New York Academy of Art

You will learn to do wet media on top of dry media and dry on top of wet, layering charcoals, soft pastels, watercolors and inks. We will also learn how to apply gold leaf (or silver leaf, or the cheaper imitation alternatives) to paper, and learn various approaches to achieve different effects and textures with the gilding. This workshop will be an excuse to finally use those art supplies you couldn’t resist buying on sale but have not yet used. Some form of dry drawing media (such as charcoals and/or soft pastels) and some form of wet media (watercolors and/or inks), gilding supplies, and heavy paper that can handle layering are all required. If you have other drawing supplies as well, you are encouraged to use them also: you can include iridescent pigments, gouache, colored pencils, markers, pens, paint markers, stamps, acrylic paints, collage supplies, and any other media suitable for use on paper. The goal of the workshop is to discover a process or combination of media that works well for your artistic sensibilities.