Start With the Mark (Online Workshop) Winter 2025 w/ Sandi Neiman Lovitz
February 24 to March 10 (Mondays), 1:00 PM to 4:00 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.
Please check your email spam/junk folder for your Zoom invite.
DEMO: https://youtu.be/hOHUdECqLUI
Workshop Description
All art starts with a mark; no matter what media you use. Sandi will teach you mark making while working with three water-based mediums: acrylic paints, Stabilo woody (3 in 1 pencil), Kwik Stix Tempera sticks. Each week the workshop will introduce one of the mediums which will then be combined together to make a fun piece of work. Free your creative juices no matter how little or how much experience you have because there are always endless possibilitties to discover. You just have to let go.
Whether you paint abstract, figure or stll life, you can add expression to your art by making silly marks, and doing things with the innocence of a child.
After taking this workshop you will be excited to keep learning and honing your skills.
Workshop Outline
Week 1
Before Break:
Introduce yourself.
Slide show and review of artists who start with the mark.
Talk about stretched canvases.
After Break:
Introduce Woody and demonstrate Woody. How to set them and use them by themselves and with acrylic and water on canvas and mixed media pad.
Demonstrate using tree branch, brushes on canvas and in mixed media sketchbook. Tape Woody to a branch to illustrate making the mark and a pencil to a twig for sketchbook.
Session 2
Before Break:
Slide show on Chagall or other art with tempera paint and show my work with Kwik Stix.
Introduce Kwik Stix. How to set them and use them working on a canvas and sketch book.
Afer Break:
Student finish their work.
Sandi will give individual feedback by looking at students work.
Session 3
Before Break:
Slide show/demo with Sandi’s pieces and some other artists.
Brief: Mixing all three mediums together.
Sandi will work with Acrylics and will demonstrate working with acrylics and layering with medium.
Students will start their work.
After Break:
Student can finish their work.
Sandi will give individual feedback by looking at students work.
Workshop Materials
Materials and tools to bring
Water
Mixed Media Pad 9” x 12’”
Two 11 x 14 stretched canvases
One 18” x 24” or larger stretched canvas
Adjustable water sprayer
Large palette or palette paper
Acrylic paint:
Pthalo Blue
Pthalo Green
Cadmium Yellow Medium
Cadmium Red
Ultramarine Blue
Ivory Black
Yellow Ochre
Light Green
Dioxazine Purple
Cadmium Orange
Quinacridone Magenta
Titanium White (double up on this)
Matte acrylic medium
Any Jumbo colored pencils
Stabilo Woodys 3-in 1 pencil
Kwik stix tempera sticks
Long tree branch, 24 -30”
Small tree branch, 6”
Silicone shapers
Artist sponges
Masking tape
Scissors
Brushes: Flat, wash, round, very small to 4”
February 24 to March 10 (Mondays), 1:00 PM to 4:00 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.
Please check your email spam/junk folder for your Zoom invite.
DEMO: https://youtu.be/hOHUdECqLUI
Workshop Description
All art starts with a mark; no matter what media you use. Sandi will teach you mark making while working with three water-based mediums: acrylic paints, Stabilo woody (3 in 1 pencil), Kwik Stix Tempera sticks. Each week the workshop will introduce one of the mediums which will then be combined together to make a fun piece of work. Free your creative juices no matter how little or how much experience you have because there are always endless possibilitties to discover. You just have to let go.
Whether you paint abstract, figure or stll life, you can add expression to your art by making silly marks, and doing things with the innocence of a child.
After taking this workshop you will be excited to keep learning and honing your skills.
Workshop Outline
Week 1
Before Break:
Introduce yourself.
Slide show and review of artists who start with the mark.
Talk about stretched canvases.
After Break:
Introduce Woody and demonstrate Woody. How to set them and use them by themselves and with acrylic and water on canvas and mixed media pad.
Demonstrate using tree branch, brushes on canvas and in mixed media sketchbook. Tape Woody to a branch to illustrate making the mark and a pencil to a twig for sketchbook.
Session 2
Before Break:
Slide show on Chagall or other art with tempera paint and show my work with Kwik Stix.
