3 shape exercise

WORKSHOP
Wednesday, Feb 9 & Thursday, Feb 10 from 10am - 4pm $40 per day
All materials provided
Workshop may be attended one or both days
Ages 16 + / No experience necessary

REGISTER HERE: https://www.riveroaksartscenter.com

Prepare to play!
This 2 day workshop offers Robin’s creative practice for connecting to nature with water based media. The workshop will focus on exploring wild places with both watercolor and foraged pigments as a way to relate to a place and its inhabitants.

Day 1 - PALETTE OF PLACE / Introduction to foraging for water, pigments and creative tools in any landscape.

●  Explore and forage around urban Alexandria or a local natural area

●  Creative play with a buffet of foraged plant and mineral pigments

●  Create color samples and visual ideas with a combination of created and traditional art making tools

●  Use painting, layering, collage, stencils and other methods to create finished imagery

Day 2 - SHAPE OF PLACE / Introduction to watercolor as a way to find order and relate to any landscape

● Watercolor basics - Introduction to materials and methods in the studio and on location

● Group exercises - practice 3 shape compositions, mixing colors on paper, balancing color relationships, playing with texture and timing

● Individual experiences - explore the poetry of the local landscape with problem solving assistance