Spring 2024 Workshops and Classes
Painting With Cold Wax Medium Workshop
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Studio School
March 1 & 2, 10:00am - 4:00pm
Registration for VMFA members, Nov. 12, 2024, 8:00am
Registration for non-members, Nov. 19
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Introductory Collage Workshop
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Studio School
Feb. 15, 10:00am - 4:00pm
Registration for VMFA members Nov. 12, 2024, 8:00am
Registration for non-,members, Nov. 19
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Intro. to Mixed Media Painting Class
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Studio School
Begins Feb. 3. - April 21, Mondays, 10:00pm - 1:00pm
Registration for VMFA members Nov. 12, 2024, 8:00am
Registration for non-,members, Nov. 19
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Oil Painting Independent Study
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Studio School
Feb. 6 - April 24, Thursdays, 10:00am - 1:00pm
Registration for VMFA members Nov. 12, 2024, 8:00am
Registration for non-,members, Nov. 19
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Private Lessons at My Studio
Richmond, Virginia
$75/hr for 1 person
$100 ($50 per person) for 2 people
Please send me an email to schedule. Please use the supply list for the weekend workshop for oil and cold wax lessons.
Supply List for Weekend Workshop
Must Haves
Cold Wax Medium (will be available at the workshop for $5 or bring your own. I use Gamblin)
Arches Oil Paper pad, 9” x 12”, 12 sheets
1” painters tape (blue, white, or green)
Palette knives (will use mostly for mixing paint)
Oil Paints (it is helpful to have dark, light, warm, cool and at least one transparent. Good transparent colors to have are: transparent earth orange, indian yellow, or brown pink. If you plan to buy, student grade is fine and a
Gamblin 1980 basic set is good.)
Nitrile gloves (purchase at drug store)
Would Be Really Nice to Have
Messermeister Silicone Bowl Scraper. (Available on Amazon or Cold Wax Academy)
(This is an excellent tool for applying CWM. I will have some available to share if you aren’t ready to purchase)
Would Be a Luxury to Have
An Inovart Pro Roller 4” Brayer (Available on Amazon or Cold Wax Academy)
(This is also an excellent tool for applying CWM. I will have some available to share if you aren’t ready to purchase)
Bring if You Have But Don’t Purchase
One or two old paint brushes
Any old brayers
Drawing Tools Such as: charcoal, pencil, wax crayons, oil bars, china markers, R&F Pigment sticks, chalk pastels, pan pastels
Disposable palette or freezer paper for palette
Scissors
Ruler
If you have any questions regarding supplies please send me an email! [email protected]
Supply List for Weeklong Workshop
Same us above but you will need more surfaces and wax. Also, if budget allows, it would be nice to have a couple of RF pigment sticks and a few Caran Dache Neo Color II crayons in your favorite colors.
SURFACES I recommend trying Arches Oil Paper (12" x 9" pad), Multimedia Artboard (white) and Cradled Wood Panels. The paper is perfect for quick studies, warmups, alla prima sessions, and more! The multimedia artboard is great and it packs well. Semidry pieces can be stacked with wax paper and travel very well. Works on paper and artboard do not need gesso and can be easily mounted onto panel later. Cradled panels are the most popular substrate for cwm work. For the workshop, sizes between 12" x 9" and 20" x 16" would be good and you may want to gesso before workshop. If you have old paintings, oil or acrylic, that you want to paint over, that is a great surface. If painting over an acrylic painting, lightly sand or coat with clear gesso to remove any slick or shiny surface so the wax layers will adhere properly.
WAX you will need at least a 16 oz. can of Gamblin Cold Wax! I will have extra in case you need more.
Helpful Links for Reference AFTER the Cold Wax Workshop!!
Abaca Lens Tissue for collage and image transfer
Wet Strength Tissue for collage and image transfer
Oiler Boilers Gaunt Industries
Multi media art boards
Lyra Graphite Stick
Caran 'Dache Neo Color II Plaza has individual colors for sale
Stabilo Woody Pencils This set of 6 includes sharpener
Marabu Art Crayons
R& F Pigment Sticks
Art Graf Watersoluble tailor's blocks
Stencil Girl
Elizabeth Schowacher handmade brushes for cold wax
Online art newsletters/magazines/forums to check out
Hyperallergic.com
Ocula.com
Twocoatsofpaint.com
Brooklynrail.org
Youtube Favorites
Dan Tirels - monoprints with recycled materials and more
Yeates Makes - mixed media, lots of gel prints
Brian Rutenberg - abstract painter with random advice, tips
Lewis Noble - abstract landscape painter
Jon Peters -Longview Woodworking - strip frames made with paint sticks
Collage Workshop
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Studio School
October 7, 2023
Registration for VMFA members Aug. 8, 2023, 8:00am
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Collage Workshop Supply List
Please Bring
1 large glue stick (Elmers or Uhu)
Scissors
Xacto knife
Old paint brush
Pencil
Old phone book, magazine, or notebook to use as a surface when applying glue to paper
Surfaces and papers, see below
Surfaces (could be: watercolor paper, heavy print-making paper like BF Rives or Stonehenge, chipboard or cardboard from cereal box, illustration board (Crescent makes small packs of precut illustration board that are nice!)
