Collage Unleashed in Tuscany with artist/instructor Traci Bautista Cortona, Italy May 11-18, 2011
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Come explore beautiful Tuscany, Italy with me while experiencing a week-long mixed media workshop!! Paint, collage, doodle and create a beautiful travel journal.
Build a visual journal that documents a recent travel journey, displays a collection of personal memories, drawings and images. Throughout the week we will take excursions and learn about capturing interesting images on your journey. The photos will be incorporated into your journal to create interesting collage backgrounds. Play…fast…free…spilling paint and words, thoughts and ideas. Discover interesting ways to extend your artwork and creative exercises including doodle maps, idea lists, word collage, color cutouts that will get you thinking about your art in new ways.
Spend a week with Traci exploring the beautiful Italian cities of Florence and Cortona. Indulge in Italian foods, chocolate & wine while painting, learning mixed media collage and developing your own Artist's Travel Journal in the inspiring Tuscan landscape! Enroll early in this small group workshop limited to 15 participants! Read workshop details below...
Picture Yourself...
among the sights and sounds of beautiful and romantic Tuscany: olive groves, vineyards, centuries-old buildings, winding streets, texture and vibrant sunlight.
Feel Yourself...
in the warm ambiance of Cortona, overlooking Lake Trasimeno and the Val di Chiana, originally fortified by the Umbrians, claimed by the Etruscans, touched by the Renaissance, almost unchanged for centuries, one of Tuscany's jewels.
Experience...
the joy of painting en plein air in a relaxed and inspiring atmosphere with the expert instruction of a nationally know artist and instructor and the camaraderie of a small group of learners.
Enjoy...
great Italian food, delightful wines, new friends, breath-taking vistas, history and the hospitality of the people of Cortona.
Collage Unleashed
Studio at Casa Betania
About this workshop...
Day One – Monotypes & Drizzles Drizzle…scrape…stencil..stamp...Experiment with printmaking techniques through various painting jumpstarts, learn about color scraping, washing, monotype, eyedropper doodles, gesso textures, dyed cloth stamping & stenciling and glazing. You will be guided to create painted paper backgrounds that spill throughout this book.
DAY Two - Graffiti scribbles Learn to incorporate your handwriting as drawing on the pages of your journal. The line functions as composition in these hidden layers of abstract storytelling. You will play with various writing tools to doodle and make a personal “tag” of symbols, drawing letters and patterns. Make your mark with scribbles, doodles and scratches to create layers of abstract lines. Explore a mixture of graffiti lettering, typography collage mixed with freestyle calligraphy.
Day three –the REVAMPED photo journey Begin to build the structure of your journal by creating textured canvas pages with layers of lace papers, revamped photos and collage. You will take your collection of photographs, painted background pages and create mixed media layers and journal covers. Paint abstract floral designs and learn creative ways to display a collection of personal memories.
Day four – the triptych journal Triptych –(usually a panel painting) which is divided into three sections, or three carved panels that are hinged together and folded. The middle panel is the larger one and is flanked by two smaller, but related, works. The final day of the workshop you will finish building the triptych journal using the artwork you’ve created during the week and assemble the journal structure bound with free-form beaded macramé.
Cortona city center
About Cortona...
Cortona is one of the true jewels of the Tuscan “hill towns.” Cortona, which is often called the “City of Art,” has its origin as an Etruscan city that pre-dates Roman times with sections of its walls dating back some 2500 years. As is typical of Tuscan hill-towns, Cortona is a walled city that, for purposes of defense, was built atop a prominent geographical point. The stone buildings and streets not only have the romance, style, and charm that are particular to Tuscany, but also speak of the lives and times Cortona has witnessed. An encounter with Cortona is an encounter with music & art, with history and with spirituality. Getting to know this timeless city is a real rediscovery of our past. Cortona offers testimony to its history as well as an enchanting view of the landscape enclosed by Lake Trasimeno and the Apennine mountains.
All-inclusive* workshop includes: Escorted group travel Rome to Cortona May 11, 2011**** Instruction in the classroom and on location Seven nights accommodations in historic Cortona** (Private room & bath) Local Etruscan Museum & Museo Diocesano All meals*** (Italian breakfast, lunch and dinner) Daily wine tasting opportunities Day trip to Florence A farewell wine tasting dinner **Included with "Casa Santa Margherita" plans only. See details. ***Included with "Group Meal Plan" only. See details. ****Specific departure time only; to be announced *All-inclusive plans are Hotel plans A, C, E, G and Hostel plans I & K only. Air travel and ground transportation to/from Cortona is not included and is the responsibility of each participant.
