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Great Northwest Shopping Tour and mini workshops with Brenda Broadbent
SHOPPING with PAPER & INK ARTS
Wednesday April 28th, 9 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
and 4-6 p.m.
Art Room of Lakewood Center, 368 S. State St., Lake Oswego
Brenda has
agreed to a deal with free shipping of anything that is pre-ordered
by April 09. Mention 'Portland Visit' if ordering on the phone (1-800-736-7772)
or go to "Send Message" at the
end of the website order form (http://
www.paperinkarts.com/) and write 'Portland Visit.' You can also
fax an order (1-888-736-7773) or write an email to paperinkarts@aol.com.
Mini workshop 1: Overcoming Fear of Fine Art Paper!
Choosing Paper for Calligraphy
Tuesday, April 27, 9 a.m.-12 p.m.
Art Room of Lakewood Center, Lake Oswego
Class size
limited to 20 students
$45, includes a 25 sheet fine paper sampler, unusual gouaches & inks
Wandering through paper departments, wondering which ones will work can be an expensive gamble. Spend a morning with guidance, testing 20+ papers with your favorite tools. You will learn which papers work well with pointed pens, for a family tree, a handmade book, a wedding poem. How can you tell if a paper is archival? What is grain direction and why is it important? Which paper won't buckle if I layer watercolors? How can I satisfy customers who want a piece on "parchment" paper? Paper can enhance the art of calligraphy almost as much as the choice of pen, brush and color. Learn to choose paper for different effects and purposes in this half day of hands-on testing. We'll write on practice papers and an international assortment of watercolor, charcoal, printmaking, text weight, faux parchment and black papers with a variety of tools and fluids. We'll talk about surface, weight, archival quality and sizing.
BRING: Your questions about paper… AND your favorite dip pens in a variety of sizes, copperplate nibs & holders if you want to know how they respond to the papers. If you want to test brushes - a Pentel color brush (any color) or a pointed brush size 1 or 2 and/or a flat brush. A tube or two of watercolor or gouache, 2-3 loading brushes, water containers. Higgins Eternal, a black gouache or stick ink.
Optional: Bring any of these you might already have: Dr. Martin's Bleedproof white or pro white, Horizon brass pens, Coits, Automatics, Ruling writer, ruling pen, Parallel Pens, any folded pens.
IMPORTANT: Bring palettes to hold at least 12 colors and saran wrap to cover your palette so you can take home the unusual gouaches given in class. A leakproof palette with 13 covered pockets can be purchased in class for $3.95.
Mini-workshop 2: Tool Salon
Tuesday, April 27 1-4 p.m.
Art Room
of Lakewood Center, Lake Oswego
Class size limited to 20 students
$25 includes supply fee
Bring your tool & supply dilemmas for an afternoon of fun and exploration! After demos and comments you will have opportunities to experiment with all the materials. Discover new tools and become confident with some unusual ones. We'll include tiny Rubinato nibs, GTech & Slicci fine tip pens, Horizon brass pens, metallic gouaches & watercolors (Holbein's brilliant gold, Schmincke pans, Niji Pearlescents, & FineTec watercolors), Old World ink for pointed pens, new sizes of Parallel Pens, Yarka watercolors and Lyra colored pencils. Also… Duo Embellishing Adhesive & its cousin the Sakura glue pen, Pan Pastels, Moon Palace Sumi, Smooch & Smooch Spritz accent inks, Hydrus liquid watercolor. AND… lining guides, magnifying visors, the hot foil pen, adjustable oblique holders, Japanese screw punches, and the McGill paper drill. We'll talk about "the right tool for the job" including basic ink and paper dilemmas. Please bring: 4-6 mixing brushes, water containers, favorite broad and or pointed pens, pad of layout paper. Also, palettes to hold at least 10 colors and saran wrap to cover your palette so you can take home the unusual gouaches given in class. Most of these items along with many wonderful books will be available for purchase throughout the day.
BIO: With the help of a mighty but tiny staff, Brenda Broadbent has operated Paper & Ink Arts, a catalog for art supplies, books and gifts for calligraphers, book & paper artists for 25+ years from a little town in rural Maryland. Brenda has long ago experience as a high school English teacher and as a reference librarian in Prince George's County, earlier careers that have served her well at Paper & Ink Arts.