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Fri 31 Jul
Rohallion Summer Family Ceilidh | Auditorium
20:00 - 22:30
Doors Open 19:30
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Fri 31 Jul
Rohallion Summer Family Ceilidh | Auditorium
20:00 - 22:30
Doors Open 19:30
Join Alison in the studio at Birnam Arts to enjoy a day of playful exploration into the world of paint and colour. Overcoming our inner critics and finding the joy in surprising ourselves.
We will be working from imagination and memory and responding to what happens on the day so no need to have an image to work from.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
Ways to loosen up at the start of the process
Recognising how YOU respond to materials
Making marks that tell a story
Find colour combinations that excite you.
Bring elements together to resolve a piece of work
WHAT TO BRING
First let go of any idea of an outcome...this might be the hardest part!
An apron or old clothes you don't mind getting messy in
Packed Lunch, or you can eat in the cafe. There is a shop in Birnam.
WE WILL SUPPLY
All materials including paper and painting surfaces
Acrylic Paint
Acrylic & Indian Ink
Charcoal
Pastels
WHAT YOU WILL LEARN
How to work in stages.
Ways to loosen up at the start of the process.
How different surfaces can vary the outcome of the work
Explore ways of making textural marks using found tools.
Play with a limited colour range to find combinations that excite you.
Learn how to bring together these elements and resolve a piece of work.
WORKSHOP SCHEDULE
Hellos and introduction to the day, Brief look at some examples.
Warm up drawings.
Looking at different surfaces and ways of starting.
Working with texture
Colour Play
Lunch break
Progression of ideas.
Resolving at least one piece of work.
Tidy up and sharing a chosen piece.
Alison Price is a visual artist who grew up in Birnam and is now based in Perth. A graduate in Fine Art from Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art & Design, Alison has taken part in various exhibitions across Scotland and facilitated many workshops and community arts projects across the region. She works from her art studio at the WASPS Creative Exchange in Perth. In 2023 Alison exhibited at Birnam Arts, with her inaugural solo show 'Drawn To'.
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