Marit's Paper World Workshops

Live duo-workshop: Marit & Jenny

Optimus Prima — Thu, 17 Oct 2019 10:07:18 +0000

Don’t you think that we are a beautiful duo? We think so as well! Therefore we bundle our creativity and offer you this combination workshop. In this workshop you will create a harmonica-booklet that you will fill on one side “à la Marit” and on the other side “à la Jenny.” Marit will introduce you with spray-ink techniques and the use of various templates and Jenny will show you a fun technique using Bistre.

An impression of what it might look like.

Middelburg, The Netherlands

The workshop space is located in Middelburg, The Netherlands. Brakstraat 13 (ground floor.)
Time: from 10 am to 5 pm (walk-in from 9.30)
The workshop is offered including materials, coffee, tea, soft drinks and an all-inclusive lunch in a nearby restaurant.
There is room for a maximum of 6 people at a time.

Material (provided)

Heavy weight paper strips
Spray ink (various colors)
Templates
Bistre
Materials/images for collage
Ribbon and split pins in various colors
Extra (beneficial) tools & materials such as brushes, glue etc.

Materials to bring with you:

Markers and pens of choice (at least black and white), scissors, glue (preferably a gluestick.)

Live workshop – Basic art journal techniques

Optimus Prima — Thu, 17 Oct 2019 09:54:34 +0000

In this workshop you learn a variety of easy and fun mixed media techniques. We are using templates and a gelli plate to create mono prints. The same templates can be used with spray ink, which gives a different effect. In the second half of the workshop, we make use of cut out texts and phrases to add text to the background pages, so called ‘found poetry.’ You receive tips how to look for texts that will give meaning to your art journal page. Adding marks and doodling with various pens brings all the elements on your page together. You will create at least one (but probably more) fully-fledged art journal page.

Materials & supplies (provided)

Acrylic paint
Gelli-plate
Dylusions spray ink
Various templates
Paper A5 (180 gr. quality paper)
A large amount of cut-out texts (words and phrases in Dutch and/or English)
Extra (beneficial) tools & materials such as paint rollers, brushes, glue, heat gun etc.

Things to bring with you:

Pens, pencils and permanent markers of your choice (but at least a black and a white marker,) scissors, glue (preferably a strong gluestick) and, if you have one, a heatgun.

Creating with paint and spray ink can be messy. I suggest you put on old clothes or take an apron with you, to not ruin your clothes.

Live workshop: Altered art journal

Optimus Prima — Thu, 17 Oct 2019 09:58:55 +0000

In this workshop you will alter a second-hand book and make it into a new, personal art journal. You will learn several methods and mixed media techniques to create beautiful and meaningful pages that are totally ‘you.’ Each page of the old book ‘asks’ for its own technique, therefore the mixed media techniques and materials to use differ. Depending on the content of the books, various art journal techniques will be discussed.

Materials & supplies (provided)

An old book with hard cover
Supplies & materials to alter and bind the book into a ‘new’ journal
Mixed Media materials & supplies (paint, ink, watersoluble crayons, collage-images etc.)
Extra (beneficial) tools & materials such as paint rollers, brushes, glue, heat gun etc.

Things to bring with you:

Permanent markers and pens of your choice (at least a black and a white marker,) scissors, glue (preferably a strong gluestick) and, if you have one, a heatgun. You are free to bring more of your own (preferred) materials with you, but it’s not a must.

Live workshop: Bookbinding & letterdrawing

Optimus Prima — Thu, 17 Oct 2019 09:50:01 +0000

This workshop teaches you how to bind a book using a special, creative book-bind technique. You start with making the basics of the cover – there’s a range of paints and templates to choose from. After that you learn how to bind a number of signatures in a special binding technique. You then focus on letter drawing. You will learn about various fonts and how to draw letters. After practicing the lettering, you can draw text and/or the title onto the cover. At he end of the day, you go home with an unique, handmade book that you can call your own!

