Laurie Margheim
Flowers for you! Floral Interpretations
Mixed Water-based Media Workshop
Flowers for you! Floral Interpretations
Mixed Water-based Media Workshop
March 7, 2015
Presbyterian Church
by Susan L Stewart
All you need to do is take a look at Laurie’s Materials List and you’ll understand the focus of this workshop is truly mixed-media. Among the media she recommended bringing were watercolors, acrylics, crayons, pastels, oil pastels and inks.
Presbyterian Church
by Susan L Stewart
All you need to do is take a look at Laurie’s Materials List and you’ll understand the focus of this workshop is truly mixed-media. Among the media she recommended bringing were watercolors, acrylics, crayons, pastels, oil pastels and inks.
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Although we could use our own flower photos, Laurie brought beautiful tulip arrangements for us to paint from. She and Beatrice set up dramatic lighting and the opportunity to paint them from life was a wonderful experience. Because we all couldn't sit in front of the arrangements and paint, many of the participants took photos of the tulips on their phones and used that as their reference. While she didn't spend a lot of time demonstrating, she spent more than the usual amount of time mentoring us individually.
She taught us a new technique that produced very interesting patterns on our paintings. After our painting was done, and while it was still wet, she stretched a piece of plastic wrap on top of it. It took two people to do this so the plastic wrap was tight. Then she chose one or more interesting areas, picked the plastic wrap up by pinching it and twisted it. The plastic wrap pulled into a spiral shape. We put the paintings outside in the sun for about a half hour until it was dry and then removed the plastic. It brought very interesting movement to the piece. Laurie is an exceptional artist, fun and energetic. She brought the workshop to life and everyone enjoyed themselves. |
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