This workshop will look at some alternative approaches in the creative process. Using different tools and materials can generate a new kind of energy. Together we will “see what lies beneath”. There is a lot of freedom in using new ways to work and not having an expected result but instead a result that is unexpected, fresh and exciting. 

Spray paints - covering the canvas surface with one or a combination of colours before putting down an image - see the effect of the background on the subject matter. e.g.: a pear on a gold background. Paintbrush taped to a stick - taping the brush to a stick makes more space between you and the image - means less control and more room for expressive lines. Start with a canvas stained in one or more colours then begin to draw using a reference photo. This could be floral, figures, still life or a landscape. The result will be a combination of painting and drawing. Make your own unique tool to paint with from a found scrap - a piece of hard plastic, heavy paper or cardboard, small piece of wood. Using a different tool will open possibilities for expression and create an interesting and unusual image. e.g., a painting of an apple or a semi-abstract landscape using a piece of wood to apply the paint. This would be similar to using a palette knife. Collage - cutting / tearing paper. Cutting paper gives one kind of image - tearing paper gives a different image. Use a variety of papers ( newspaper, wrapping paper, coloured papers) and spray glue, build an image - landscape, portrait, still life. You may want to draw on top of this.