Workshop | Fab Florals with Elizabeth St. Hilaire (March 26th-28th)

REQUIRED supplies:

• Rice Paper, there are lots of rice papers our there, some are too thin and some will stick to the Gel Plate. You can typically find it in the Chinese brush paintings section of the store. I use a wide variety of rice papers but to be sure you get one that is going to work, I suggest this pad of sketch paper  or the same paper on A ROLL

• Variety of found papers, sheet music, maps, hand written notes, your kids’ homework,
old book pages, dry waxed deli paper, old road maps, atlases – variety of thickness and textures. You can do this totally with found papers. 

• Decorative papers, papers you purchase at your local art supply store (not scrapbook paper) with fiber, embossing, metallic patterning, iridescent patterning. Please purchase in white or natural if possible, this allows for the most color options when painting. 

• NO MAGAZINES or shiny coated printed papers

• Gel Press monprinting Printing Plate 8x10 size with HARD RUBBER BRAYER

• Golden Fluid acrylic paints & White Gesso for under-painting on panel and hand-painting papers -- colors of your choice, keeping in mind the subject matter and your ability to mix color. Small container of white gesso for making some colors lighter and opaque and for filling in negative background space at the final stages.

• Canvas panels economy surface for support. This is mat board covered with pre-primed canvas, NOT stretched canvas, one large format such as 20x24 or 16x20 bigger is easier! (see optional wood panel)

• paint brushes (variety of sizes)
for under-painting and applying glue. OR use what you have on hand. I prefer #8 Princeton Catalyst filbert shaped short handle brush for the glue application.

• Liquitex Gloss Gel Medium, this is the collage glue. Please purchase GLOSS not matte.

• Water Container & Dollar Store vinyl table cloth/shower curtain
for table cover and/or to dry papers on.

• Paper towels for cleanup and brushes,
coated paper plates or palette paper
for paint mixing palette and keeping your surface clean.

• PENCIL AND ERASER, CONTÉ or vine charcoal for drawing your bouquet onto your prepeared surface (wood panel must be pre-gessoed)

• SKETCHBOOK OR LOOSE SHEETS
for drawing your thumbnail compositional sketches.
We will be drawing from life in this project; don’t be scared, it’s going to be FUN and flowers are very forgiving subjects!