Middelburg, The Netherlands

The workshop space is located in Middelburg, Brakstraat 13 (ground floor)
Time: from 10 am to 5 pm (walk-in from 9.30)
The workshop is offered including materials, coffee, tea, soft drinks and an all-inclusive lunch
There is room for a maximum of 6 people at a time.

Material (provided)

cardboard covers (these are preprocessed with gesso.)
Acrylic paint.)
Various templates
Colored paper (for decorating the inside cover.)
Paper signatures/pages (quality paper)
Imitation leather and fabric (choice from a number of types/colors) for the binding.
Various colors bookbinding-/wax thread.

Materials to bring with you:

Pens, pencils and permanent markers of your choice (but at least a black and a white marker)
Scissors

Live workshop: Tiny art journals

Optimus Prima — Thu, 17 Oct 2019 10:02:42 +0000

Small – smaller – smallest… in this workshop you will create a miniature art journal (approximately 2 x 3 inch.) I will provide different prompts and tips to create random pages but you can also work with a theme in mind. I will show a variety of mixed media techniques that you can use to create fun pages and mini spreads. After creating the pages, we will create a fitting cover and assembly the different parts into a small book. Depending on your experience and the additional time left, you can either glue or bind your mini journal. At the completion of this workshop you will have a mini journal filled with your own mini art!

Middelburg, The Netherlands

The workshop space is located in Middelburg, Brakstraat 13 (ground floor.)
Time: from 10 am to 5 pm (walk-in from 9.30)
The workshop is offered including materials, coffee, tea, soft drinks and an all-inclusive lunch.
There is room for a maximum of 6 people at a time.

Material (provided)

Cardboard to create a cover
heavy weight watercolor paper for pages
Tools & supplies to either glue or bind your journal
Mixed Media materias such as acrylic paint, watercolor paint, watersoluble crayons, collage images & magazines, transfer paper, mod podge, small stamps etc.)
Additional ephemera
Extra (beneficial) tools & materials such as brushes, glue etc.

Materials to bring with you:

Soft (B – 2B) graphite pencils & eraser, paint brushes (primarily small brushes,) permanent markers and pens of your choice (at least black and white) scissors, glue (preferably a glue stick.) Although ephemera is provided I recommend you bring some of your own. A journal gets more personal when you use your own images and stuff like postal stamps, tickets, grocery notes, paper scraps etc. Be sure you have it in small sizes.

Live workshop: your own face

Optimus Prima — Thu, 17 Oct 2019 10:11:23 +0000

In this workshop we will concentrate on creating faces on paper. Drawing a portrait can be a little intimidating … “I can’t draw” … but listen here: there are a lot of ways to create a portrait without having any experience (including a good similar-looking portrait of a real person if you want to.) I will not teach you how to paint a ‘doll-girl-with-big-eyes,’ instead, we go looking for ‘faces showing character.’ Collage-heads, faces in blobs and spots, blind drawn portraits and more! You will learn know various methods, materials and techniques that each have their own look and bring a special style to the faces on paper.

Middelburg, The Netherlands

The workshop space is located in Middelburg, The Netherlands. Brakstraat 13 (ground floor.)
Time: from 10 am to 5 pm (walk-in from 9.30)
The workshop is offered including materials, coffee, tea, soft drinks and an all-inclusive lunch in a nearby restaurant.
There is room for a maximum of 6 people at a time.

Material (provided)

Acrylic paint
Watersoluble oil-crayons
Bistre
Ink
Materials/images for collage
Extra (beneficial) tools & materials such as brushes, glue etc.

Materials to bring with you:

An art journal to work in**, markers and pens of choice, soft pencil (for example, 2B,) scissors, glue (a glue stick is sufficient) and multiple (at least 3) on plain paper printed b/w photos/portraits (‘postcard’ size, 10 x 15 cm)

**Don’t you have an art journal yet or are you looking for a new copy? Do you want me to create and bind one especially for you? Just send me an email for more info.