THE SPIRIT OF UNSTRUCTURED PLAY + EXPERIMENTATION WITH JULIE HAMILTON
June 8-10, 2024
Port Orchard, WA
Join Canadian Artist Julie Hamilton for a 3-day intensive workshop exploring creative applications of mixed media.
Together we will be creating large works on paper: exploring marks, layers and textures. Slowly we will distill these down to colors, images and patterns that inspire and excite us. Smaller studies that define your visual vocabulary and the process of finding your creative self.
Our end goal is to shift our creative lens away from what we habitually create and dive a little deeper into what we love, learning to trust our intuition in a fun and carefree way along the way. Throughout the process we will discuss colour mixing and palettes, design and composition.
For our final project we will gather together our smaller studies, learn the art of collage and bind it all together in our very own handmade creative journal. A gathering place to record all that inspires us and visually tells our story. I like to think of it as a wish list for your creative path.
This class is for new artists and intermediates alike who are looking to push their creativity and skills.
Basic knowledge of acrylic paint is required.
In this class we will cover:
Finding inspiration and learning how to document it.
Different paint applications
Layers and glazes
Creative mark making tools and how to expand upon them
Making your own collage papers and the art of piecing them together
Bookbinding techniques
The tools of a Daily Art practice
A PDF will be supplied for all techniques used in class.
BONUS: A mini course inviting you to gather your inspiration and learn the art of developing a mood board.
Itinerary
Each day we will meet in the studio at 9:30, break for lunch and then class will be over at 4:30. One exception is dinner on the 9th will be provided.
This Art Escape includes
Three days instruction from Julie
A beautiful studio to create in
3 lunches, 1 dinner
Some supplies
New tribe
The cost for this Escape is $800.
A $500 nonrefundable deposit is due upon registering. The remaining $300 dollars is due April 8, 2024.
Port Orchard is the site for the workshop. The location is 9 miles north of Gig Harbor, WA which is listed as one of the most desirable cities in the US to visit (or live). It is located south of Seattle, across the Narrows Bridge on Hwy 16.
The Bremerton-Kitsap Airporter stops in Gig Harbor and in Port Orchard.
There are many Arbnbs and B&Bs in the area.
We all love art supplies, but Julie’s wish is for you to get creative and use what you have on hand.
We will provide:
Matt Medium
Gesso
Studio Rags
Water containers
Oil Pastels
Foam brushes
Julie will provide sketchbook paper and book binding supplies for the final project. All of your beautiful art will be used to fill it up!
BASIC SUPPLY LIST
Mixed Media Paper - heavy weight paper 90lb 9x12 or larger
Scissors - small size Honey Bee or Fiskars
Exacto Knife
Cutting mat
Ruler
Water Spray bottle
Paint Palette - or 2 Trays + Parchment paper
Brushes - A variety of different sizes and different shapes. Old brushes work well here too
Catalyst Wedge
Palette knives in different sizes. Old credit cards work well too.
Acrylic Paint - Red, Blue, Yellow, Black, White. Student grade is fine, but please no craft paint.
Fluid paint works best, but if you have heavy body paint then also feel free to use. We will learn how to extend paint with medium.
Acrylic Ink - Red, Blue, Yellow, Black, White
Pens and Markers
Pencils/ Crayons
COLLAGE PAPERS
Ideas include:
Tissue paper in white plus a few other colors if you have
Scrapbook paper. Old envelopes, maps or stationery. Ledger or graph paper.
Envelopes,sewing patterns, music sheets, wallpaper samples
MARK MAKING TOOLS
Look around your house! Think...Old toothbrush and makeup brushes.
Corks. Elastic bands. Ear swabs. Bamboo skewers, Twine, Old sticks
OPTIONAL
Please feel free to bring any other favorite materials and mediums! It's all about mixed media .
Julie is a mixed media artist who practices creative play and possibility. She likes to describe her creative process as being in a wonderful state of creative chaos due to an overactive imagination that is always questioning…What If?She loves the endless possibility that creating art provides. There are so many mediums to explore and so much to learn. She is happiest with a paintbrush in one hand, scissors in the other.
Her art career has led her down many different paths from painter to surface pattern designer, illustrator of children's books and now teaching. It has been a wonderful journey that has connected her with so many other like minded creatives.
Kathie Vezzani, who is hosting the workshop, also is an artist who paints, rusts and waxes. She organizes trips for other artists and in a former life was a caterer. She has over three decades of experience organizing trips for foodies and artists.
