There’s a certain look to photographs that appeals to me - the look is of a memory - vintage, but colors are saturated and rich. I like the look of oversaturated colors in certain snapshots. These colors immediately tell me that the photo was found in a shoebox stashed under the bed or from a forgotten family album. I have always liked these home grown photos better than professional prints because they are full of character, story telling and truth.
This is a 2011 encore class for Artfest 2012.
In this technique based class participants will paint a number of their own black and white photocopies after my demo and short warmup exercise. After the images are complete, participants learn to adhere the paper to heavy cardstock.
The technique is amazingly easy and has not been taught anywhere else. It’s fun. I predict you will go home and hunt down all your family photos to paint in this new way.
Supply List:
- acrylic paints
- paintbrushes, round detail, 1”, 1/2” flats and others if desired
- acrylic fluid matte medium
- large water can
- paper towels
- aluminum foil for palette
- photocopied images (laser or inkjet) i.e. of family members (caveat: make sure
your subject matter’s face is well lit, not in shadows or too small).
- broad tipped permanent marker in your flesh tone. I use chisel tip, “sand” by
- Prismacolor or Copic brand “barely beige” or similar - match your own skin.
- spritzer of vintage color spray ink, i.e. Adirondack’s “butterscotch” or something
similar
Optional:
- hard supports, stamps, other color permanent markers
Teacher will bring:
- paints
- spritzer spray ink - vintage color
- cardstock
- medium
- gesso
- aluminum foil
- stamps
- paper towels
- images
A Little About ME
Lisa Bebi’s primary medium is paint. She also works in mixed media and collage.
Lisa focuses on the relationship between people and their surroundings, especially striking a correlation between time and era. Her subject matter often includes 1940-1950’s snapshots or present day images of people set in unexpressed or unlikely backgrounds. Most workshop attendees know of Lisa’s work from the various Somerset Studio mixed media magazines.
