Scuola Internazionale di Grafica Venezia Watercolor and Mixed Techniques
Greg Murr
2-7 August 2010 - 44 hours
€ 475/00 - Open to all levels
UPON WATER
workshop in water-based media
COURSE DESCRIPTION
This six-day intensive workshop explores water as a central theme in contemporary art practice. Looking at examples of artists throughout history, we’ll think about how water may address interests as broad as ancient Eastern philosophy and the pressing issues of our society today. We will use the water-based media of gouache, watercolor and acrylic paint to explore a variety of techniques that effectively suggest water as either a visual form or concept. We also will spend time outside the studio, observing our immediate surroundings and considering the role of water in Venice and the Venetian lagoon.
The program is designed for intermediate to advanced level participants who already have some familiarity with traditional water-based painting techniques and would like to further develop their creativity through new ideas and methods of image-making.
TECHNIQUES:
• Tinting paper / working with buckled paper;
• Effects of painting on vellum / acetate;
• Stretching paper in preparation for painting;
• Atmospheres and stains / wet-on-wet with spray bottles;
• Absorption versus resist; working with masking fluid and gesso ground;
• Water-based monotypes;
• Working with photographic transfers & appropriated images.
Greg Murr
Excerpt from CV:
Recent exhibitions in Chicago, New York and Washington, D.C..
2007 Drawing the Water’s Edge, Perimeter Gallery, Chicago, IL
2006 Hot Picks/06, Katonah Museum of Art, Katonah, NY
2005 Prints into Drawings, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
Fresh Ink: Prints from Flatbed Press, Salt Lake Arts Center, Salt lake City, UT
2003 New Drawings and Paintings, Perimeter Gallery, New York, NY
Recently published reviews in Chicago Tribune, The ExBerliner, whitehotmagazine-Berlin(online)
Recent artist-residencies at Flatbed Press (Austin, TX) and Tamarind Institute, (Albuquerque, NM)
Collections include:
Whitney Museum of American Art
Philadelphia Museum of Art
Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery
Museum of Fine Arts, Santa Fe