Mary Alice Braukman-Workshop Descriptions


 		  

 


 

 

#1 Experimental Water Media
   with Mary Alice Braukman NWS

This workshop is an adventure in risk-taking, pushing the medium as far as it will go. It involves new ideas and new ideas in techniques of layering, showing textures by means of collage, and how to create different surfaces. Recycling of old paintings in some layering techniques and will ultimately be collage papers. One goal is to give the student awareness, of the medium, and emphasize visual growth in a self-expression. The class will begin with two days of techniques and discussing how to enhance paintings. These first two days will not be a time to complete paintings. Braukman will demonstrate, show slides of her work, other experimental artists, individual and class critiques each day. All styles of painting, representational and non-representational are welcome. She feels this is not a class for beginners because they should know their medium first before “breaking rules.” Mary Alice ‘s layered, paintings invite the viewer to study the complex compositions that fit together to create unity, and to experiment with color that stimulates excitement.

#2 Mixed Water Media and Collage Design Workshop

 (Usually follows Workshop #1)Art Center, workshop. This workshop will involve the new ideas and new ideas in collage. The class will begin by doing basic design studies with torn or cut colored papers that will be your basis for a larger painting. This is your “thumb nail” sketch but in collage form. It will teach the student to simplify shapes and strengthen design.
The basic steps in collage are to help the student think about design and begin abstract thinking. These techniques conquer the fear of permanency that paint often gives the student. This allows freedom and breaks intimidation many students have when beginning new techniques or are in a new situation. Anything and everything are possible. The following days will cover: various paper use, transfers, staining, marbling, work with found objects, applying collage over painted shapes and sometimes cutting up old unresolved paintings and redesigning the shapes and form. This class is for all levels and serves as an excellent means to increase the painter’s awareness of shape, color, hard and soft edges, and textures. These collages can become sophisticated pieces having depth and coming “off the page” or simply exercises in design and color.

#3 Experimental Techniques in Pouring of Mixed Media

We have covered this technique in the #1 but not in depth. Pouring mixed water media paints onto sculptures and flat paper. Thinking of three-dimensional work or flat. We cover this in brief form in the #1 workshop. This is for the experience painter and one understanding color and design. We do not simply pour and let accidents become your painting. This becomes a study of taking accidents and experimenting with fluid colors and pulling it together.

Braukman will demonstrate, show slides of her work and other artists working in similar modes, individual and class critiques and discuss how they can best learn to evaluate their own work.

 New Challenges to Experimental Art & Printmaking - the Arts Center St. Petersburg
February 16-20, 2004
 Mary Alice Braukman, NWS, Joan Klutch, AWS
Joan Klutch and Mary Alice will team teach a five day workshop on all new ideas and techniques of layering, developing textures by means of collage, and using various mediums to create broken surfaces. This class will cover monotype and solar printing These images will then be printed on various surfaces (papers, acetate, aluminum, canvas or the base of your choice.) These techniques will be developed in conjunction with new and different Golden mediums . Discover why and how to use these mixed media techniques in your style of painting. Our main class goal will be to give you (as participants) an awareness of the use of these mediums and to emphasize visual growth in your art through self expression. All styles of painting are welcome. Everyone will participate and benefit through a sharing of ideas.

This page was last updated on 02/24/2008

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