Classes on pause

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One of my favourite things to teach because I loved learning it at Ontario College of Art. I accidentally ended up having to take an entire year of colour theory and have never looked back

Knowing how to translate all the colours that are in your head onto the physical plane is very liberating, and essential! We will use this knowledge to make the happiest rainbow of colours with our epoxy

I have been experimenting and excelling in this medium for many years and I am so excited to share everything that I know.

All that we learn in this class can carry over to many other mediums

We will also learn all about the wonderful world metallic foils. Rummage through my vast supply of intensely bright and shiny foils which are brilliant (literally) as an entire background layer or as finely applied detail

My goal as an artist is to always feel free to play and experiment. Everyone will have a different recipe for success. Included in mine are these ingredients: knowledge of materials, wide open space and the freedom from expectations and boundaries

I use holographic foils to create the base for the sky paintings. The depth you achieve is like no other medium. It's the closest thing to deep space that you can come to in the human world

Starting with the holographic foils, we'll add a sprinkle of stars, neon swirls of colour and a dusting of magic

Epoxy can be tinted to any depth of colour.  When it's all mixed together, you can stand back and watch the amazing transformation as it blends in its own cosmic way 

You will learn so many amazing things about the medium of epoxy: how to tint it, what products to use and where to get them as well as new artistic ways to use it in combination with traditional mediums such as acrylics, raw pigments and alcohol inks

 Classes are small and take place in my studio/gallery in Carleton place. It's a wonderful, large and sunny space where we don't have to worry about making a mess! 

The best way to  achieve super transparent magical water is by starting with holographic silver or blue foil

We'll mix our own personal idea of water, from green to turquoise to deep royal...the holographic base will do the rest!

We'll play around with making seaweed, or other background bits by drizzling coloured epoxy in a free-form technique

Any colour of the rainbow, don't worry, I have loads of reference material on hand

Iridescent powders in clear epoxy help finish the look 

The epoxy takes anywhere from 3 to 24 hours to cure or to be ready for foiling. So in order to achieve a special depth of colour and texture we would need about 3 separate half days to add multiple layers of flowers, grasses and colour. 

This is a fun experimental stage that includes acrylic underpainting, setting the tone and layout of the painting. We then work with epoxy and foils along with other medium to create dynamic, natural textures 

This stage takes place over several days, as each layer cures we add metallic foils, more colour, more flowers and grass

Mid-week dates are available upon request

any day of the week except Wednesday

You can also get your own group together, and then we can discuss possible dates

Weekends, or combinations of both are also available.

Let me know if you have some dates in mind