Stop by for a free sample of Yupo paper! This how-to video demos some of what it can do:

Sep 242012
 

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This video by Toronto artist D.D. Gadjanski demonstrates some of the different characteristics that set Yupo paper apart from other watercolor papers. Yupo is, in fact, NOT paper but a polypropylene sheet that’s silky smooth to paint on with acrylics, oils, watercolors, inks, or gouache.

  • colors stay intense because they don’t absorb into the paper, yet they are permanent
  • you can reactivate the watercolor easily and wipe out areas or soften edges
  • unique textures are possible due to the striking, sharp edges and puddling of paints on the surface
  • you can use wipe-out tools to draw back into the paint with more contrast than watercolor paper

 

Beginning Silk Painting with Rene Shoemaker $45

Jan 262012
 

WE NEED 5 MORE PARTICIPANTS TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN!!! Sign up today.

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! Call us at 706-548-5334 or come by and make your $45 seat deposit. Here’s a peek into what you’ll be doing.

 

:::: 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.
You can view her work in person at Jittery Joe’s Five Points (it’s hanging from the ceiling) and online at reneshoemaker.com or coffeecuppress.tumblr.com.