Introduce Kwik Stix. How to set them and use them working on a canvas and sketch book.
Afer Break:
Student finish their work.
Sandi will give individual feedback by looking at students work.
Session 3
Before Break:
Slide show/demo with Sandi’s pieces and some other artists.
Brief: Mixing all three mediums together.
Sandi will work with Acrylics and will demonstrate working with acrylics and layering with medium.
Students will start their work.
After Break:
Student can finish their work.
Sandi will give individual feedback by looking at students work.
Workshop Materials
Materials and tools to bring
Water
Mixed Media Pad 9” x 12’”
Two 11 x 14 stretched canvases
One 18” x 24” or larger stretched canvas
Adjustable water sprayer
Large palette or palette paper
Acrylic paint:
Pthalo Blue
Pthalo Green
Cadmium Yellow Medium
Cadmium Red
Ultramarine Blue
Ivory Black
Yellow Ochre
Light Green
Dioxazine Purple
Cadmium Orange
Quinacridone Magenta
Titanium White (double up on this)
Matte acrylic medium
Any Jumbo colored pencils
Stabilo Woodys 3-in 1 pencil
Kwik stix tempera sticks
Long tree branch, 24 -30”
Small tree branch, 6”
Silicone shapers
Artist sponges
Masking tape
Scissors
Brushes: Flat, wash, round, very small to 4”
February 24 to March 10 (Mondays), 1:00 PM to 4:00 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.
Please check your email spam/junk folder for your Zoom invite.
DEMO: https://youtu.be/hOHUdECqLUI
Workshop Description
All art starts with a mark; no matter what media you use. Sandi will teach you mark making while working with three water-based mediums: acrylic paints, Stabilo woody (3 in 1 pencil), Kwik Stix Tempera sticks. Each week the workshop will introduce one of the mediums which will then be combined together to make a fun piece of work. Free your creative juices no matter how little or how much experience you have because there are always endless possibilitties to discover. You just have to let go.
Whether you paint abstract, figure or stll life, you can add expression to your art by making silly marks, and doing things with the innocence of a child.
After taking this workshop you will be excited to keep learning and honing your skills.
Workshop Outline
Week 1
Before Break:
Introduce yourself.
Slide show and review of artists who start with the mark.
Talk about stretched canvases.
After Break:
Introduce Woody and demonstrate Woody. How to set them and use them by themselves and with acrylic and water on canvas and mixed media pad.
Demonstrate using tree branch, brushes on canvas and in mixed media sketchbook. Tape Woody to a branch to illustrate making the mark and a pencil to a twig for sketchbook.
Session 2
Before Break:
Slide show on Chagall or other art with tempera paint and show my work with Kwik Stix.
Introduce Kwik Stix. How to set them and use them working on a canvas and sketch book.
Afer Break:
Student finish their work.
Sandi will give individual feedback by looking at students work.
Session 3
Before Break:
Slide show/demo with Sandi’s pieces and some other artists.
Brief: Mixing all three mediums together.
Sandi will work with Acrylics and will demonstrate working with acrylics and layering with medium.
Students will start their work.
After Break:
Student can finish their work.
Sandi will give individual feedback by looking at students work.
Workshop Materials
Materials and tools to bring
Water
Mixed Media Pad 9” x 12’”
Two 11 x 14 stretched canvases
One 18” x 24” or larger stretched canvas
Adjustable water sprayer
Large palette or palette paper
Acrylic paint:
Pthalo Blue
Pthalo Green
Cadmium Yellow Medium
Cadmium Red
Ultramarine Blue
Ivory Black
Yellow Ochre
Light Green
Dioxazine Purple
Cadmium Orange
Quinacridone Magenta
Titanium White (double up on this)
Matte acrylic medium
Any Jumbo colored pencils
Stabilo Woodys 3-in 1 pencil
Kwik stix tempera sticks
Long tree branch, 24 -30”
Small tree branch, 6”
Silicone shapers
Artist sponges
Masking tape
Scissors
Brushes: Flat, wash, round, very small to 4”