ARTU 05 Facing the Blank Canvas

Facing the Blank Canvas

Price: $125

Claudine Hellmuth

This backgrounds-only class will help you explore new ways to enhance your collage surfaces. Learn a variety of techniques using regular household materials combined with paint to create amazing effects! Techniques covered range from; masking, frottage, sponging, scraping, texturing, glazing and more!

Please try to bring as many of the items as you can as it will enhance your workshop experience.

*About 4 - 5 tubes of your favorite acrylic colors

*A journal or sketchbook to work in, we will be creating many of our composition studies and experiments in this notebook.

*Your favorite glue, I like to use Golden's Regular Gel Matte

* 6 to 10 art-making surfaces. These could be pre-stretched canvases, canvas board, or canvas paper, mat board or watercolor paper. Please think small (about 5"x7" to 8"x10") as we'll be doing quite a few exercises and you'll need lots of different surfaces to work on. If you are traveling from a distance I suggest you bring a pad of canvas paper (I like to use Fredrix brand), you can find it in the aisle of the craft or art supply store where they keep the sketchpads. One pad of canvas paper has about 10 sheets in it.

* Paint brushes about 2 or 3, any size. I like to have one that's about 2 inches wide. Buy cheap brushes if you don't have these already. I find that the 50cent house paint brushes from the hardware store work great! Sponge brushes will also work well too.

*Xacto knife or scissors

*A few Xerox and color copies of old family photos and images you like

*Bring something to use as a water jar - old cup, old jar or paper cup, etc.

*Some waxed paper or paper plates to use as a palette for your paints

*Heat gun or a hairdryer - I will have one for everyone to share

*A roll of paper towels as the venue might not have enough for everybody

NOTE: When I demonstrate, I will be using Golden's Acrylic Paints because I find them superior to other paints. However, feel free to bring paints that you already own. If you choose to buy Golden paints, before going to the store, I recommend checking out the Golden web site to familiarize yourself with all the different types of paints they offer. www.goldenpaints.com . You can find Golden's paints at your local Michael's Craft Store or art supply store.

If you have any questions about the supply list, please email me at CHellmuth@aol.com . This list is not set in stone. Please bring as many of the required items as you can -- it will make the workshop much more enjoyable for you.