Think like a Painter with Polymer Clay

Making a wall mounted bird! $420

(This class is truly for the birds!)

This class, being held on Friday October 10th thru Sunday October 12th, will explore techniques that can be used with polymer clay veneers and simple canes to create painterly effects on a large scale for wall art.

Polymer clay provides an endless color palette, micro patterns and smooth color blends through caning. When creating a larger image for wall art these techniques go far beyond the paintbrush in creating detail and texture. Learn the principles for depicting depth of background, shadow, light source, textures in feathers, bark and flowers. Create a realistic bird wall piece of a with multiple layers using the techniques that Bonnie uses on very large scale work. Learn about her techniques for flowers, armatures and finishing. (Students will aim to create work that doesn’t exceed 5 x 5, for the sake of oven space).

Order of operations: working in layers from background to foreground

Working from photos and line drawings

Creating form with color blends – practice 2 “ tile with grayscale study

Defining forms with shadows and highlights

Texture and Direction

– Micro stripes, scrap canes and ikat techniques

– Creating direction of feathers and wood grain

– Leaving spaces, working incrementally

– Depth of Background and complex layers

– Creating the illusion of depth with a background

– Complicated backgrounds

– Complexity in layers of leaves or petals

– Using translucent to create sky background

– Techniques for flowers and foliage

– Petals, buds, leaves

Finishing Wall Art

– Creating an organic edge

– Firing in layers

– Armatures for branches and thin extensions

– Polishing, gluing, backing with a wooden board and magnets

To create a personalized experience with Bonnie, space is limited. If you are interested and want to reserve your seat, please call us at 404-314-5767 to put down your deposit today.