Jun 5 – Acrylic Silk Painting  with Dianne Nelson

Participants will produce a 22 x 22" painting on silk to take home.  Patterns will be provided, but you are encouraged to have an idea for a composition.  We'll develop a pattern, which we'll sketch on silk with gutta, then paint with special acrylics. You will be experimenting with many colours of ‘gutta’, like gold, silver, copper and pearly white!’ Include that the final product is lightfast.

Cost $100

All materials included for this class.

About the instructor:  Dianne’s first piece sold while she was working as a teacher in Saskatchewan.  She has worked and traveled in Australia as well as various places in Canada, including Bella Bella, Ucluelet and the Northwest Territories.  It was there, in the tiny Dene  hamlet of Fort Liard that she discovered her passion with colour; painting on silk. She continues to be a member of the NWT Arts Association.  Since moving to Vancouver Island in, she has exhibited  at the Filberg Festival in Comox, The Old School House in Qualicum Beach and the MacMillan Gallery in Parksville.

Location of class: Studio

Maximum number of participants: 12