Papers You will need a variety of papers. Just bring what you have. You don’t need all of these and don’t worry about it if you don’t have much time to prepare. I’ll have a few to share.
From Around the House: junk mail, magazines, old books, sheet music, food labels & packaging, old letters, stamps, photos, greeting cards, paint chip samples, fabric scraps, shopping bags, small objects (like keys, buttons, metal scraps, etc,.)
Make Some Papers:
*Take book pages & splash ink on them…use straight ink and watered down ink
*Stain papers (any kind of paper: book pages, copy paper, rice paper, mulberry paper, tissue paper, newsprint, etc.) with red wine, coffee, tea, blueberries, turmeric, diluted acrylic paint, etc. Make solid colors, some with marks, drips, etc.
*Burn marks, hold paper over candle. Might want to seal with spray fixative.
*Scribble - just make crazy marks with graphite, charcoal, etc. Seal with fixative
*Citra Solve National Geographic (see YouTube videos for instructions)
*Monoprints - put some acrylic paint or ink on a non-absorbent surface and press paper on it
*Gel prints -make papers with gel printing plate, see YouTube for instructions
Bring if you have but don’t buy:
Small self-healing cutting mat
Acrylic matte medium
Small water color set and brush
Metal ruler
Color pencils
Few tubes of acrylic paint in favorite colors
Few bottles of ink (any kind but alcohol ink)
Mixed Media Mondays Fall 2024
Martha Prideaux
[email protected]
snow, hurricane, tornado, flood, alien invasion, etc. call 804-367-0816 for recorded message re: open or closed
Note: This is tentative and subject to change! I have some materials to share so it’s not necessary to purchase all items mentioned. We will discuss the upcoming week the week prior!
Week 1 Sept. 9 Introductions and review Martha’s favorite mixed media materials. Zine. Collage Makeovers - Add new life to old paintings/drawings with collage
Friday, Sept. 13 VMFA Studio School Faculty Show Opens 5:00-7:00
Week 2 Sept. 16 Make collage papers with gelli plate and other techniques
Materials:
- Acrylic paint with medium viscosity (craft paint works better than heavy-bodied)
- Papers: tissue, teabags, deli, rice paper, old book pages, music pages, etc.
- Ink: acrylic ink, india ink, Parker Quink
- Soft pastels and one oil pastel (to use as a resist…color doesn’t matter)
- Gelli plate : 8” x 10” recommended
- Brayer, paint brushes, color shaper, squeegee, q-tip, and other tools to move/apply paint
- Texture makers: crumpled tissue, bubble wrap, lego, ribbon, embossed wallpaper, plants, etc.
Materials:
- Substrate: watercolor paper or any heavy paper. Could also use panel or canvas.
- Adhesives: glue stick and acrylic matte medium
- Scissors, xacto knife, self-healing cutting mat
Friday, Sept. 27, Full Moon Cabaret2 Fundraiser at Artspace, 5p -8p, $50 12” x 12” art, need ticket
Week 4 Sept. 30 Select some collages and paint/draw on them, add more collage
Materials:
- White acrylic gesso, any paint (if you want to use oil paint, you could use clear gesso to protect papers)
- Any mark-making tools
- Adhesive (glue stick, acrylic matte medium, cold wax for oil painters)
Week 5 Oct. 7 Monoprinting on gel plate - making finished pieces using gel plate
Materials:
- Acrylic paint with medium viscosity (craft paint works better than heavy-bodied)
- Print-making paper and/or cold press watercolor paper
- Gelli plate
- Color Shaper, Messermeister scraper, silicone brush, q-tip, paint brush etc. for moving paint around on the plate
- Sharpie, posca pen
- Brayer
- Scissors to cut stencils, some collage papers and stencils
Week 6 Oct. 14 Guest teacher (substitute)
supplies TBD
Week 7 Oct. 21 Mini critique &develop work previously started, optional exquisite corpse (surrealist game) for Halloween
Friday, Oct. 25 Martha show at Artspace opens 6:00 - 8:30
Week 8 Oct. 28 Trace Monotype
Materials:
- Photocopies of images to trace
- Black oil paint
- Palette knife
- Watercolor paper
- Watercolor paint
- Paintbrush
Week 9 Nov. 4 Automatic Drawing/Painting (Steven Aimone inspired)
Materials:
- Paper or other surface that will accommodate acrylic paint,16” x 20” ish
- Black acrylic paint, white gesso,
- Charcoal, tools to apply paint like: paint brush, squeegee, credit card, color shapers, palette knife
Week 10 Nov. 11 Mixed media slideshow and develop work
Materials: bring what you need to develop your work!
Week 11 TBD
Week 12 Nov. 25 Critique and Party (collaboration “game”)
Materials: Mark-making tools, glue stick, collage paper, watercolor paint, acrylic paint, etc.
SNACKS or LUNCH :-)