A Closer Observation
This class is predominantly for those who have previously studied on Exploring Place at the Granary Studio.
A Closer Observation gives you the opportunity to take a more detailed look at your surroundings in order to truly understand the world around you. Part of this workshop will be spent outside – looking, listening and touching – to collect information from the environment. This material will be documented with drawing and writing. Back in the studio your collections will form the starting point for experiments with paper, cloth, stitch, mark-making, collage and printing to create a unique and personal record of your exploration of place.
Requirements:
The participants will bring:
SEWING
- Sewing Kit (needles – large and small scissors, tape measure, pins etc)
Hand sewing threads in a range of thicknesses – black and white and 3 colours of your choice
Cloth - A variety of heavy and lightweight fabrics – an excellent choice would be:
- 5m white linen
- 5m white cotton
- 5 white silk
- A few other scraps of cloth that you enjoy using
DRAWING, PAINTING AND PRINTING
- Soft pencil (6/8B)
- Hard pencil
- Graphite stick
- Black ink
- White wax candle
- Black fineliner pen
- Black thick felt tip pen
- Red, blue, yellow watercolour paints – either tubes or a palette
- 30ml Golden Fluid Acrylic Paint – 1 each of any red, blue and yellow https://www.jacksonsart.com/golden-fluid-acrylic-paint
- Paint brushes – a range from thick to thin
- Mark-making tools
- Paper
- 3 large sheets of good quality paper (approx. 200 gsm)
- A large sheet of greyboard/mountboard
- A4 pad white cartridge paper
- A sketchbook for taking notes, drawing and writing
- A few sheets of other interesting papers that you might have.
OTHER MATERIALS
- A magnifying glass
- A bradawl
- A pair of paper scissors
- Scalpel
- Rotary cutter (optional)
- Cutting mat
- Ruler
- A camera/phone
- PVA glue
Bookings
This event is fully booked.