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Watercolor Prints with a Gelli Plate Workshop

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Wed., OCTOBER 29  9:30 – 2:30
Watercolor Prints with a Gelli Plate
with Sharon Giles – $45 partial day

Most artists use acrylics for printmaking with a Gelli Plate, but Sharon will reveal to you her watercolor secrets. You’ll produce wonderful, glowing results, intense color, and many prints — even newbies! We’ll also explore the use of masks, stencils, stamps and other texture tools. In this class, go ‘beyond basic printing’ by making simple masks, doing’ a ‘two-stage print’ for a ‘finished’ look, and a ‘direct painting print’ over a photo.

Supplies:
Teacher will supply: paper plates, deli paper, cardstock for making masks, stencils, stamps, texture tools, etc.

Please bring: a pad of 9 x 12″ watercolor paper, 4 to 6 tubes of watercolors (wc pans do not work), old credit card, wc brushes, paper towels, photos. Also, a Gelli Plate, brayer, hair dryer if you have them (or you can borrow).

 

Held at Sparks Studio of Creative Arts, 509 W. Main St., Arlington TX 76010 SparksStudioArt.com

Register at http://www.sparksstudioart.com/class-details.htm

 

 

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2014 Christmas Crafts Workshops

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Each year the Irving Art Association participates in “Christmas Card Workshops” for children at the Irving Arts Center. We do a number of Christmas-themed crafts besides the cards, including face painting, ATCs, and prints. This year I bought the materials for making wrapping paper and this was a big hit. Last Christmas and this year, I did gelli plate prints using tempera paint with the kids. This year Linda Shotwell assisted me. We used holiday-themed masks that I had created and stencils we had purchased. Lots of fun!

The workshops are held on the Open House on the first Friday in December, plus the next three Saturdays. Unfortunately the Great Ice Storm of 2013 cancelled the party for the first weekend. I did make the second Saturday workshop, but the flu struck me down for the last workshop. So here are photos from the only one I participated in:

Linda gelli-printing

Linda gelli-printing

Junanne Peck teaching ATCs
Junanne Peck teaching ATCs

Susan Murray assisting with creating wrapping papr
Susan Murray assisting with creating wrapping papr