Art Workshops 2012

WORK SHOP NO.1 for 2012 … 24th March – Book Now for your place in this workshop!

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, metallic 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 transferring 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

subtractive 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 encaustic

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