Collage & Assemblage

Collage & Assemblage

Adult Classes | This program has been canceled

585 Park Street Naples, FL 34102 United States

Studio 202

All levels

2/27/2020-3/26/2020

1:00 PM-4:00 PM on Th

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$215.00

$165.00

Learn new mixed-media techniques as you make 2-D & 3-D compositions with color that pops! Create wonderfully expressive visual poetry with paint plus anything and everything that has color. Use beads, sequins, glitter, old costume jewelry, small plastic toys, broken glass, old photos, magazine clippings, left-over wrapping papers and fabrics—even your old paintings. Discover how stenciling, cutting, tearing and gluing can lead to works of art that tell a story about your life and your times through color, shapes, forms and fantastic imagery.

  • In this class any leftover paints, even colorful house paints (called Oops! Paints found in Lowes’ and Home Depot’s paint departments) may be used.
  • • 4 new or used Stretched Cotton Canvases, Canvas Boards or 140 lb. watercolor sheets 22”x 30” or larger.
  • • 3 sheets of Masa rice paper 21”x 31” or smaller.
  • • 1 or more sheets of Grafix Stencil Film light blue or matte finish.
  • • Photos, mementos, postage stamps, wrapping papers and fabric bits, etc.
  • • Several colors of your choice FW Acrylic Inks (plain and/or pearlescent).
  • • Any acrylic and/or gouache (if working on paper) and/or watercolor (if working on paper) paints in any colors you have on hand plus 1 tube each acrylic paints in Cadmium Red, Cadmium Yellow and Ultramarine Blue.
  • • 3 tubes of metallic or pearlescent acrylic paints in any colors you prefer.
  • • 1 Bottle Gloss Acrylic Medium, 4 oz. or larger.
  • • 1 package Blick Essentials Value Foam Brushed (A06280-1409) or similar.
  • • 1 paint roller, 3”, foam or other.
  • • Glitter and/or sequins in any colors you prefer.
  • • Elmer’s Glue 5 oz. bottle.
  • • 1 Tube DAP Silicone Kitchen & Bath Sealant, 2.8 oz. Clear--available at hardware stores.
  • • A putty knife or palette knife.
  • • 1 Exactor knife.
  • • Several paper plates and small yogurt or cottage cheese containers for mixing colors.
  • • A ‘Windex-style’ spritz bottle—available at Lowes or Home Depot.
  • • 2 medium sized water containers.
  • • Masking tape and Art Maskoid masking fluid 1oz. jar.
  • • Remember, anything and everything goes! So, if you have old materials, paintings or scraps of colorful papers—bring them along.
  • • Scissors.
  • Odds and Ends
  • • A note book and pencil for taking notes. Apron or smock. Carry-all bag for your supplies.
  • Suggested Suppliers: Koenig’s Art Emporium 985 Central Ave, Naples 34102, 649-6484 is my favorite local place to find supplies. The staff is helpful and knowledgeable about the products. Catalogue and on-line shopping is available at Cheap Joe’s Art Stuff: 1-800-227-2788, CheapJoes.com (North Carolina) or Blick Art Materials, 1-800-828-4548, DickBlick.com (Illinois).
  • QUESTIONS ABOUT THE COURSE OR SUPPLIES: call Genie at 239-592-5028 or email: paintingit7@gmail.com
Kell, Genie BFA, MA

Genie’s Master of Arts degree from New York University and Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from John Herron Art Institute are complemented by undergraduate study at Yale and Columbia Universities and training at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York City. Genie has lived and exhibited her art in Athens, Greece, and on the Aegean islands of Mykonos and Santorini, and, in Venice, Italy, while completing her master’s degree there.

In addition to classes and workshops in watercolor, mixed-media, composition, oil and acrylic painting, art appreciation and art history offered throughout the U.S., since 1998, Genie has offered immersion workshops in France, Italy, Greece, and Belize through her ART ADVENTURE WORKSHOPS. Genie’s upcoming workshop, Venice: The Veneto & the 2024 Biennale, is scheduled for that autumn and will include Venice in addition to excursions to Ravenna, Padua, Palladian palazzi and other historic sites along Italy’s east coast as well as in-depth study of the international, contemporary art featured in Venice’s renown biennial exhibition.

In all her classes and workshops, while Genie is introducing new ways of thinking about art, encouraging the use of new techniques, and serving as a conduit for art methods and information, her focus is on encouraging each artist to pursue and embrace the elements that ensure success as an artist.