WORKSHOPS: PRINTMAKING & PAPER ARTS

This workshop guides students to create a 3D piece of art using a variety of materials. The artwork fits inside a provided 10x10 2in. shadow box frame. Many different kinds of materials are provided, and students can bring their own items to personalize their art. i.e.; photos or memorabilia. Decorative and vintage papers, magazine images, and a variety of 3D objects are included. We will discuss composition, color themes and layering of items. Students are encouraged to assemble 3D items to create depth and dimension. Students leave with a framed piece of art. Very often a story develops around the art.

Please bring a lunch.

Location:

The MIX Creative Space

9125 Diceman Drive

Dallas, TX 75218. 

Downstairs in the White Rock United Methodist Church.  
Entrance A on the north side near the accessible ramp. 

The second iteration of the Basic Print Sampler series, this workshop introduces the technique of Dry Point Etching. Traditionally this technique is done in copper, but we will use commonly found materials such as Mylar for the matrix. Explore a variety of tools like needles, safety pins, scratch art tools, and sandpaper to create your etching. In keeping with non-toxic practices, you will gain experience using watercolor crayon as ink. This process will allow you to create full color images and will provide you with the skills to continue creating prints at home without a press!

No experience necessary. Even if you say you can't draw.... you can trace images.

Location:

Terri Thoman - Paper Arts
118 N. Peak Street
Dallas, TX 75226

Supply Fee:

A $20 supply fee is payable directly to Dallas Artisan Fine Print Studio. Please bring a check, cash, or credit card to the workshop.

This workshop combines a bit of chance-taking along with sound guidance, input on problem solving, and allows the intuitive juices to flow! We'll focus on a variety of techniques and materials which can layer with one another and allow for a broader, more confident way of approaching mixed media.

Approaches to composition, color, mark making and spontaneity will be addressed. Participants will come away with a working knowledge of materials, products, and their use and a sense of how exploration, experimentation and creating in the NOW can enhance your current practice and become the inspiration for new ideas.

You'll be experimenting with various papers and media, including Mulberry and tissue paper with Acrylic, Inks, Brusho powders, Watercolor and more. Supply info below.

Please plan to bring a lunch.

Supplies:  All supplies included. You are welcome to bring additional supplies from the following list.

• Watercolor - or any brand
  
• Tissue
• Acrylic Paint (any brand) 
  
• Speedball inks
  
• Woodys
  
• Inks
• Mark making tools
• Palette knives
• Shapers & Shapers too
  
• Acrylic medium
  
• Canvas Pad
• Dr. Ph. Martin's Bombay India Inks
• Pipettes
• Brusho
• Mulberry Paper
• Brushes of all sizes
• Paper rusting iron and vinegar
• Gelli Plate

Location:

The Bonny Studio & Encaustic Center, 580 W. Arapaho #271, Richardson, TX 75080, 214-405-5993

On Arapaho between Custer and Hampshire: Come in from Arapaho at the Camelot Shopping Center sign - at the Donut store - keeping the Donut store on your right. We're in a few stores in, on your right. You'll see signs on the windows that say The Encaustic Center and The Bonny Studio, next door to one another.