First, click on Lynne's name above, and see what she's all about. Then come back here and see what she gave to me and everyone else in the workshops.
One of the things I loved about Lynne is that her art, while gorgeous, is also low-tech and low-cost. We painted on red rosin paper, the stuff that contractors put on your floors to protect them. It can be found at Home Depot for a few dollars a giant roll. We used inexpensive water soluble oil pastels and cheap acrylics. We used common objects for texturing.
We began with some mechanics. Our paper had to be coated with gesso, and at this phase we were to add lots of texture -- I embedded tulle, cheesecloth, and tissue paper into the gesso. I added further dimension with sequin waste, and made marks with a plastic fork, an old credit card, stamps and stencils.
We hung the paper up to dry:
We hung the paper up to dry:
Then we did a great warm up exercise. One that Lynne uses every day in her studio. We looked at a copy of a Durer woodcut and each of us selected one image from it and using a small piece of black construction paper, either cut or tore it to represent the image we chose. We then took our images to a blank wall, and arranged the silhouettes:
Following this lively and interactive exercise we broke for lunch. This is how both days began. More later.....
7 comments:
Thanks for sharing this fabulous experience.Iam enjoying it immensely.Cant wait for the next installment!
Lee
Eileen, hurry and post more on this exciting journey...glad you made the trip and can share...I'm eager to learn more! Diann
Eileen, I am loving your posts about your wonderful weekend....thank you so much.
Hugs, Judee
This was very interesting, Eileen. Can't wait to read the next installment.
Carol
Eileen, I am loving reading about your experience with this wonderful sounding artist. It sounds amazing!
Having been there for one day of the workshops, I can say for sure that you have captured the essence of the class perfectly in this post!!
Hello Eileen,
here I am for your trip with Lynne Perella !
I' m curious what you have done with the gesso painted and textured paper : I'll read your other posts...
Great exercise you did on the collage with the black paper : it immediately makes you think outside the box !
greetings from belgium
Inge
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