|  Folk
Art Paints & Mediums
Americana Acrylic
Paint and Jo Sonja Acrylic Paint. Other related product available: Sealer, Crackling
Medium, Blending Gel, Antiquing Gel, Retarder , Clear Glaze and finishing varnish. |
|  Folk
Art Tools
Masterson's Sta-wet Palette,
RinseWell, The Masters Artist Clean-up Kit, Loew-Cornell and Designer Tool Brushes
for Folk Art, Sea Sponge, Stylus, Transfer Paper, Brush Basin, Sand Papers, Speckle
Brush, Graining Comb, Palette Knife, Paint Eraser, Practice Board, sponge, Acrylic
paper re-fill, etc. |
|
 Folk
Art Books and Magazines
We sell Books
on Decorative Painting by some well-known artist such as Priscilla Hauser, Jo
Sonja, Annette Stevenson, Ros Stallcup, Ros Singleton and many more. |
|  Wood
items and Ceramic Bisque
Bisque ware and
wood item for painting are available. |
| Folk
Art Classes Introduction
to Folk Art
 The
class will allow the student to experience the beauty of folk art painting. The
students will acquire knowledge on preparation of wood item for painting, base-coating,
special background effects and simple brushstrokes to paint daisies or any other
designs as well as usage of finishing product. Duration
: 2 hours. Tools and materials
are provided. Beginners
Series
The beginner series classes will teach you how to
prepare wood item for painting. They will experience the usage of various tools
such as brushes, liners, sponges, stylus, etc. Mediums such as retarder and crackling
medium as well as varnish will also be used. It also covers all the basic folk
art brushstrokes required for painting flowers.
| Beginner
Class | Featuring | Duration |
| Basic
Brushstrokes Exercise | This
class will feature all the basic brushstrokes in Folk Art Painting using the round
brush. It also focused on preparing the surface and background painting. | 2
1/2 hr | | Round
Brush Roses | A
version of traditional Victorian Rose decorated with filler flowers and ribbon | 2
1/2 hr | | Angle/Flat
Brush Rose | Another
version of roses using the angle brush | 2
1/2 hr | | Shading
Technique - Fruits/Country Motif | Folk
Art using shading technique, highlighting | 2
1/2 hr | | Hydrangea | Flowers
using Filbert Brush | 2
1/2 hr | | *for
all above - own tools and paints |
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| Beginner
Series | Intermediate
Series | Intermediate
Classes
The classes allow the students
to experience painting using various brushes like flat, filbert, angular, deerfoot,
etc. It also covers various technique of painting on various surfaces like candle,
metal, terracotta, ceramics as well as wood. Duration
: Maximum 3 hours per session. Excluding materials and tools.
| Class | Featuring |
Painting
Garden Scene
| Painting
garden scenery, cottages and birdhouse. | | Flower
Series |
Painting of Poppies, Tulips, Multiple flowers,
Roses, Panfy | | Painting
Still Life | Painting
of Kitchen Things | | Animal
Series | Painting
of Chicken, Bear, Cow | | European
Folk Art Series | Painting
of Bauernmalarei, Rosmaling, Hindeloopen | | Multi-technique
Series | Painting
on wood using several painting technique
Faux Finishing, Pen & wash, Lace |
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| metal paint,
angle brush and primer | Roses
and ribbons on ceramic | |
