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Mixed Media Floral Still-Life*

In this fun and fast-paced full day class, we'll combine paper, paint, and mark-making to create beautiful floral still-life paintings on a canvas board. We'll make our own collage papers and I'll share a new background technique that works for canvases and art journal spreads as well as an easy and unique way to create an under-painting for your floral composition.

Students should bring:

• Baby wipes, scissors, paper towels, apron, water cup
• ​Acrylic paint - several colors, plus black and white (I also recommend Payne's Gray)
• Paint brushes - 1/2" and 1" flat brushes, a detail brush, a round brush (#4 or #6 is good)
• Glazing Medium
• Matte Medium and both large and small brushes to apply
• A selection of neutral papers and ephemera
• Patterned paper (can be scraps,) gel prints, etc... with a variety of colors and prints (we'll also make some of our own.)

Optional:

• Multiple shades / hues of the same color paint (ie Cadmium Yellow, Mars Yellow, Burnt Umber)
• Detail applicators for your paint (ie Dina Wakley paint tips, Fine Liner bottles) or paint pens, especially for black and white
• Acrylic inks (gold if you have it, or gold fluid acrylic paint)
• Black "Stabilo All" pencil
• Heat gun
• Rubber stamps, stencils
• Some dimensional embellishments or fabric to accent the top layers of your piece.

Teacher will provide:

• 11"x14" canvas board
• Some collage paper options to share
• Some dimensional embellishments to share
• Deli paper
• Stamps and stencils to use in class

*Note that this workshop is exclusive to Eat Cake Create retreats in the Western United States and Canada throughout 2019.

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Class Sample

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