Art Unraveled 2019

Student Level: All levels
Type of Workshop: Process/Techniques
Prerequisite: Some painting experience helpful but all levels will learn new techniques
Workshop Category: Metal Leaf, Mixed-Media, Painting

Painting on top of metal leaf gives your acrylic paintings an amazing glow. You will learn the ins and outs of applying metal leaf over both smooth and textured surfaces. You will also learn a quick way to get a similar effect on almost any surface. When you use transparent paints and glazes on top of the metal, your colors pop. Experiment with both transparent and opaque paints to create wonderful contrasts and top it off with a transparent transfer. Tyvek painted with metallic paints then heated creates a unique element to add to your painting. The article I wrote in Cloth Paper Scissors called Make it Glow, was one of the most popular. Now you can get the hands-on direct experience for making everything you touch glow like gold.

Kit/Materials Fee (payable to instructor at class time):

• $35.00 includes:
• metallic paints
• acrylic paint
• acrylic gels and pastes
• Ampersand painting panels
• metal leaf
• adhesive
• transfer
• disposable brush for adhesive
• metal tape
• Tyvek
• special metal paints
• marbleizing spray and metallic lustre cremes

Instructor Provided (for use in-class, and to share):

• texture plates
• stamps
• stencils
• markers
• heat gun
• iron
• silicone tools

Student should bring:

• soft synthetic brushes, a set from the craft store for a few dollars will give you a nice selection
• a trowel shaped palette knife
• container for water
• palette paper or plastic plates
• paper towels
• spray bottle for alcohol
• spray bottle for water
• scissors
• a pen or pencil