ArtPfunk Central

As of Fall 2009 I am currently teaching the following workshops! Click the banners for more info and registration information!

This Exploration Workshop (2 modules) is all about color! No matter what media you choose to create with (fabric, fibers, paper, paint, metals or clay) the information featured will help you learn to successfully use color to create dynamic works of art.

At the end of the workshop, you will have learned about color theory, the interaction of colors, how to get the most from your art supplies though organization and have completed three step-by-step art projects covering various media techniques and color composition.

Program Level: Beginner and intermediate artists welcome!

What's included: ArtTrader online workshops include access to our streaming videos and PDF workbooks. We have a forum and user galleries for all participants to interact with each other and the program instructors. Work at your own pace! Instructors are always available for one-on-one help and critique.

Module 1: Color Theory and Dichromatic Mixed Media Project

• Color Theory: understanding how color works
• Color interaction: How colors affect each other and your art
• Organize your color: Look at your art supplies in a new way
• Dichromatic Mixed Media project: Learn how to create and compose a two-color artwork through a mixed media project incorporating layers, textures and glazing

Module 2: Trichromatic Art Dolls and Roy G. Biv ATCs

• Trichromatic art doll I: At the Circus! Use pattern and color to capture the vibrancy of the circus
• Trichromatic Art Doll II: Marie Antoinette; how color can recreate the lush opulence of the French Court
• Roy G. Biv ATCs: Learn how to pack all the colors of the rainbow into ATCs with colored pencils

I teach Weeks One and Four in the following Workshop:

Week I: An Intro to Whimsy Art

• Whimsical art: color, patterns, stylizations.
• Color theory
• Stylizing techniques
• Developing your style!

Week 2: Beginner Techniques

• Inking and outlining
• Pencils and markers: blending and shading
• Watercolour pencils
• Soluable crayons

Week 3: People I, Beginners Techniques

• Basic proportions of the face and body
• Easy shapes for facial features and body parts
• Easy accessories such as shoes, clothes and hats, etc.
• Basic body movements

Week 4: People II, Advanced Techniques

• Faces: How to stylize the basic shapes in various ways
• Clothing and accessories
• Body art & design
• Movement & action poses
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Each week participants will view our video(s) and receive their PDF workbooks with written details and art exercises. Participants will also have the opportunity to display their work to other participants for feedback and interact with others taking the class.

Andrea (AKA Eraserqueen) is a self taught artist who loves to create and share with others. This is probably why she enjoys giving online workshops and is such an active member of the mailart community. You can usually find her:

• Working as a Project Manager, Contributor and Graphic Designer at ArtTrader Magazine

• Teaching workshops at ArtTrader Magazine. Click here for Current workshop offerings!

• Working as an admin and co-founder of IllustratedATCs.com (A juried trading site for artists who draw/paint or work in mixed media, Fibers, Altered Art and metalwork

• Serving as a Board member and trading at ATCsForALL.com

If you would like to contact Andrea about the magazine or for commissions, please write to andrea.arttrader @ Gmail.com

I made some more cards (though if you're at ATCards.com they aren't new to you ;) )lately as well as hand bound some books..I'll scan the books sone but here are the cards:

This is one I made for Athame_Art over at ATCards.com she asked for a retro goddess, whoch was easy for me, I like the goddess theme, and my mom had just bought a lava lamp! Kinda cliche probably, but nothing says retro like a bad lava lamp...

This is actually after a print by ... an artist who escapes me but it is of kabuki actor Matsumoto Koshiro, who lived at the trun of the 18th/19th century. I painted it with ink, watercolor and gouache.

These little fellows were FUN to paint :D I need to do more frogs and toad and reptile is general, they are so colorful. These were made again, with ink, watercolor and guache...maybe someday I'll try acrylics ;)