Mixed Media: POSSIBILITIES WITH PAPER
4 hour workshop led by Nancy Egol Nikkal. All levels.
Registration and information: nancy@nikkal.com.
This workshop includes hands-on demonstration, discussion and personal attention. Students explore various techniques working with papers.
Instructor will provide:
Various glues, paste, acrylic paints, watercolor, gouache, collage tools, brushes, palette knives, brayers, fabric, scissors, rulers and selected papers.
There may be time for students to create a simple collage with their paper media.
HANDS-ON DEMONSTRATION:
fold, pierce, cut and tear paper with scissor, brush and ruler
paint papers with watercolor, gouache and acrylic to create pattern and design
create mixed media: acrylic and oil pastel, pen, ink and wash, oil reverse drawing
build and incise texture with glue, molding paste and acrylic paint
join, expand and reshape paper substrates
laminate fabric to paper and paper to paper
modify surfaces with sandpaper
DISCUSSION & PRINTOUTS
3 Rs: Repurpose Reuse Recycle – turn junk mail into collage media
A Brief History of Collage
10 CollageTips: How to Get a Smooth Flat Even Surface
Registration and information: nancy@nikkal.com
The image nearby shows painted and embellished papers by Nancy Egol Nikkal.