SEPTEMBER 13TH -16TH 2024
9AM TO 6 PM
Course Description:
Bring an artistic voice to enamels by painting with enamels. This course is designed to teach the student how use vitreous on-glaze enamels as “paint”. During the course, we will create test plates, practice how to shade, blend, sgrafitto, glaze and create fine lines with enamels. The students will work with both fine silver and copper painting their own designs or designs provided by the instructor. Suitable for beginners.
NOTE: For safety reasons, masks are required during the sifting portion of the course.
Kit fee to be advised
Day 1:
Painting enamels
Definition
Application
Mediums
Kiln Settings
Substrates
Test Plates
Color Test Plate
Blending Test Plate
Writing
P3 and Line Making
Oil Mixture for Fine Line
Make a test plate of colors
Make a blending test plate
Day 2:
Making Enamel blanks
Pressing a shape
Getting a good even layer
Make Silver and Copper Blanks
Transferring your design
Saral Paper
Line Work?
Draw the abstract design and start painting
Day 3:
Continue painting the abstract design on copper over white
Start the silver designs or another copper on white design
Day 4:
Finish the silver designs (and more complicated designs)
Plan the setting.
Show and tell.
