Summer 2009Painting on Silk (Grades: 4-6)Silk Painting begins with a luxurious base of precious, pure white silk mounted on a frame. Use bamboo Chinese brushes and vibrant, flowing dyes to master ancient brushstrokes and create pictures with pure and intense color that can only be achieved with this unique technique. Learn to use a resist, which creates a barrier, stops the flow of color and produces dramatic outlines. Discover the tricks of composition and give your paintings dimension with shading, color mixing and value (lights and darks). Perfect your brushwork and techniques on paper made of rice, then create three luminous, finished masterpieces with the warmth and glow of silk shining though. Prerequisite(s): (Grades: 4-6)
Instructor: Carol Henderson
Carol Henderson, B.A., has been teaching grades 4-6 for Old Adobe School District for the past 18 years. An accomplished artist and silk painter, she is a teacher/trainer with the California Arts Project and a member of the Sonoma County Arts Education Alliance.
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