From Club Bananas, artist Banana Holdwin - in collaboration with DAS Art Department- invites you to join an experimental, Mixed-Media workshop… 🐛🎨
A brand new, inclusive Art Class that’s low-pressure and open to people from all creative backgrounds - no previous art training necessary.
For this class we will be creating textured artworks comprised of various elements - layers, shapes, colours and mixed-materials. We will begin with a base drawing - this can be something very simple, a few scribbles or expressive marks (in pencil, pastel or marker) and from this, we will work on building texture and overlapping layers to create a finished artwork! 🪄🖼️
All materials will be provided but you are very welcome to bring any craft supplies you’d like to experiment with. (Materials/ fabrics, coloured paper, card, magazines, beads, pens, coloured pencils, stickers etc). We will be using; pencils, pastels, needles and thread, glue, stamps, fabrics and dried flowers🌼🍃
Banana will lead a demonstration offering various ways of creating these compelling mixed-media artworks. There are plenty of styles that can be adopted and guests will have the option to either; make a piece based off Banana’s style; or, use their imagination to experiment with the different materials and art utensils 🖌️
Mixed-Media Art is full of possibilities- it ties together various artistic elements and craft practises and allows for an absolute freedom of expression. There is no need to be precise or to follow any strict methodology or rules to create your art piece. 🧷🌠
Through blending different methods together and engaging with the different textures and materials, participants are encouraged to be inventive and to get stuck into the process. There is a sense of excitement involved in discovering new outcomes through utilising a mixture of materials and techniques. 🗝️✨
I find that this style allows for a peacefulness in the process of making, which I believe stems from the ability to break from convention…
- in other words, it feels fantastically freeing to be allowed to be messy and allow your creativity to expand to vast possibilities rather than confining yourself to traditional rules and ideas of what art can be! 🦋🎶
The class offers; a sense of creative freedom and curiosity in the making process; a chance for innovation and new ideas; and the opportunity to meet other like-minded art-loving individuals! 🌞✨
I can’t wait to see you there and to create some innovative artwork together!
Best wishes for now,
Banana 🍌