Abstracting the Landscape of Your Mind (Online Workshop) Fall 2024 w/ Gwen Fox
October 4 to October 18 (Fridays), 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM, Eastern Time
**All sessions are live and will be recorded, students do not have to be present. All recordings will be available to students for 3 months after the final session, after 3 months the recording will be deleted.
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DEMO: https://youtu.be/jpGf-xmQFH8
Workshop Description
This workshop will consist of going deep into your stories and your life, pulling from those feelings to create abstracts that are dynamic and engaging. We each have stories and experiences but dismiss them as not important.
Each story needs an outlet...perhaps in an abstract form! Putting these two things together is what this workshop is all about. Going deep and creating from within YOU. This allows your abstracts to be filled with excitement and depth, while being presented in a quiet personal way.
So, what will this workshop do for you? It will give you the freedom to learn to trust your intuition and your inner voice. This workshop is expansive in thought which will allow your spirit to create with amazing depth.
Workshop Outline
The course will consist of demos, conversations on the mind creativity connection, confidence, the inner critic, developing your personal artistic voice and style, knowing when to stop before ruining your painting along with pdf presentations.
Week 1 -
Demo on “no name “colors.
The importance of neutrals.
Pdf presentation.
How to start an abstract.
Week 2 -
How to never be without a composition.
Shapes.
Developing sensual edges.
Center of interest.
Honest Critiques.
Week 3 -
Finishing the painting.
What do you want the painting to say?
Questions to ask to decide if a painting is finished.
Honest Critiques.
Q&A and final thoughts.
Workshop Materials List
Acrylic Colors
Indian Yellow
Quinacridone magenta
Transparent phalo turquois
Any other colors that strike your fancy
Black Gesso…..smallest container you can find
White Gesso
Oil colors if using oils
Transparent orange (Gamblin)
Asphaltium ( Gamblin ))
Opaque orange of your choice
Blue of your choice
Indian Yellow
Quinacridone magenta
Transparent phalo turquois
Titanium white
Black
Supports
You can use any working surface you wish.
Gamsol
BRUSHES
Use whatever brushes you normally use but here are a few suggestions for oil paints.
Raphael , Kevrin Series 8772 size 18,
Raphael , Kevrin Series 877 size 24
Da Vinci Kolinsky Marder 1833. Size 10
The sizes you get depend on the size of your surface you plan to create on….
Depending on the size canvas you are working on you can go to a really good paint store and get a 1 inch, 2 inch of a brush
Paper towels
Notebook
Pen
Square charcoal
Matte Krylon spray or Krylon fixative spray ( this is if you want to use the charcoal)
Palette. If you don’t have a regular palette then you can use freezer paper. This paper has a slick side and that is the side you use.