Description of Class:
Express emotions boldly and fearlessly! The palette knife opens the doors to mixing colors with great texture and making a personal statement with your art. The palette knife translates movement of the wrist to a dance on canvas! Create in either oil and cold wax or acrylic.
Materials:
Paint:
Acrylic heavy body paint, assorted colors
Medium gel: matte and gloss
OR
Oil paint: Assorted colors plus white
Cold Wax Medium
Other supplies:
Palette Knife (different metal sizes)
Palette to mix colors on
Old rags and or paper towels
Canvas paper or heavy Mixed media paper (minimum size14x17)
Gesso
Masking Tape
Board
Clips
Reference images that inspire you!
About the Instructor:
West Virginia based multimedia artist, Yoyi Fogarty-Bennett, has learned and mastered many mediums including ink, watercolor, charcoal figure & still life drawing, acrylics, mixed media, cold wax and encaustic painting. She also designs and makes hand-crafted jewelry, textile art and is a firm believer in upcycling objects and materials.