VIRTUAL WORKSHOP: Color: A Workshop for Artists and Designers

In this dynamic mixed-media textile and painting class, students incorporate painting and drawing vocabularies into a variety of textile media. Students are encouraged to translate their personal imagery into fiber paintings, exploring formal conversations including color, mark making, foreground/background, and conceptual questions about memory, presence, and absence. Surface texture, narrative, and atmosphere are explored through the combination of methods and techniques. This experimental workshop is an opportunity for students to add new image making approaches to their studio practices, including image transfers, painting, and textiles.

Through material exploration of water-based media, this workshop moves students from initial narrative concept to execution with the help of in-class discussion and the implementation of techniques pre-existing and newly formed. Participants learn the processes and methods for effective use of water-based media to create vibrant imagery in the studio, and to work swiftly and spontaneously on-site wherever our painting journeys may take us. The workshop is guided through demonstrations, lectures, and in-class painting time, as we work with feedback from the instructor and classmates to develop a rich and dynamic painting practice.

This intermediate-to-advanced painting workshop focuses on developing an abstract language through the exploration of various water-based painting methods. While some students may be looking to shift into abstraction from a representational practice, other participants who have experience creating abstract paintings are encouraged to bring deeper focus and consistency to their imagery and approach. Prompts are provided to foster new ways to develop mark, surface, expression and meaningful color choices.