Art Unraveled August 2013

Art Unraveled

July 29 – August 6
Embassy Suites , Phoenix-Scottsdale location

Un-Leaded- Liquid Graphite Fuel for Mixed Media Wednesday eve 6:00 – 9:00 $70

Pam Carriker

Student Level: Intermediate
Type of Workshop: Project

Derivan Liquid Pencils are a relatively new medium that allows you to add the soft look of graphite to your mixed media work in a whole new way! With both permanent and rewettable formulas, they offer a wide range of creativity and allow you to ‘sketch’ without picking up a pencil! I’ve been working with the creators of Liquid Pencil and am excited to have a new line of products that includes Pam Carriker’s Sketching Ink, making this new medium especially user friendly to mixed media artists. If you love the look of pencil but are unsure of your drawing skills, this class will give you exactly what you need to add sketching to your artwork and art journaling. For the more advanced student the sky’s the limit when you add this to what you already do and I will show you the many different techniques possible with this innovative product! We will combine Liquid Pencil with acrylics, watercolors, water-soluble media, stamping, sketching, and even use it to create texture, covering a multitude of mixed media techniques.

Materials Fee of $20 payable to Instructor at class time includes:

bottle of Rewettable Liquid Pencil Sketching Ink

substrate material

Magic Rub Peel Off Eraser

blending stump

Stencil Girls Stencil

Instructor will provide the following equipment and supplies for use in class:

paints and mediums

Loew Cornell Paint tool

water-soluble media

stencils, stamp

inks

Students should bring:

water container

palette

bone folder tool

collage papers (enough to cover 8 x 10 area)

	Thermo-Facts mixing media with Thermofax Screens	Thursday 9:00 – 4:30	$145
	Pam Carriker

Student Level: Intermediate
Type of Workshop: Project

Introducing the Thermofax screen to mixed media! This workshop begins with a lesson on printing with Thermofax screens using custom mixed printing ink and from there we will build off of the prints to create mixed media journal style artwork using wax resist, acrylic paints and water-soluble media. I will provide a Thermofax screen in each class kit. Have a design or sketch of your own that you’d like used for your screen? Email me the image when you’ve signed up for class and I’ll create your own custom screen! Not sure about using your own image, well that’s OK too because I have images of my own that I’ll happily share. If you’ve been wondering what a Thermofax is and how to use one in your mixed media work, then this class will show you some exciting ways to use them that have nothing to do with printing them on fabric!

Kit Fee of $20 payable to Instructor at class time includes:

Thermofax Screen with your own design or one of mine if you choose

substrate materials

squeegee tool

Faber Castell Mixed Media kit

Instructor supplies the following supplies for use in class:

Paints and mediums

printing ink

stamps

stencils

inks

print-making tools

wax

Students should bring:

Submit your own Thermofax design to me via email at pcarrikersart@yahoo.com

water container

paint brushes

palette

graphite pencil

assorted pens for journaling

	The Real hUe-Creating One Color Self-Portraits	Friday 9:00 – 4:30	$145
	Pam Carriker

Student Level: Intermediate – some drawing and painting skills helpful
Type of Workshop: Project

Painting portraits can be a challenge, especially when it comes to mixing colors for shading and highlighting the facial features. In this fun workshop we will work with one color, mixing shades and tints of that color to create fabulous self-portraits that depict a fanciful you, full of fun and color! Any color will work as we learn about shade, hue and tint, how to mix them and practice painting techniques that will work for most any type of mixed media work. Using a quick watercolor paper journal we’ll make in class, we will begin with a lesson on drawing/sketching a face and then build off that sketch to create unique portraits using acrylics and some water-soluble media. Unsure of your portrait skills? That’s OK, I’ll provide full support and be bringing my new Face Map Stencils for you to use if you want to. Don’t let a fear of faces keep you from discovering the Real hUe!

Kit Fee of $15 payable to Instructor at class time includes

Faber Castell Mixed Media Kit
black water soluble pencil
blending stump
kneaded eraser

Instructor will provide for use in class:

Matisse paints and mediums
assorted stamps
stencils
inks
pens
charcoal

Students should bring:

1 22 x 30 sheet of 90lb hot press watercolor paper (can be folded into 1/4ths for traveling)
paint brushes
water container
paint palette
Palette knife (plastic is fine)