Palmarin Merges: In the Studio

I bought this brush in an antique store. I liked the feel of it in my hand and its weight.  I imagine that it had a full life with a former wallpaperer.  Or maybe not and now its lot in life is to become this week’s challenge. Paint on!

a nice sturdy little brush

On November 8th, 2008 at 1 p.m., I will be participating in - PULSE.

Thirty-five artists will come together and work side-by-side at Staver Locomotive in industrial NW to create their magnum opus dedicated to the hearts of children, in this 3rd annual event. As the beat picks up at 5pm, art enthusiasts are invited to witness the artists in process while their work of art develops. At 9 p.m., the crowd will enjoy drinks, hors d’oeuvres, and live music while these fresh new pieces of work are sold in a silent auction.

Portland’s best chefs, vintners, brewers, and musicians have joined us to make PULSE the don’t-miss-event-of-the-year. This year, we are excited to welcome Trio Subtronic from 5-7, Novatron from 7-9 and Jujuba from 9-11.

To purchase tickets: click here or give us a call at (503) 232-3697

For this week’s painting challenge I felt like doing something ‘abstract’ today.  These were inspired by the dying flowers on my desk.  I couldn’t mix colors today.  Everything came out too pastel for me.  Maybe it is low blood sugar.  I’ll try again later on today after some lunch and gardening.

acrylic on cardboard

1. Good paper (Rives BFK)
2. Pencil and notebook for drawing out sketches ideas.
3. Inexpensive brushes from Michael’s or Joanne’s.  Get a variety pack with some wide brushes and a few thin brushes for more detailed work.
4. Collagraph materials – aluminum wine bottle tops, string, buttons, dried leaves and any other interesting bits you might find that are thin enough to go through an etching press.

1. Good screen-printing paper (Arches 88 or Rives BFK) and if you want to print on some T-shirts bring them too – see #6. (Art Media, Utrecht, Columbia Art & Drafting Supply, Daniel Smith Artist Supply)
2. Small pointy brush for applying the Speedball Drawing Fluid – go to Michael’s and get a cheap set of the smallest brushes thinnest brushes they have available.
3. Sketchbook and drawing material to work out ideas at home – 8.5 x 11 copy paper put into a manila folder is fine.  There is no need to buy a sketchbook if you are not inclined to.
4. Pre-Stretched MONOFILAMENT Screens available at Art Media, Columbia Art & Drafting Supply or Utrecht.
5. OPTIONAL: Any color other than black – Golden Acrylic and Golden Acrylic Screen-printing Medium are recommended
6. OPTIONAL: For Printing onto T-shirts please bring - cardboard rectangles, mat board, chipboard or any other stiff board that is approximately the same size as your T-Shirts (it provides the flat surface needed to pull a good print).  

Greetings Multnomah Arts Center (MAC) Screenprinting and Print Survey Students!

Here are the OPEN STUDIO Dates for the FALL 2008 Session of Classes.

1. Saturday Oct. 4, 2008 9:30am - 12:30pm

2. Saturday Oct. 11, 2008 9:30am - 12:30pm

3. Saturday Oct. 13, 2008 9:30am - 12:30pm

4. Saturday Oct. 25, 2008 9:30am - 12:30pm

5. Saturday Nov. 1, 2008 9:30am - 12:30pm

6. Monday Nov. 3, 2008 6pm - 9pm

7. Monday Nov. 10, 2008 6pm - 9pm

8. Saturday Nov. 22, 2008 9:30am - 12:30pm 

Open Studio is available to students enrolled in Printmaking classes that are 6 sessions or more in length.  

Open Studio at the Multnomah Arts Center

Check it out at (www.multnomahartscenter.org).  

The FALL SESSION Screenprinting & Printmaking Survey classes begin this week!  The Screenprinting class is a direct draw class and does not yet include photo-emulsion.  But I am hoping that will change by the next semester. The survey class covers collagraph and relief printmaking.  I’ve been teaching here since we moved to Sherwood, OR 3 years ago.  It is a wonderful place to take all sorts of class.   Hope to see you there!

Children

…and now for something completely different.

I want to buy a motorcycle, specifically a Honda 90S Café Racer.  I want to take a Honda 90S and make it into a Café Racer with a single drop seat, drop down handle bars, larger gas tank and convert the 90cc to a 120 or 150cc engine.  My friend, Mr. Moto says it can be done.  He’ll be doing most of the work so he should know. While there is no such company as Goldfinch Motorworks motorcycle, there is an actual copyrighted image, which I will print onto t-shirts to  make my motorcycle dream come true.  I will be selling them on ebay, etsy and maybe café press.  Stay tuned moto fans!

I opened the Audubon Society Pocket Guide book of Familiar Birds of North America and there he was, Cedar Waxwing.  This image is 4.5″ x 6.25″ painted in acrylic.  If you’ve decided to join me in this weekly challenge, send me an image and I’ll see if I can’t figure out how to post it on my blog.  Have a great week!

For my first blog, I am going to challenge myself by completing a painting a week on gessoed cardboard! This idea was inspired by Duane Keiser’s ‘A Painting A Day’.  Every wednesday there will be post of the completed painting.  Enjoy!  If you like, why don’t you do this challenge with me!