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Join Brenda Broadbent from Paper & Ink Arts
Saturday, April 29, 2006,
10 a.m.-4 p.m.
PCC Sylvania Campus, room CT 113
Workshop description:
Part 1: Parallel Pen Empowerment for Beginners and Experts!
Use this sharp and convenient pen for fun AND professional work. Explore color blending, hairlines, texture and nonstop flourishing. We'll load these pens with gouache, acrylic inks, glue and more! BRING any Parallel Pens & their color cartridges you already own, 12-20 sheets of any practice paper 11x14 or larger and the Parallel Pen Wizardry Book if you have one. ALSO -- a tube of gouache or watercolor (any color), mixing pan & brush, water container, eyedropper or pipette, 2-3 paper towels and a spray bottle of glass cleaner (any brand) if one is handy; we will share. Parallel pens will be available for loan during class if you don't have one. Acrylic ink if you already have it. If your Parallel Pens are empty, bring them to class empty. Pens with problems welcomed. Learn to DISassemble the pen, clean it properly, and REassemble it.morphing into...
Part 2: Tool Time with Brenda
Bring your tool & supply dilemmas for an afternoon of fun and exploration! A series of "try-it-here" stations and demos will make it easy for you to discover new tools and materials and become acquainted with some unusual ones. As time allows we'll tour new supplies like Holbein's new brilliant gold and silver gouaches, Twinkling H2Os, Duo Embellishing Adhesive, new color brushes, woodless colored pencils from the Czech Republic, Moon Palace Sumi, Glaze and Soufflé Gelly Roll pens. The tool tour may include the Ruling Writer, folded pens, GTech micron style pens, Horizon brass pens, walnut & iridescent ink tricks, peerless watercolors, waterbrushes, new colorbrushes, phantom liners, lining guides, center guides, magnifying visors, the hot foil pen, adjustable oblique holders, Japanese screw punches. We'll talk about "the right tool for the job," including basic ink and paper quandaries. Most of these items along with many new books will be available for purchase in our special Paper & Ink store throughout the day on Saturday, April 29!Extra Special Bonus: Anyone in our calligraphic community can come just to browse the lavish calligraphy supplies & books available for purchase. Or pre-order by April 12 for pick-up on April 29 to recieve free shipping!
About the instructor: With the help of a mighty but tiny staff, Brenda Broadbent operates Paper & Ink Arts, a catalog supply source for art supplies, books and gifts for calligraphers, from a little town in mid Maryland. Twenty-five years ago, Brenda began Paper & Ink with a partner while working as a librarian in a large suburban library system. In an even earlier incarnation, she worked as a high school English teacher, developing skills that still serve her well. She has studied with Reggie Ezell and Louise Megginson. She and her daughter Jane are delighted to visit Portland again on their way to Letters of Joy and look forward to the drive up the coast