Wild Landscape and Gardens
August 6th, 9am-12pm and August 13th 9am-12pm
Explore the use of found papers and textiles to create mixed media layers as a base for stitch and collage. Creative exercises will introduce you to the application of different materials such as old cloth, handkerchiefs, clothing, vintage fabric and found papers as means to create ‘paintings with cloth’ supported by live demonstrations and guidance by the tutor
Your ‘visual narrative’ will take inspiration from the garden, landscape and wild flowers/wildlife or your own references and themes.
At the end of this course, you will have increased knowledge and confidence in working with a number of techniques used to create complex layered surfaces exploiting found materials and basic media (paint, inks etc) .You will discover how the everyday things you have to hand can be a rich tool for both resource and reference. This course is suitable for complete beginners or those with some related experience.
About the teacher:
Cas Holmes approach is hands-on, experimental with a strong emphasis on using found materials and inventive applications of textile and mixed media processes as part of the exploration of developing a 'creative language
Author for Batsford Books