Collage to Distraction with Pete Monaghan. 3rd & 4th Aug 2024

Saturday 3rd & Sunday 4th August.
10am to 4pm each day. £145 for 2 day workshop

In this course we will look at ways of moving away from a direct representational painting towards an abstracted image, without ever actually arriving in pure abstraction. We will learn ways of collaging to distract and detract from the obvious; helping us to create paintings with more depth and sophistication.

Working in acrylic on board or canvas we’ll use corrugated cardboard, takeaway coffee cups, newsprint, bubble wrap and a plethora of other everyday materials that will initiate fresh ideas taking our work off on unsuspected tangents. The emphasis will be on exploratory and experimental work rather than finished pieces.

List of Materials for students to bring

Pencils -soft e.g.7B.

Brushes, I prefer flat brushes with nylon bristles (2cm up to 10cm wide)

Palette knife or plastic shapers (an old credit card works well).

Paper, preferably heavy weight, smooth cartridge (200gramm), size A2 or similar

Quantity 4 sheets minimum.

Canvases, or wood panels prepared with gesso.

Acrylic paints -good quality..

Acrylic gel or modelling paste (for sticking collage).

Water soluble crayon or graphite (CaranD’ache Neocolor II)

Craft knife and scissors

Printing roller (Brayer)

Items to collage (Old maps, newspapers, cardboard, takeaway coffee cups).

In this workshop our theme will be floral arrangements.

Previous drawing experience preferred.