saturday 20th November!

I would like to Invite you and your friends to join me in my Art Classes at the beautiful picturesque Avice Hill, Arts Centre, Avonhead.

Come and discover your “Creative Self” with my “Getting Back to Basics” Art Classes.

Discover a whole new way of using Acrylic paint  and mediums. Explore and experiment with different painting styles and techniques.  Learn how to combine several different forms of  texture, mediums and paints.

Over these art lessons you will grow in confidence with product knowledge and techniques, you will enjoy learning how to plan, design and create your own unique works of art

Art Class- “Getting Back to Basics – Art Using Mixed Media”

2 hour lessons held every Saturday

from 10 am to 12pm

NEXT CLASS STARTS

Saturday 20th November through to Saturday 18th December

5 Week –  2  Hour Lessons = 10hours

ONLY $125.00

Book Now!

CONTACT ME HERE –  donnasteel1@xtra.co.nz  

Or

Feel free to phone me on PH: 033599125 Mobile : 027 50 70 426

Book Now for your spot in my latest Art Workshop !!

LATEST WORKSHOP – Saturday 6th November 10am to 2pm

Book Now – Please note limited places available

“EXPLORING GOLDEN”

ART WORKSHOP – EXPLORING GOLDEN

DONNA STEEL- GOLDEN ARTIST EDUCATOR

Explore a wide range of GOLDEN Products, Open Acrylic, Heavy Body, Fluid and Airbrush Paints, Soft Gel Gloss Medium, Regular Gel Medium, Clear Tar Gel, Glass Bead, Coarse Pumice Gel, Fibre Paste and Crackle Paste.

We will look at and experiment with the differences between paints, mediums, additives, gesso and grounds, and experiment with colour.

Learn how to create acrylic skins and transfers while working with different mediums and grounds, plus learn a whole new range of exciting techniques.

You will grow in confidence as yu learn product knowledge and different techniques to create your own unique works of art!

VENUE:  Avice Hill Arts & Crafts Centre, Avice Hill Reserve,      395 Memorial Avenue, Avonhead, Christchurch

DATE & TIME:  Saturday 6th November 2010, 10am to 2pm (Please bring lunch, Tea and Coffee provided)

WORKSHOP FEE:  $40.00 (Material list available on enrolment) (Limited numbers)

For Bookings or more Information

Please contact me here : donnasteel1@xtra.co.nz or ph:03 3599125  Mobile: 027 5070 426

   Art Workshop Venue & a little insight into what we will be experimenting with

 

A “GOLDEN” OPPORTUNITY

OMG !!!

I have had a Week like no other !!!

I have just gotten back from a weeks training in Auckland with Golden Artists products USA Artist Patti Brady and NZ Artist Evan Woodruffe.

 I have had the absolute  pleasure of spending the last week in Auckland alongside these Incredible Artists …

Michael Shepherd, Bronwyn Shimmin,Brendon McGorry, Fiona Sullivan, Mark Curtis, Morag Stokes and Wendy Walls !

We have been selected to be part of the Golden Artists Tutor program!

A BIG THANKS  to Gordon Harris and Golden Artist Products… for this amazing opportunity!

KEEP WATCH FOR MORE INFO ;)