Instructor: Patty Hawkins

YOUR visual journals of art clippings, sketchbook, drawings & photographs, for clues to inspire your work. COME TO HAVE FUN!

YOUR current work as digital CD image, and/or one of your recent works.

Several of YOUR favorite artist postcards (any medium); plus a B & W copy to cut up and draw on.

Drawing Tools:

• one plastic sleeve page; masking tape
• newsprint paper to draw on, 4 sheets (any size)
• a few colored pencils & sharpener, plain drawing pencils, eraser
• Black Sharpie type markers (thick and thin), ALSO china marker pencil
• one dry erase marker – 2 ft square lightweight clear vinyl sheet

Optional/minimal:

• Color pastels, oil sticks, a FEW fabric paints (brush & water cup)

Working tools:

• OPTIONAL Sew machine, if you envision time to do finish stitchery
• Several layers COTTON batt, in pillow case for ironing surface
• small iron, power strip, lamp if needed- 10″ PVC pipes (4) to elevate table
• reducing glass, or HALF old binocular, or similar viewing tool
• digital camera, if you have one
• rotary mat and cutter (small for paper, larger for fabrics)
• scissors, glasshead pins hand needles/thread-threads for machine

Fusing and Collage tools:

• 20 yds Wonder Under OR (Steam a Seam 2) your choice
• Teflon press sheet, but WU paper works just fine
• Elmer’s glue SMALL bottle, brush and yogurt cup for spreading
• Glue stick

Collage materials:

• Scrap bag fabrics, BEST TOOLS for collage, lace, scarves, yarn
• Fabrics you LOVE, whatever-1/2 yds-not trunkfuls-limited class time here
  many values: lights, mediums, darks, neutrals-hand created fabrics small fragments of quilt you would love to cut up
• SHEER fabrics – netting, tulle, cheesecloth, polyesters, organzas
• PAPER, all types, colorful, patterned (magazine pages important tool) wrap papers, tissue paper, paper bags, junk mail, music copies
• BATTING, 1 yd squarish, QUILTER’S DREAM 100% cotton
• 1 BLACK poster board, cut in half
• just ordinary newspaper TEXT and ads, for interesting visual texture

Patty will have on hand:

• Examples of DESIGN ELEMENTS – Studio artist SERIES work
• small amount of fabric paints
• few oil sticks, small amount pastel chalks
• Minimal sheers….minimal Wonder Under
• Minimal colored papers…magazine pages…index cards
• Digital camera…minimal ART books for example & inspiration
• I will bring batts/Hobbs Fusible Batt for all to experient

Contact Patty at artwabisabi@mac.com

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