Let’s Face it; be Fearless!
$135
Katie Kendrick
Student Level : All levels
This is a process-oriented class. We will start the day by doing exercises with paint, pens, and paper to stimulate the right side of our brains and put our pesky critics that reside in the left-brain, to sleep. This will include quickly creating simple faces on recycled paper with our non-dominant and dominant hands using a variety of media. We are not concerned about ‘drawing’ or fashioning faces in their true likeness, but allowing our hand to talk with the paper in an intuitive manner, the result being completely unplanned and unknown. This class isn’t about painting pretty faces or realistic faces; it’s all about loosening up, letting go, and allowing your muse to play – what is the face that SHE wants to create! Out of the many faces we will paint and draw, some of them you will toss in the garbage, some you will save for later, and a few you will chose to paint to completion in class. I will demonstrate how I paint simple backgrounds for my faces on phone book pages, using ink or paint and glazes, when to paint over some of your lines, and when to add more. By the end of the class, most people will have at least one completed piece, some will have more, it all depends on how fast or slow you tend to work. If you’re enrolled in my Endearing and Whimsical Folk Art Dolls class, and have a way to transfer and reduce your painted face to muslin in the required size for the doll before class, you can use it for your doll project.
$5 Kit fee payable to instructor at beginning of class time includes : A variety of papers to paint on including atlas pages, old letters, phone book pages, wallpaper, etc; Bits of paper and collage images to incorporate into the faces or backgrounds; Bits of lace and vintage ephemera; A Uni-ball Signo white pen and a handout.
Instructor Supplies: Paper towels and baby wipes, Glitter, gel pens, paints, rotary cutter, clear ruler, mat, hair dryer and brayer
Supply List:
Scissors for paper
Med tip Black sharpie
3 Paintbrushes: a fine detail brush, a ½” wide brush and a 1” brush
#6 graphite pencil
A stick for painting with (whittle the end to a blunt point with a knife if you want)
Acrylic paint: black, white, buff, and a few additional colors that you like (Golden is my favorite brand but craft paints are fine too)
Paint rag
Small bits of paper or small collage images that you may want to incorporate into your face
White paper plates for palettes, or whatever you like to use
Container for water
Golden soft gel medium
Glazing medium
One or two 8” x 8” gallery wrapped canvas or two pieces of 140# water color paper or other heavy substrate not less than 8” x 8”
Hair dryer or heat gun
Rotary cutter, clear ruler and mat, if you have them, if not we can share
Optional:
Brayer
Paint apron
Questions? Email Katie at joyouslybecoming@earthlink.net
Web site: at www.katiekendrick.com
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