Fluid Florals: Bows & Blooms with Claire Wilson
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Saturday, February 8, 11am - 12:30pm PST
2023 was definitely the year of the bow and they continue to appear on the runway, and in floral and home decor. February is the perfect time to celebrate all things romantic with some ribbons and roses, and we'll be embracing the coquette aesthetic with some playful paintings of flowers and bows.
Flowers have been a constant source of inspiration for my textile designs for many years and I just find it so therapeutic to try and capture their beauty with paint. There’s something magical about the fluidity and movement of pigments traveling through water that can represent the iridescence of petals.
In this session we’ll be studying flowers and observing their wide range of color and depth, while exploring wet on wet, charging, and pulling techniques. We’ll move pigments around to capture the magic of flowers and bows.
Join Zoom 15 minutes early (10:45am) for an informal meet and greet with the instructor and other class participants! Session instructions will begin promptly at 11:05am PST so that everyone has plenty of time to join!
SUGGESTED MATERIALS:
- Your favorite watercolor paints - I'll be using a palette of reds, pinks, burgundy, and greens. *I’ll be using the CFM all the feels custom blends palette as it's perfect for flowers*
- Mixing Palette
- Brushes - large/medium round and a small/medium flat brush if you have one - these are great for painting ribbons
- Cup of Water
- Paper Towel
- Watercolor paper - I’ll be using my fave 140lb Arches cold press watercolor paper but any 140lb/300gms watercolor paper will work
- Spare sheet of paper to swatch colours/warm up exercise
- Pencil - I like to use 2H/3H Floral reference - fresh flowers are great if you have access to some, I’ll also be providing reference photos.
- *optional - washi or artists tape
- **Filbert Brush - my fave brush for painting flowers
ABOUT CLAIRE:
Claire Wilson is an artist, creative educator, and textile designer living in Brooklyn, NY. Through her work she explores the beauty of the human form, interior spaces & fashion while considering the use of color, shape and textures. Having spent her career creating fabric designs in the fashion industry, color palettes are the foundation of her practice. See more of Claire's work: @smudge_studiobk, www.smudgestudiobk.com
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