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RESIST!: Mixed Media Techniques with Gel Plates
July 7, 2024 @ 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm
$219.00An 2-Day In-Studio Workshop!
Sundays, July 7 and 14, 1-5pm
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About this Workshop:
Oppose and defy the ordinary and mundane as we create mixed media gems utilizing an array of resist materials on gel plates. Express your personal aesthetic with mark-making, drawing, stenciling and other methods of making images and patterns using chalk and oil pastels, markers, wax crayons and other household materials. These materials resist acrylic paint and allow for textured and nuanced results for stand-alone prints or foundations for layering. Some gel plate printing experience recommended.
Level: Intermediate – Participation in the Gel Plates and More! Workshop or other similar introductory experience with gel plate printmaking (6 hours) is required.
Registration extended to July 3, 2024. Material fees are included with your registration to cover the supplies provided in class. Students may/will need to gather/purchase additional materials for class (see the materials list below). This list will also be provided with the registration confirmation email.
Sample images by Sharon Robinson
CLASS MATERIALS LIST:
Registration includes a $10 materials fee to cover consumable materials provided in class, including stamps and stencils, additional paints, pigments, paper, and materials for resist. Students will need to supply additional materials of their own, including:
- 8”x10” or larger gel plate (Gelli Arts or Gel Press brands recommended)
- An assortment of fluid and/or tube acrylic paints (mid-range)
- Pad of 8”x10”’ or 9”x12” 140lb. hot or cold press watercolor paper (example) or 98 lb. mixed media paper (example)
- (optional) Personal apron (we’ll have extras) or wear clothes that can get messy
- (optional) Notepad/sketchbook and writing tools to take notes
YOUR INSTRUCTOR:
Sharon Robinson is a mixed media artist specializing in abstract collage and assemblage currently residing in the Washington, D.C. area. She earned a master’s degree in urban design and community development from MIT and worked in the urban transit and development field for 20 years in Los Angeles and Portland, OR., prior to becoming a full-time artist in 1999. She has also been a muralist, instructor, gallery manager and arts program administrator. She exhibits her work in the Washington DC/Maryland area as well as other cities and teaches mixed media classes at the Smithsonian, The Torpedo Factory in Alexandria, VA, Pyramid Atlantic Art Center in Hyattsville, MD and other regional art centers, as well as in her personal studio. Her community activities include serving on the board of Pyramid Atlantic, the Mt. Rainier, MD Arts Commission and SCRAP-USA, a network of nonprofit creative reuse centers.. Learn more about her work at www.therobinsonstudio.com.