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Watercolor and Soft Pastel Mixed Media Workshop
Founders Hall Studio 120 W 3rd Avenue, Grand Marais, MN, United StatesWatercolor and pastel have long individual histories in visual art as media favored by artists to work through ideas with color in a more immediate/direct manner than oil, fresco, encaustic, egg tempera, and, more recently, acrylic media usually allow. Carl will review some of the individual characteristics of the two and then we will focus […]
Oil Painting: Concept to Execution
Founders Hall Studio 120 W 3rd Avenue, Grand Marais, MN, United StatesA successful painting starts before paint is ever applied to the canvas, with a solid concept. We will look at this part of the process by exploring what other artists have chosen to paint and why. Students will then develop an oil painting from a selection of subject matter and composition through paint application. Tom […]
Art Journaling Re-invented
Founders Hall Studio 120 W 3rd Avenue, Grand Marais, MN, United StatesRehab an old book by transforming it into a personal piece of art. Supported by instructor prompts, students will build foundation pages; create permissions to self and write a creative manifesto; play and experiment with new materials, techniques and textures; and develop a visual language to honor and express aspects of life through an art […]
Spontaneous Process Painting
Founders Hall Studio 120 W 3rd Avenue, Grand Marais, MN, United StatesSupported by writing prompts and instructor guidance, students will discover how creating mixed-media work on one surface reflects their life experience, wisdom, desire, joy, resistance, and their own visual voice. Themes such as mindfulness, acceptance, trust in self, and painting as journey rather than as destination will be woven throughout. The class environment is void […]