Join Us @ Jerry’s Artarama in Raleigh:

Instructor: Susan Miller

Class Code: SM190428

Workshop Fee: $120

Medium: Mixed Media

Sunday, April 28, Noon – 6:00 pm

Journey into the creative process that will deepen your understanding and connection with yourself and your art-making. No matter what your skill level is, you will open up to the freedom of being fully in tune with your inner artist voice.

You will learn how to:

• Use different mediums in your art-making such as acrylic inks/paints, art-sprays and papers.

• Build a background in layers using lots of juicy inks and paint, stencils, handmade stamps, colorful collaging and natural objects.

• Use a wide range of unconventional tools such as sticks, leaves, bubble wrap, drywall tape, scratching tools and corrugated cardboard to create dynamic textures and patterns.

• Paint and collage a face in your beautiful background as a focal point of your painting.

You will go home with a vibrant painting and the skills needed to develop an intuitive creative practice that includes reflection, inspiration, color, and joy!

Supplies to Bring:

D’Vinci Birch Wood Panel 11×14

Acrylic Inks (1oz bottles) 2-3 warm colors; 2-3 cool colors; fluorescent colors are good choices for warms. I recommend either Liquitex or Golden Flow.

Acrylic Soft Body or Fluid paints: a combination of warms and cools (4-6); white and black; I recommend Golden Fluid Paints (small bottles) OR Liquitex Soft Body Acrylic 2oz tubes or jars

Sponge Brush Set of mixed sizes

2-3 Polar Flo watercolor or acrylic brushes (rounds of different sizes, #1, #2, #4, #6 are good options)

Posca paint pens: white, black, gold or silver .7mm bullet point

Marabu Mixed Media Acrylic Sprays: 1 or 2 colors that you like

1 SOHO Spray Bottle

Small jar of matte medium or Mod Podge

An assortment of art papers or a scrap pack; colors and/or patterns you like

1 Sheet of Craft foam

Scissors

8×10 Strathmore watercolor pad

I will have photo references of animals, birds, botanicals, faces you may like use in your painting or you can bring some of your own.