This class is about exploring the self. YOU.
It’s about acceptance.
It’s about making your mark.
It’s about self-reflection.
It’s about growth.
Join me as we practice making autobiographical art. We’ll combine expressive painting and marking techniques with words and self-images and then create an artist book. We’ll explore the self, the good and the bad, and practice making our mark on the world. We’ll start telling our own story through images and powerful words. We’ll banish our self-critic as we value everything we are and everything we can become.
Supplies Needed to bring for Class:
Your art journal
9x12 pad of watercolor paper, student grade.
Your favorite stabio all pencil, pens, pencils, crayons, charcoal, any way to make marks on pages.
Paint brushes
Rags, Paper towels & baby wipes
Acrylic paints in your favorite colors. Include white and black.
Gesso (white acrylic)
Gel medium
Scissors
Any images and ephemera that speak to you, including images that represent your favorite things and images you just like and that appeal to you.
6 to 8 photos of YOU (at any age, try bringing some childhood as well as current pictures). Please make sure you have at least 4 or 5 that are printed out on regular paper. Some techniques that we are doing will not work on photo paper. Make at least half of the photos large (the full size of the 8.5×11 paper) and they’ll be easier for you to work with. I find it easiest to use photos of myself where my mouth is closed (in other words, it can be hard to make teeth look good). I also find it easiest to use photos that are close-ups (i.e. you fill the whole frame and there is little background).
Instructor Will Provide
Handout
Stencils
Ephemera to share
Sewing machine and typewriter to share
Awls, needles, thread
Piece of canvas for your book cover.