Mark Making: Ruth Asawa with Melanie Lan
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Saturday, January 25, 11:00am - 12:30pm PT
Mark making describes the different lines, dots, marks, patterns, and textures we create in an artwork. It can be loose and gestural, or controlled and neat. We each have our own unique way of mark making, and discovering the limitless possibility is part of what makes art so immensely joyful!
Ruth Asawa was a Japanese-American artist known primarily for her abstract wire sculptures inspired by natural and organic forms. Despite her fame as a sculptor, she was also a prolific painter and explored many types of media, including watercolor.
In this workshop we will practice the art of watercolor glazing to explore the way Asawa layered her sculptures. This class is a wonderful way to play with layering and painting from light to dark. We will also observe her beautiful paintings of the natural world.
"Art is not a series of techniques, but an approach to learning, to questioning, and to sharing." - Ruth Asawa
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 PT so that everyone has plenty of time to join!
SUGGESTED MATERIALS
- Watercolor paints (especially colors that have a richness and depth, dark colors like indigo are great for this.)
- 2 or more pieces of watercolor paper
- Water
- Mixing palette
- Brushes, any that you have! Flat brushes are great for this one
- Paper towel
- Optional: tape, for sealing edges
- Optional: hair dryer for speeding up drying time
- Reference photos will be provided
ABOUT MELANIE
Melanie Lan is an artist and illustrator based in NYC. She earned her MFA in painting at the Burren College of Art in Ireland, and has an interdisciplinary background in painting, cross-cultural studies, and somatic psychology. Her work explores the intersection of healing, meaning-making, and the natural world. In her free time Melanie is a selenophile who loves tide pools, stargazing, big trees, and long walks with good snacks.
View more of Melanie’s work at melanielan.com and Instagram: @melanie.lan
All workshops are recorded and the replay will be automatically available the day after class to everyone who paid for a spot! The link to the recording will expire 30 days after the date of the workshop.
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** If you’d like to cancel, please let us know as soon as possible so that we can open up the spot! We are only able to refund if we’re notified at least 48 hours prior to the workshop.
Thank you so much for taking our workshops. We do ask if you are planning on teaching in the future by using anything you’ve learned from us, to please credit Case for Making + the individual instructor where applicable.
