Mary Beth Shaw at Random Arts

March 28 -30  at Random Arts, 481 Louisiana Avenue in Saluda NC -Meet the Artist Mary Beth Shaw, Golden Paint Educator and "Stencil Girl" this weekend.

March 28 - OPEN TO THE PUBLIC from 5 PM - 9 PM. Everyone is welcome and there will be Refreshments, Door Prizes and more. Enjoy  the Trunk Show, Stencils from the Stencil Girl,  Mary Beth's newest book, New DVD's with tons of techniques, Wood Icing, and maybe a demo or two....

March 29  and 30 from 10 AM to 4 PM  - 2 full days of a "hands on" approach to the inside story and techniques for using Golden Acrylic Paints:

-Explore fascinating effects that will help you move your painting up to the next level.

-Fiber Paste and Absorbent Grounds to achieve a water color look.

-The magic of Acrylic Skins for layering that is super natural.

-Mixed Media Monoprinting, using Open acrylics and the Gelli plate.

-Learn new Color palettes 

-Metallic and Interfence that 'pop' your top (layers, that is).

She will share specific color information, bring you up to speed on which texture mediums to use for which tasks, and introduce you to High Flows and Open Acrylics. Collage, Painting, Printmaking, Skins.  Prepare to be astonished.

WHAT TO BRING TO THIS WORKSHOP:

*Surfaces to work on - rigid substrates - could be canvas panels, wood panels or gesso panels, whichever you prefer. If you are traveling, it is easiest to bring flat panels that don't have a cradle behind them. Bring from 2-4 in any size up to 12x12. If you work fast, bring more, if you work slow, bring less, but be prepared to work back and forth across more than one piece.

*Bring your favorite Golden Fluid Acrylics - a couple colors only.  There will be will bring a lot of additional colors so you can develop a specific palette around colors you already own.

*Brushes suitable for painting. Inexpensive brushes (such as the ones by Robert Simmons) work fine and Shader and Angle Shader brushes about an inch wide are Mary Beth;s preference. Bring a glue brush also.

*Water container, apron, gloves, pencil, scissors, small cutting mat, palette knife (if you already own one) and a small selection of collage items.

*Your $20 kit fee includes use of a wide variety of Golden products including paints and texture mediums. There will also be additional substrates for everyone to try including Watercolor paper, printmaking paper and Claybord. Plus there will be pencils, markers, Gelli plates, deli paper and other items to share. If you happen to own a small Gelli Plate and wish to bring it, feel free.

The fee is $250 for both days and evening activities. Contact Jane Powell at Random Arts to register.
828-749-1165 or email.

 

Cloth Fiber Workshop Offers two more Workshops for 2013

November 23 - Contemporary Rug Hooking with Yarn with Betsy Archer. Rug hooking! Learn to create contemporary designs with yarn on linen. First you'll prepare the linen for hooking and then transfer a pattern onto the fabric. Then you'll learn to color plan your project and use rug-hooking tools. Everyone will use the same pattern but you'll be able to change the design to make it unique. Level of Expertise: beginner/intermediate. Fee: $85 + materials.

December 7 - Shibori, Silk, and Sericin with Amy Putansu. In this one day workshop you'll explore a variety of traditional shibori techniques on silk organza. First you'll create resists with shibori then place the fabric into a silk-scour bath. The resisted areas will retain the crispness of organza while the areas left exposed will dissolve into a very fine sheet of silk. Next you'll over-dye the cloth with fiber reactive dyes resulting in a surface design pattern with lovely textural and visual effects.This process can also be applied to hand woven silk with sericin—examples of this will be discussed for those interested in weaving their own fabric. Level of Expertise: all levels. Fee: $85 + materials.

To register for workshops call 828.505.2958, register online or stop by the studio, Mon-Sat, 10 am - 4 pm.
Cloth Fiber Workshop is located in the Cotton Mill Studios, 122 Riverside Dr, #D at the River Arts District in Asheville, NC.