Colorful Mixed Media Florals
(The insider tips to building mixed-media florals)
Date: July 19
Total Workshop Time: 6 Hours
Medium: Acrylic Painting
Skill Level: All Levels
Min Students: 10
Max Students: 25
Instructor:
Donna Downey
Overview:
The workshop that will share all my insider tips to working fast and loose with color and help break the habit of working tight. I will share with you my favorite and best tips and techniques for creating impactful florals using some of your favorite mixed-media materials.
Techniques:
Collage
Mark Making
Layer Building
Value and Color Study
Working in Acrylics
Student Supply List:
Four 9x12 canvases
Heavy Body Acrylic paints in a rainbow of colors.
Use what you have (you absolutely do not need to buy specific paint colors for this workshop, however here is a shoppable list of my favorite color palette to work with)
A couple favorite brushes + water bucket
A Sta-Wet palette.
I find this makes mixing paint easier, but no worries if you do not have one
Collage papers
Matte Medium
Stencils and/or stamps
I like to use my ArtFoamies stamps for paint
Mark Making tools.
These include things like colored pencils, woody crayons, marks-all pencils, really anything you have that will leave a mark or even carve into wet paint! Some my favorite pencils to works with are Megacolor Pencils, China Markers and Willow Charcoal
Acrylic Glazing Liquid
(This is an additive to acrylic paint that may help keep your acrylics wet and workable longer)
Brush Bucket
(to clean your brushes)
Paper Towels
Baby Wipes