Marquis de Scroll

 Monday 9:00 - 4:30 $145  
  Andrea Matus    


Student Level: All
Type of Workshop: Process and Project

 

 

I was recently pondering what makes scrolls so intriguing.  Was it the rich vast history they embody?  Was it how they manage to bridge the artistic and the literary?  Actually what I find to be the most fascinating aspect is its transformative nature.  Totally unfurled the entire visual story can be revealed…or it can be revealed in smaller segments, making it so that a multitude of compositions are possible. Unfurl the only the top half and a totally different story is told than if the lower portion is revealed. In this class we are going to be working large! We’ll start off with a five-foot length of canvas (12” wide) and with our skillful addition of layers of paint, pastel and collage we’ll transform it into a visual narrative that can be deciphered and displayed like a scroll.

Some of the specific skills we’ll be tackling in this workshop include:

-using a compendium of collage material to formulate a visual narrative and a cohesive composition

-paint techniques, choosing colors, mixing colors, and combining paint with collage harmoniously

-collage techniques, including special tips for collaging unstretched canvas

-using layers of mixed media to seamlessly integrate collage items

Kit Fee of $10 payable to Instructor at class time includes:

  • Canvas scroll – primed on one side

Instructor will provide for use in class :

  • Paper towel
  • Collage tools for our large-scale work
  • Metallic paint
  • Portfolio Brand Pastels
  • Other mark making tools

Students should bring:

  • Images -- lots: photos (vintage, family, magazines…..), as well as lots of symbolic images you like (butterflies, flowers, astrologically, etc.) **no inkjet printouts please, laser print, or photocopies only.
  • Paper, ephemera and collage items (words, patterned papers, textured papers, stamps, etc.)
  • Paint: Golden Acrylics fluid or heavy body (white, black, any blue, red, and yellow, plus a couple more of your favorites)
  • Paint Palette (a paper plate will suffice)
  • Paintbrushes: bring just a few in different sizes, and one detail brush
  • Water Container
  • Golden Matte Medium (small bottle)
  • Golden Gloss Medium (small bottle)
  • Scissors
  • E6000 Adhesive

Optional :

  • Heat gun
  • Fabric trimmings
  • A dowel, small curtain rod, paper towel roll (etc.) to hang your scroll

Questions? Email Andrea at
Website: paradoxicalgypsy.blogspot.com