Painted Nature Pendant
Wednesday
$130
  
  Marylin and Tracie Lyn Huskamp
9:00 - 4:30
   

Student Level: All
Type of Workshop: Process and Project

 

Explore ways of developing and painting a beautiful pendant that is sure to be a work of art you will love to wear over and over again.  This workshop combines methods for sketching images onto muslin canvas, working with and mixing acrylic paints to render natural subjects, capture the important details of delicate flora and fauna, along with examining multiple ways to distress plain canvas to make interesting backgrounds.

Working with our surface, we will intuitively render one drawing by combining different elements from different images and photographs using a fast and easy technique that requires no previous drawing skills.  This sketch will serve as a guide that aids in bringing your scene to life. You will also learn how to extract subjects from their canvas support giving you options for placing a painted element onto a completely different background and/or creating a 3D effect.

Kit Fee of $15 payable to Instructor at class time includes:
Specific muslin canvas
White felt (will be used as stuffing or interfacing)
Leather cord
Supplies to use in class for distressing pendant background
Pendant templates

Supplies Provided by the Instructors for student’s use:
Printed instructions
Light boxes
Sewing machines
White thread
Sewing needles
Misc. Paint brushes for distressing fabrics
Metal glue
Misc. Nature pictures to use in class 

Supply List:
-Mechanical pencil with fine tip (such as a Pentel 0.5mm P205) and white eraser
-#2 or #3 Round Paint Brush for acrylic painting (Note: make sure the tip of the brush is pointed and will retain a crisp point after being washed)
- 1” Flat brush
-2 oz. bottles of

white, black, burnt umber, burnt sienna, lt. beige, pale purple, olive green, med. foliage green, french blue, pale blue, med. yellow, and light rose acrylic/craft paints (any brand)

(NOTE: These paints should be inexpensive normally costing around $1 per bottle or less)

-Paint palette, water cup and rag for cleaning your paint brush
-Small pair of sharp scissors
-1/4 yd of cotton or lightweight fabric or lightweight denim - bring a neutral color fabric
-3 or 4 Vintage brooches, shoe clips, or other vintage jewelry ephemera (NOTE: No larger than 3” length) (NOTE: we may be snipping the jewelry with wire cutters to fit on your pendant so please bring pieces that can be altered if need be)
-Pair of jeweler’s wire cutters (can be found in the jewelry section of a local craft/art store)
-Pliers for jewelry manipulation (can be found in the jewelry section of a local craft/art store)

Questions? Email Marylin at MarylinsNouvelle@yahoo.com
Tracie Lyn at TheRedDoorStudio@yahoo.com

Websites & Blogs:
Tracie Lyn Huskamp www.TheRedDoor-Studio.blogspot.com
Marylin Huskamp www.MarylinsNouvelle.blogspot.com

 

 

 

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