I found this when looking up how to block print on fabric. Looks like this blog has some additional interesting DIY projects. www.threadbanger.com I’ve been carving some stamps myself to make repetitive abstract prints with added colored pencil. Any thoughts? ^Leslie
Jan 252012
Saturday, 4 February 2012 2:00 pm
Artist Ray Lee lives and creates in Athens, Georgia. Painting in watercolor or drawing in pencil – his studio is provisional: his car, an open field, the dining room table. Ray has exhibited in multiple juried exhibits over the years (the Annual Lyndon House Juried Exhibition and the OCAF Small Works Exhibition to name a few). He also draws from the model, participating in open studios around the Athens area.
Saturday, 18 February 2012 1:00 pm
Learn to paint your own delicate silk scarf or a vivid wall hanging! Silk is a fabulous fabric that takes color wonderfully. Wear old clothes and be ready to create something beautiful. No experience necessary. We need 8 people to make this class happen so sign up with a friend!
:::: Rene Shoemaker, a fine artist who creates textile art on silk. Using dyes as her paint, and silk as her canvas, she seeks to capture beauty in the every day surroundings that we live in. Graduating with a fine art degree from the University of Georgia was only the beginning for Shoemaker – she considers her real training to have come from life, living, and her interactions with people, places and things. Her pleasure in silk painting pours through in the the relationships she creates via colors, lines, shapes, and balance. To Shoemaker silk is a medium that speaks of light and movement, texture and weight, delicately voicing her artistic understanding of both place and community.
Jan 252012
Saturday, 11 February 2012 1:00 pm
Encaustic painting, also known as hot wax painting, involves using heated beeswax to which colored pigments are added. The liquid/paste is then applied to a surface—usually prepared wood, though canvas and other materials are often used. The simplest encaustic mixture can be made from adding pigments to beeswax, but there are several other recipes that can be used — some containing other types of waxes, damar resin, linseed oil, or other ingredients. Pure, powdered pigments can be purchased and used, though some mixtures use oil paints or other forms of pigment.