IN THIS COURSE:
• Learn how to build beautiful backgrounds with layering, blending and different surface effects for one-of-a-kind results.
• Find out how to add layers of colour, create washes and splashes for backgrounds that catch the eye and keep it there!
• Enjoy a fun exercise and become comfortable working with a variety of tools, nibs, paints and inks. Once you are confident painting poppies on the paper you could do it on the canvas.
• This course could be like a reference course, you can take your time and always come back to desired sections to review it. Take your time and learn patiently. You might not finish this course in a few days, don’t worry!
I want to get out your true artistic potential. Are you ready? I’m ready! Let’s get started!
MATERIALS:
BUILDING TEXTURE:
1. Liquitex Light Modeling Paste 16-Oz, 16 oz
2. 5 Pieces Versatile Palette Knives
3. Cheesecloth 100% cotton, White
APPLYUNG COLOURS:
4. Sargent Art 8-Ounce Watercolor Magic Set
5. Liquitex BASICS 48 Tube Acrylic Paint Set
6. AMERICANA DAZZLING METALLICS FAN FAVORITES SAMPLER SET
or
7. Sargent Art Liquid Metals 4 oz Metallic Acrylic Paints, 6 Colors
8. Daler - Rowney FW Ink Pearlescent Effect (Set of 6)
9. Mont Marte Art Paint Brushes Set
DECORATING AND VARNISHING:
10. Pearl EX Assorted Pigment Powder Set
11. Flatback Rhinestones Round Beads Gem Pearls
12. Liquitex Professional Gloss Varnish, 8-oz
13. Liquitex Matte Varnish
Here are examples of abstract poppies created by my amazing students:
WHO THIS COURSE IS FOR?
Mixed Media Abstract with Poppies is for everyone who loves poppies and who wants to create bold and expressive abstract floral artwork! For artists looking to try their hand at abstraction and are open to a non-linear and open exploration of paint and mixed media. Anyone who wants to learn more about composition and balance, color and texture, pattern and contrast!
Your Instructor
My paintings is the creation of opposites in a variety of rhythms and textures.
I combine different materials in order to overcome the challenge of achieving harmony and unity in my work. Some of my paintings are highly textured and have imbedded objects.
I explore this fine line of ambiguity between pure abstraction and implied realism through the process of layering color and organic texture. My objective is to evoke a sensation or memory in the viewer, of a place remembered or imagined, without literal reference to landscape.