Description
CREATIVE BREAKTHROUGHS WITH MIXED MEDIA
Instructor: Victoria Templeton
Dates: January 7 – February 11, 2025 (6 weeks)
Tuesday evenings, 4:30-6:30 pm
Price: Member $155 / Non-member $185
*Drop in class, $30 each with advance registration. Call the office to sign up 508-362-2909.
Location: Cape Cod Art Center, Studio A
Feeling stuck in your painting process? Want to explore new directions or materials but don’t know where to start? This course offers exercises, exploration, and encouragement to dive into creativity through the exciting world of mixed media. Each week offers a new project. By combining different materials and techniques, you’ll discover new ways to express yourself and reignite your creativity. Use these dynamic approaches to unlock your artistic potential and find new possibilities in your work, be it abstract or representational. My mantra: It’s just paper, paint and a touch of imagination. Can’t take the full session? Drop ins welcomed!
Supply List: I put a list on Blick’s website, however, look for wherever is affordable to you-: I shop for some supplies at Dollar Tree.
Blick U Course Supply List | BLICK Art Materials (dickblick.com)
- Acrylic Paint: You can use basics student grade or cheap craft paint. Required *Black, *White, and *Gold, the rest are suggested. Bring a range of your favorites.
- Black *
- White*
- Cad yellow Lite (or one similar)
- Cad Yellow Med or Yellow Ochre
- Alizarin Crimson
- Cad red Lite or similar
- Ultramarine Blue
- Phalo Blue
- Quinacridone Magenta
- Gold Metallic*
Black Acrylic Ink* and any in colors you like. Acrylic inks in transparent primary colors (you can also thin paint with flow medium but will be different effect)
Tools
Variety of brushes: Make sure one is at least 1.5-2” inch synthetic flat and a synthetic rigger brush.
Cheap brush or sponge sticks to apply glue/medium
White Gel Pens, Black Gel Pens
Spatulas, sticks, drawing instruments, graphite pencils of different sizes, colored flow pens, scrapers, rags, sponges, anything in that junk drawer. A catalyst (or old credit card, scraper, squeegee)
Printer Paper (used is fine)
*5”x5” (or close to that size) art paint journal ( 90-140lb} with a strap Be sure it can handle pen and paint-some bleed through! (Amazon also sells in packs) we will use at every class.
11×14 or larger Pad or tablet of Canvas or Multimedia Paper: I use Canson Multimedia. You can easily tear it out.
Matte Medium (and maybe splurge for Heavy Gel Matte Medium)
Painters or Artist tape
Baby wipes
Shop towels (not paper towels!): Available at Home Depot in paint section or hardware stores in auto aisle, they are usually blue. Cloth like: Way better than paper towels.
A good mix of collage papers: Use old letters, cards, wrapping paper, magazines-visuals/words that resonant with you.
Scissors and a straight edge like a ruler or such
Substrate-Large foam core board or strong panel/board to tape your paper to, (check out kids’ craft section)
Bio: A native San Franciscan and longtime California resident, Victoria discovered multiple forms of creative art everywhere. The abundance of fresh emerging art and old masters works inspired her drawing and painting at an early age. She majored in acting at Loyola Marymount University and studied costume design. For over twenty years she worked in management in the luxury fashion industry. She loved the passion and creative process of designers. In the 1990’s, she explored fashion design and illustration but found her true life passion was fine art painting. In 2000, she studied with Roger Armstrong, a master painter and school founder at the Laguna College of Art and Design. With Roger as her mentor, Victoria learned boldness and to take risks. “It’s only paint and paper” he told her. Roger introduced her to plein air and shared many approaches to outdoor painting. He was one of the first participants in the famous Laguna Beach Invitational for Plein Air. When he died in 2007, the Irvine Fine Art Center asked Victoria to continue his class. She discovered another ardor, teaching. Her approach, like her mentor, encouraged students to lose fear, take risks and view painting as a process. Her key mantra is “Express your voice.” Later in 2015, Victoria and her husband, Bob, retired to Barnstable in Cape Cod. She put teaching aside and focused on building a body of new artwork, trying out new techniques. She occupies studio space at The Old Schoolhouse in Barnstable Village. She is a continuous participant of the CCAC plein air group and contributed to their second 2019 edition of Plein Air Painting on Cape Cod. She received recognition in several Cape Cod exhibitions. She is a juried member of the Cape Cod Art Center and happily teaching again.
“Child-like curiosity and play remains the most important part of my work. When I trust creative energy and stop my critic’s chatter, my paintings reflect the authentic relationship I forged with the subject. I paint in all mediums, using what feels best for me that day. I remember Roger’s motto- It is only paint and paper!” www.victoriatempletonart.com Instragram:@brushandpenmakeart
