The Annual Art Exhibition for the Dupont Art Club is being held next week at Ventor Hall off Blatchington Road in Hove (BN3 3YE). It is on from Thursday, and Friday August 24th, 25th from 10-5 and Saturday August 26th from 10-4.
Come see an amazing display of all types of affordable art as well as cards and some crafts.
Caroline Marsland demonstrated the use of mixed media to the Dupont Art Club class on January 18th, 2017
It is important to chose the media to match the painting. Layering is the key to mixed media.
She pointed out that almost anything can be used in a this type of painting.
Suggestions for the first layer could be regular or water colour paper which could be painted, layered in tissue which is glued on, or use of old maps, newspapers, fabric, canvas, wood, metals, old books, etc.
Layered materials which can be used are all types of paints, inks, pens, pencils, charcoal, pastels, chalks, waxes, as well as fabrics, pieces of wood, leaves, wire, modelling paste used with stencils, etc.
In her demonstration, she chose a photo of a Maori painted face which she drew and layered with stick charcoal using a child’s birthday wax candle to highlight the eyes and added water colour to the face. She glued on hessian for the hair and painted it black.
She encouraged everyone to search online for demos using mixed media to find new ideas and other sources of inspiration.
