During this comprehensive four-day workshop on ZOOM students will learn how to hand-paint their own collage papers through a series of gel plate mono-printing techniques in the color palette inspired by their own bouquet. After creating a ‘paper palette’ students will learn various techniques for tearing and applying the paper in a ‘painterly’ manner. Emphasis will be on defining form using light and shadow, and treating every torn tidbit of paper as a brush stroke. 

Students will create impressionistic collages that look like paintings. Elizabeth will also cover how to keep your pieces perfectly flat without cockling and how to vary your paper ‘brush’ marks strategically in size and shape.

Students will receive a fresh floral bouquet delivered to their doorstep just before the workshop! 

If you are in need of a detailed Zoom Instruction Guide, please contact our Registrar - [email protected]

Workshop Schedule:

Saturday, March 6th

Meet-and-greet - 6pm-7pm CST

Tuesday, March 9th

10am - 2pm CST

Classroom Lecture

Compositional Sketch Exercise

Sketching from life demo

Painting the bouquet demo

Sketching and painting individual feedback from instructor

Students will finish painting their bouquet before the next day

Wednesday, March 10th

10am - 2pm CST

Painting Paper Techniques with the Gel Plate

Creating Leaf Prints with the Gel Plate

Students will finish painting paper for their bouquet before the next day

Thursday, March 11th

10am - 2pm CST

Collage Application Demo

Trimming Leaf Prints Demo

Students begin Collage application with feedback from instructor

Students will work on their collage before the next day

Friday, March 12th

Collage Application with individual feedback from instructor

Signing and Dating Your Work discussion

Varnishing Demo

Hanging Wire Demo