Description
This workshop is a collection of classes I have done with a variety of art supplies. You can check out what each class in this collection offers below! Charcoal: Exploring Abstract Art with Different Types of Charcoal \ Ruling Pen: Explore Adding this Mark-Making Tool to our Art Practice \ Graphite & Gold: Create Interesting Abstracts in a Limited Color Palette
In this class, we are going to play and experiment with the Ruling Pen. The ruling pen is an instrument for drawing with ink or other drawing fluids. Originally used for technical drawings in engineering and drafting. We will be using it as an inexpensive alternative to my very favorite (kinda pricy) Kakimori Dip pen for mark-making and drawing in art.
I’ll show you lots of different options you can use as your dip paints – including acrylic inks, paints, and how we turn a thicker paint into a usable solution to be used in the pen. We’ll do several small projects in class to get you warmed up and used to how the ruling pen works. I think this will become one of your favorite tools once you give it a try!
This class is for you if:
- You love learning new techniques for your art
- You are interested in learning more about the ruling pen and how you can use it in your art
- You love watching how others approach their art practice
Supplies:
These are the supplies I’ll be using in class today.
- Canson xl cold press 140lb watercolor paper
- Ruling pen
- Acrylic inks, high flow paints, flow paints, etc… Once you watch the video Warmup Exercises – you’ll see how many types of paint you could try out with your pen.
- Golden Airbrush Medium – we’ll be using this to turn thicker paints into a usable fluid to draw with.
- Painters tape and any other mark-making and art supplies you want to use in the abstracts you create in class.
In this class, I wanted to experiment with a very limited color palette and experiment with my graphites and some gold. I love how interesting gray and gold can be together. Not a color combo that a lot of people use. I am going to pull out all the forms of graphite I have, and all of the gold options in my studio and do some experimenting. Then when we pick what we want to work with, we’ll create several different abstracts and see what we can come up with.
I have so much fun limiting myself when I start creating. Sometimes when you have too many options – you get stuck before you even start not knowing where to go or what you want to create. When you limit yourself to a certain set of materials or colors, you then immediately start thinking of what you could create and you eliminate the frustrations you had when you had too many options.
This class is for you if:
- You love learning new techniques for your art
- You are interested in experimenting with graphite and gold
- You love watching how others approach their art practice
- You love experimenting with your art supplies
Supplies:
These are the supplies I’ll be using in class. Get creative and experiment if you have some other supplies or ideas that come to you as you go through the class and are creating some of your own art.
- Canson Heritage cold press 140lb watercolor paper – use what you have on hand or your favorite paper to play on.
- Kuretake fluid graphite
- Kuretake Gold Mika Paste & Ink
- I’ll show you some other options you might consider in class for the gold and the graphite. You can get creative and use what you have on hand.
- Watercolor brush – I’m using the Raphael soft aqua brush in size 0
- Water-soluble graphite pencils and sticks
- Optional – Gold posca pens, gold watercolor, gold acrylic paint, gold leaf, etc…
- Painters tape
In this class, I wanted to explore charcoal. I decided it would be fun to gather all the types of charcoal I have and see what we could create. It turns out that I have collected lots of different types of charcoal over the years! I have so many fun types to show you today… pencils, pans, blocks, liquid, and more! Who knew there were so many types out there!!
Such a versatile medium to work with! I want to try out the different types and colors and create some cool abstracts today. Let’s test these out and push the limits on what we thought charcoal was for and how it was used!
**Want to make some of your own Charcoal watercolor pans? Check out my watercolor graphite class… and just substitute the charcoal for the graphite! Check out that class here: Graphite collection
This class is for you if:
- You love learning new techniques for your art
- You are interested in experimenting with all the different ways to use charcoal
- You love watching how others approach their art practice
- You love experimenting with your art supplies
Supplies:
These are the supplies I’ll be using in class. Get creative and experiment if you have some other supplies or ideas that come to you as you go through the class and are creating some of your own art.
- Canson XL cold press 140lb watercolor paper – use what you have on hand or your favorite paper to play on.
- Charcoal – gather all the different types of charcoal you have on hand, or get some of the fun ones I’m sharing with you in class. You can check those out in the supply video. Derwent seems to be the company that is creating most of the ones I have and love. I have XL blocks from Derwent, Pan Charcoal from Derwent, Charcoal pencils from Derwent, Liquid Charcoal from Schminke, Charcoal peal and draw, etc… there are so many forms out there to experiment with!
- Water
- Watercolor brush
- Paper towel
*The video workshops come with Online access and you can download videos to keep. Your workshop includes approx 3hr of videos (23 videos).
Check out what students are saying about my other workshops in our workshop group:
“Thank you, Denise. I’m really enjoying your workshop. You give me so many creative ideas; Thank you for all that you teach and are willing to share.”
“How FUN! Love this class and now I can’t wait to get into my studio and play with a mix of my supplies. Denise is such a great teacher!”
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“I’ve waited anxiously to get this workshop and got it yesterday and very excited! Started watching it yesterday and I have to work this weekend, but with Monday being a snowstorm guess what I’m doing!”
“I just love these classes and they get me working on my art. Success!”
“I LOVED this class!! And I love Denise’s fun and bubbly personality! GREAT CLASS and I would definitely recommend it!”
“One of the best collage classes I have taken. Lovely enthusiastic teacher, with lots of ideas and examples. Can’t wait to create my own and finally use some of the mountains of collage fodder I have already accumulated. Thank you so much”
“Your classes make me feel art-capable. Thank you!”
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