Mixed Media Painting
Adult Class | Available
Create your own original mixed media painting series in this dynamic course. Students will explore a variety of drawing and painting techniques combined with a cut-and-paste collage approach. Through experimenting with contemporary methods for layering diverse 2D materials and mediums, participants will develop a cohesive and self-directed series of mixed media paintings that express their unique artistic vision.
What you will learn:
1. Techniques for working with found, collected and appropriated art materials
2. How to create a coherent mixed media painting series using a variety of 2D materials
3. How to layer, integrate and combine various drawing, painting and collage techniques
• 3 canvases of your choice of size (can be 3 different sizes for each) 18 x 24 inches max canvas size
• Palette knives (2)
• Reusable cups for painting/gluing/rinsing (yogurt cups, jars) SAVE YOUR RECYCLED ITEMS FOR THIS!
• Assorted basic watercolor & acrylic paint brush sets: flat, round, bristle, soft fine point, house painting (you want a variety of different tips and sizes of brushes to experiment with)
• White eraser
• Scissors
• Watercolor set
• Sharpies, assorted tips
• Modgepodge glue (matte) at least 8oz.
• Xacto knife
• Basic Acrylic Paint Set containing the following colors: Titanium White, Mars Black, Cadmium Red Medium Hue, Cadmium Yellow Medium Hue, Ultramarine Blue and Phthalo Green. 120ml (4oz) tubes recommended
• Assorted pens, markers and drawing pencils and tools (feel free to use what you already have)
• Palette paper or wax paper
• Access to materials to collage with (fabrics, textiles, newspapers, magazines, etc.)
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Emilio Maldonado
Emilio Maldonado is a Dominican-Puerto Rican artist living in Philadelphia. Received an MFA from Savannah college of Art and Design, A BFA from Escuela de Artes Plásticas de Puerto Rico and an AAS from Escuela de Diseño Altos de Chavón in the Dominican Republic. Has been featured in group shows both locally and abroad including the Santo Domingo 23rd Modern Art Museum Biennial (2013), Saint Louis Fashion Week, Philly Fashion week, Vox Populi’s Make/Shift exhibition, as well as multiple group and solo shows throughout Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico and the United States. He has been a resident artist at Elsewhere Residency in Greensboro, NC (2013) and Tiger Strikes Asteroid in Philadelphia, PA (2020). In 2021, he was named part of the 2nd cohort of the Mural Arts grant for Philadelphia black Artists and as one of the 20 emerging black artists to watch by the Philadelphia inquirer .He is also a member of Tiger Strikes Asteroid in Philadelphia, where he lives since 2017.