natalya khorover - 3 day zoom workshop
HOME PORTRAIT WORKSHOP
Would you like to create a memory like no other?
I will take you through the steps of creating a portrait of your home just like the commissioned artworks that I am known for.
You will use your own ephemera and photographs, and transform them into a meaningful and special artwork.
You’ll need high-resolution photos of the outside of your home and some details.
Awesome ephemera, be it hankies, upholstery fabric or wallpaper samples, a deed, a map of the neighborhood or a local park, a copy of the local paper, a photo of beloved people, a treasured recipe copy, pennant from a favorite team, a wrapper from a special treat, or a coaster from a fave restaurant. You get the idea!
You’ll spend three days transforming your ephemera and your photographs into a 12"x12” portrait. You will brainstorm, play, plot and envision. You will collage, thread paint and hand stitch. And I will guide you every step of the way.
Some techniques and skills you will learn:
Saturday January 20. 27 and February 3
Time: 9:00 to 4:00 with 1 hour break for lunch
Place: Zoom
Link will be sent to those signed up prior to the start of classes
Would you like to create a memory like no other?
I will take you through the steps of creating a portrait of your home just like the commissioned artworks that I am known for.
You will use your own ephemera and photographs, and transform them into a meaningful and special artwork.
You’ll need high-resolution photos of the outside of your home and some details.
Awesome ephemera, be it hankies, upholstery fabric or wallpaper samples, a deed, a map of the neighborhood or a local park, a copy of the local paper, a photo of beloved people, a treasured recipe copy, pennant from a favorite team, a wrapper from a special treat, or a coaster from a fave restaurant. You get the idea!
You’ll spend three days transforming your ephemera and your photographs into a 12"x12” portrait. You will brainstorm, play, plot and envision. You will collage, thread paint and hand stitch. And I will guide you every step of the way.
Some techniques and skills you will learn:
- How to create an enticing composition
- Collage tips for unusual materials
- Stitching paper, dryer sheets, photographs, and more!
- Machine thread sketching
- Hand stitching and basic embroidery
- Photoshops tricks!
- Deeds, maps and articles can show your home's past.
- Wallpaper bits, upholstery samples, notes and construction documents can be used to suggest an important renovation or decorating project.
- Ribbons, napkins, and recipe cards will help commemorate family gatherings and outings.
- Postcards, passport pages, and ticket stubs can bring travel and outing memories alive.
- Bits from articles of clothing, photographs, photos can be a remembrance of a life well-lived.
- Birth announcements, speeches, veils, and baby socks can help record significant life events.
- Some fun bits like candy wrappers, dryer sheets, color catcher sheets and gift wrap.
- Single-use plastic bags with significant to you graphics, tea bags and packaging.
- Several high resolution photos of your home or a favorite place printed out on plain paper 8 1/2x11
- Tracing paper, pencil and thin black Sharpie marker
- Ruler
- Pellon 70 interfacing (one yard)
- Two or three pieces of neutral fabric (about the size of a fat quarter)
- Misty Fuse or other favorite lightweight fusible (one yard)
- A variety of machine stitching threads and needles
- A variety of hand stitching threads and needles
- Fabric scissors
- Paper scissors/craft scissors
- Embroidery scissors
- Thimble and other finger protection
- 12”x12” stretched canvas
- Two or three small tubes of acrylic paint (preferably heavy body, and in your favorite colors)
- Laptop with Photoshop Elements installed
Saturday January 20. 27 and February 3
Time: 9:00 to 4:00 with 1 hour break for lunch
Place: Zoom
Link will be sent to those signed up prior to the start of classes