Paint & Vintage Magazines with Erin McCluskey Wheeler
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Thursday, March 26, 5:00pm - 6:30pm PT
This is an online workshop held via Zoom.
In this workshop we will combine an element from a magazine — vintage or contemporary — with paint to create new settings and surreal placements for our objects. In my own work, I am very drawn to vintage images of travel - cars, suitcases, etc. and I like to start by gluing these to the page and then painting around and on top of these images. By starting off with a found image, you can have fun with color and narrative and try out new possibilities for making artwork.
Join Zoom 15 minutes early for an informal meet and greet with the instructor and class participants! Class will begin promptly at 5 minutes past the hour, so everyone has plenty of time to create!
SUGGESTED MATERIALS:
- Paper to paint on - mixed media weight or watercolor paper
- Low water glue for attaching the magazine image to the paper (Yes! Paste, Nori paste, GLOO glue stick, or others)
- Your favorite watercolor, gouache, or acrylic gouache hybrid paint
- A few paint brushes, at least one fairly small brush for details
- Water cup and cloth for cleaning your brush
- Vintage magazines or other images that you’d like to use - you can precut a few choices to have on hand and we’ll talk about image selection in more detail. If you don’t have any magazines, feel free to print out an image to use or use an old book image or postcard.
- Optional: a pencil and ruler
ABOUT INSTRUCTOR
Erin McCluskey Wheeler is a Bay Area artist who works in painted paper collage, writing, and found materials. Erin is a faculty member at the 92nd Street Y in New York and teaches at the Richmond Art Center, Ruth’s Table, and other Bay Area art centers. She has designed and filmed two classes with Creativebug and her mixed media work has been licensed and sold with West Elm, Samsung, Target, and Minted. Erin has been an Artist in Residence for the City of El Cerrito, the City of Walnut Creek, Nick’s Cove, and Creighton University. Erin holds a BA in Art History and Studio Art from Beloit College and an MFA in Writing from California College of the Arts.
erinmwheeler.com // IG @erinmwheeler
THINGS TO KNOW
Zoom links are emailed 24 hours prior, and again 15 minutes prior, to the workshop start time. Please check out using the email address to which you’d like the link sent. If you have not received the link within 24 hours of your class, please check your spam folder first, then email friends@caseformaking.com.
Workshop recordings are sent automatically the day after class to everyone who paid for a spot, and are available for 30 days after the date of the workshop.
If you need to cancel, please let us know as soon as possible so we can open up your spot! We are only able to refund if we’re notified at least 48 hours prior to the workshop.
If you are planning to teach in the future using anything you’ve learned from us, we kindly ask that you credit Case for Making + the individual instructor where applicable.
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