Imagine glass being shattered. The random shapes and patterns are totally unpredictable. Now take these haphazard glass pieces and marry them with watercolors; then add your own playful attitude. Like music on paper, colors flow in delicate waves.
Imagine glass being shattered. The random shapes and patterns are totally unpredictable. Now take these haphazard glass pieces and marry them with watercolors; then add your own playful attitude. Like music on paper, colors flow in delicate waves.
Join Big Island artist Patti Pease Johnson for her “Experimental Watercolors” workshop from noon-3:30 p.m. April 8 at the Volcano Art Center. The cost is $50 or $45 for VAC members plus a $10 supply fee per person. Beginner and intermediate artists are welcome.
Each student will create three to five separate 8-by-8-inch watercolor paintings on cold press watercolor paper using pre-broken glass as a catalyst to spark creativity. Students also will be taught theories of good composition along with color theory and color wheel use.
“You can’t help but wonder what is going to happen after your first piece of glass is put on watercolor paper,” Pease Johnson said about the experience. “In painting, the more chances you take, the more you will stretch the limits of your understanding and, in turn, the more you will grow as an artist.”
Pease Johnson’s artwork can be found at galleries and shops throughout the state and in collections around the world.
For more information about the workshop or to register, call 967-8222 or visit www.volcanoartcenter.org.