LISA JENNINGS: ACRYLIC PAINTING AND MIXED MEDIA
6 WEEK CLASS ON WEDNESDAY'S
About the Artist
Lisa Jennings
Lisa is a full time artist using mixed media in every aspect of her lifetime career, whether painting, sculpting, teaching, speaking or mentoring. Her artworks are created mainly on canvas using pigmented, printed or batiked papers and she sculpts in wood using found objects along with welded objects, stones, bones for additives to her sculptural pieces. Lisa’s work is shown in galleries, permanent museum collections, corporate collections and collected privately internationally. As an amazing multi faceted artist she offers many different classes using mixed media as her platform. Her holistic manner of teaching is her way to share forward her love of art as healing, fun and inspiration “When you learn, teach. When you get, give.” Maya Angelo
About the classes and workshops
Lisa will be teaching many classes at Mud Puddle Pottery. Over the course of time, she will be sharing her knowledge in:
- Acrylic Painting & Mixed Media: Lisa will go over acrylics using fluid or soft gel acrylics. She will talk about the different mediums used for creating with mixed media. There are many different ones and she will explain her favorite four that she has used in her processes. Lisa will go over the kinds of brushes, paper and other tools that can be used with acrylic painting and mixed media. The paint and tools will be utilized in your personal journals.
- Pigmenting Papers: Making Papers ~ Lisa uses a lot of paper in her mixed media paintings. Since this is the core of her work she will share with you her special techniques that she’s been using for over 20 years. The techniques you may learn: Gel Plate, which is printing on a synthetic gelatin plate with mulberry papers and rice papers, Butcher Block papers Mono Print, which means one, but Lisa will teach you how to create multiple prints with as little paint as possible, and Batik Resist which is also referred to as wax resist.
- Stamps & Stencils: You will be creating your own stamps and stencils to use on your papers and paintings. You will put them to use on your canvas and/or on the papers created.
- Mark Making: You will learn about a unique way in which to express yourself through mark making. This is important and key to your regular art practice.
- Collage: Lisa will be teaching how to adhere not only magazine clippings but thin metal, fiber, etc. to add texture, layer, color, depth and contrast to your works.
- Fiber & Stitching: If you used to embroider or cross stitch you’ll love this additive for your mixed media. You will explore adding some stitching to your pieces for more added interest and texture.