IN THIS LABORATORY YOU WILL

• Experiment with different ways of incorporating space (aka "breathing room") in your artwork.
• Discover new ways of looking at your art and relating to your creative practice overall.
• Slow down and savor your practice.
• Play with minimalism.
• Understand important elements of composition and how they can help create mood, impact, and drama to your work.
• Learn new mixed-media techniques.
• Push yourself creatively, by limiting yourself.
• Noticing how your breath and staying present impacts your process and piece.
• Explore how artists from art history have incorporated breathing room into their work powerfully.

THIS LABORATORY IS FOR YOU IF

• You feel your creative practice is on autopilot and needs a boost.
• You want to create art that feels more spacious, airy, and dramatic.
• You are interested in mixed-media art making and love challenging yourself.
• You can create independently -- you are NOT looking for step-by-step instructions.
• You want to infuse more meaning and nuance into your artwork.
• You're curious about composition and how it impacts a piece.
• You enjoy working and sharing creatively with others.

SKILL LEVEL

• Beginner to advanced

SUPPLIES

• Canson XL Mix Media Pad - 14" x 17"
• Acrylic Paints -- any brand of acrylic paints you have and are comfortable with will work.
• White acrylic paint (Any brand will do. I suggest THIS ONE.)
• Painter's Tape
• Paint Brushes -- Whatever paint brushes you have and are comfortable with will work. Because we are working on a larger substrate, please be sure to include a few larger brushes (about an inch wide).
• An old gift card/credit card or if you want to get fancy I suggest THIS WEDGE.
• Glue Stick / Adhesive
• Scissors
• Collage Ephemera that has meaning to you
• Paint Rag & Water Container
• Palette
• Oil pastels (Suggested -- NOT required)
• Any Mixed-media materials you currently love to work with.

PLEASE NOTE: You will need enough space available to tape down your paper to your workspace as well as space to let multiple pieces sit and dry during the course of the laboratory.

REQUIRED PREP-WORK

For this Laboratory you must come prepared with three paintings/mixed-media pieces already completed using the 14" x 17" paper listed above.  It is totally up to you on what you create.  Though do NOT force yourself to begin adding space to these pieces already -- instead do what you usually do: smother every nook-and-cranny of the substrate in your painterly bliss.

WHEN, WHERE, & HOW LABORATORIES WORK

• Breathing Room will take place on a private Zoom call for approximately three hours on Saturday, March 5, 2022.  We will begin promptly at 9:00 AM PST / 12:00 PM EST.  CLICK HERE to see what time that is where you live.
• Breathing Room will take place on a private Zoom call.
• A recording of the Breathing Room laboratory will be posted shortly after we finish.  The recording will be available for viewing for 60 days, then it will be deleted. This recording is NOT downloadable. 
• You will automatically be redirected to create an account at the Breathing Room's classroom at the Paint Wisdom Studio immediately after registering. This will be a private circle where you can post artwork and connect with your peers.  This classroom will close 60 days after the Breathing Room's recording is posted.

SPACE IS LIMITED.  ALL SALES ARE FINAL.

CONTACT US HERE if you have any questions.

BREATHING ROOM RUNS FOR 3 HOURS ON A LIVE ZOOM CALL. IF YOU CAN'T MAKE IT LIVE -- NO PROBLEM! YOU HAVE ACCESS TO THE RECORDING & ONLINE CLASSROOM FOR 60 DAYS.