Abstracted Play: Creating With Plaster, Oil, and Cold Wax

Class (27)I’m just home from teaching a three-day workshop in Portland at Stacey Mattraw’s imaginative, magical studio, Arcangelo Productions, in North Portland.

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Class (46)Our three-day workshop actually started on Thursday evening when Stacey hosted a get together so everyone could meet and get their painting supplies set up.

Class (48)Friday morning, we began our three-day marathon. We spent most of Friday preparing our boards, adding paint, plaster, and more paint, so that when we started to layer oil and cold wax, we would already have a nice layer of texture to respond to.

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By the end of the first day we were already applying layers of oil and cold wax.

Class (30)On Day Two it was oil and cold wax ALL DAY LONG.

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Of course, breaks were taken.

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On Day Three we gave each other feedback on some of the art in progress, painted, then ended the day with a walkabout.

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And then we collapsed!

Class (5)It was a great group of artists, so full of enthusiasm, energy, and talent — and they all worked so hard. Most of the ladies had traveled quite a distance to attend: Bellingham, the San Juan Islands, Alaska, California,  as well as Portland and Silverton.

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A sampling of their beautiful work . . . .

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