Soul Sisters - Acrylic -Mixed Media -Virtual Workshop - May 14 and 15

Medium: Acrylic

Skill: Beginner and Intermediate

Time: 4-7 PDT  both days 7:00 pm EDT, 8:30 am AUS

Place: Zoom

Have you always wanted to paint figures but felt intimidated? 

  I will show you my step-by-step process. You will learn the essentials of creating simplified figures using scraping techniques and negative painting. Further interest and patterns can be created using stencils and collage. 

 Supply List

 Paper towels or rags

Palette paper or freezer paper for mixing

A palette for your paint – a plate is fine

Paintbrushes –one-inch flat, rigger, an assortment

Palette knife

Scrapers - Catalyst wedges, spatula end, or an old credit card. 

Your paints – Acrylic student or artist quality. No craft paint.  A selection including 3 primaries, and white, some transparent colours. Fluid paints work best. You can add an airbrush medium, GAC 100 or GAC 500 to the heavy body to thin them down

Gel or matte medium

Small colour wheel – if you have one

Stencils if you have some

Stamps-these can be found objects. 
Collage paper - old dictionaries or music paper, origami paper. 
Painting smock or apron

Gloves if you like

Substrate -One Canvas 20x20”, 16x20”, or 18x24”

You can also work on mixed media paper (Strathmore Brand) 18x24”