THE CREATIVE MIND /  by Natasja De Wet

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'The creation of something new is not accomplished by the intellect but by the play instinct acting from inner necessity. The creative mind plays with the objects it loves'. - C.G. Jung

NEW DRAWING AND PAINTING WORKSHOPS: /  by Natasja De Wet

TWO NEW WORKSHOPS:

MIXED-MEDIA ART WORKSHOPS: Exploring basic art techniques through a variety of media, with the emphasis on developing art-making skills at your own pace. Acrylic and water-based paint and drawing materials, such as charcoal, pencil, ink, pastels, graphite and many other experimental and unconventional mixed media.

Aim of the workshop: We start by working with, and applying different media and doing a series of mixed-media exercises; then we create a mixed-media artwork, combining all or some of the media. In so doing, we learn, share and create together. Thus we push our own boundaries gently by exploring and awakening our inner creative world.

SELF-EXPLORATION PORTRAIT PAINTING WORKSHOPS: Natasja guides participants through a series of self-portrait exercises, by exploring the external presentation of the internal exploration of the Self. Participants need to provide their own materials.

PAINTING WORKSHOPS: This painting workshop is free and expressionistic, by exploring different painting techniques on canvas, with an open mindset. The application and combination of thick opaque bold paint, subtle layering and sensitive brushstrokes, using various brush sizes, sponges, spray bottles with water-based paint (acrylic), and/or different vehicles on a surface is a subtle but mindful approach to contemporary art making. The aim is to explore and push the media, and learn through the creation of an abstract work with some recognizable images or objects.

DRAWING WORKSHOPS: Pencil drawing on paper is my first love, and I would like to share different techniques with inexperienced and experienced workshop participants. By using a broad range of pencils and graphite from hard F and H pencils to soft B pencils (up to B8 or B9), as well as using an eraser and pencil shavings as drawing tools, one can create an evocative, sensitive but also dramatic work. This is best achieved by exploring and letting go of the preconceived idea that one has to create a masterpiece. The aim of this workshop is to explore different techniques through a series of exercises and to create an artwork through learning in a safe environment where there is no right or wrong way of creating.

Dates: One Workshop monthly, during 2016

Time: 10:00 - 13.30

Duration of Workshop: 3 and half hours

Venue: Kirstenhof, Cape Town, South Africa

Fee: Enquire for fee (excluding materials)

Refreshments: Tea and Chocolate-Brownie Cake

Please be so kind to deposit the full amount two weeks before the workshop and email proof of payment with your name as reference a.s.a.p. Deposit non-refundable.

NEWS: /  by Natasja De Wet

I am in the process of developing new Workshops for the rest of the year! So excited to share the news on this lovely Easter morning! Happy Easter creative world!

REMINDER: Mixed-media workshop on 23 April 2016.

REMINDER: Mixed-media workshop on 23 April 2016.

 

 

 

 

 

Mixed Media Art Workshop in April: /  by Natasja De Wet

MIXED-MEDIA ART WORKSHOPS:

Exploring basic art techniques through a variety of media, with the emphasis on developing art-making skills at your own pace. Acrylic and water-based paint and drawing materials, such as charcoal, pencil, ink, pastels, graphite and many other experimental and unconventional mixed media. Hosted by Self-Exploration Portrait Painting Workshops and Mixed-Media Art Workshops.

Aim of the workshop:

We start by working with, and applying different media and doing a series of mixed-media exercises; then we create a mixed-media artwork, combining all or some of the media. In so doing, we learn, share and create together. Thus we push our own boundaries gently by exploring and awakening our inner creative world.

Date: Saturday 23 April 2016

Time: 10:00 - 13.30

Duration of Workshop: 3 and half hours.

Venue: Natasja de Wet’s studio/home: Kirstenhof, Cape Town, South Africa

Fee: R650 excluding materials

Refreshments: Tea and tart

Please be so kind to deposit the full amount two weeks before the workshop and email proof of payment with your name as reference a.s.a.p. Deposit non-refundable.

Feel free to forward this message to any interested parties.

Contact Natasja de Wet via 'contact form' on this website or art@natasjadewet.com