Susan Osborn
Monday–Wednesday, 10 AM–1 PM
January 5–7
(3 days, 9 total hours of instruction)
La Jolla Studio
$150/170
Follow your imagination and the patterns in fabric scraps as you combine them with painted paper cutouts and paints. This is a chance to recycle many colorful fabric leftovers into fantasy creations. Compositional forms will be explained with a focus on movement and repetition. During the first-class meeting, Susan will demonstrate techniques for preparing paper and glueing items smoothly, and she will provide some fabric scraps for your use. She will be working on a mixed-media collage while in class. The following classes will be used to complete a larger work using still life or photographs as inspiration.
Materials: Fabric scraps, paper,* acrylic paints, 11” x 14” canvas (or larger), gesso, brushes, clear acrylic medium, copies of old photos, magazines for collage, scissors. Useful additions: Rags, scraps of foam-core, corrugated cardboard, mat board, colored pencils, soft pastels, oil pastels, India ink, watercolors.
*Paper for the base of the artwork needs to be at least 100 lb. Pick no smaller than 16” x 20”. Various sizes and types of art paper (Arches cover, Stonehenge, Bristol) are good. All kinds of scrap paper and wrapping paper can be used in the mixed-media art piece.
Immediately after you register, look for a confirmation email and receipt. In the week preceding the class start date, you will receive another email with more details.