goldenNEW GOLDEN Printmaking Lecture and Demo Wednesday February 27, 3-5 p.m., upstairs at Leyba & Ingalls ARTS. FREE! MUST pre-register!

NEW GOLDEN Printmaking with Acrylics, Stress Free

Something for artist of any level. Even if you don't think you are interested in printmaking, you come away with many new ideas and a better understanding of what GOLDEN products can do.

Join us for an in-depth lecture and demonstration of Printmaking techniques using GOLDEN Acrylics. Using repeated images as a theme, we will show you many stress free printmaking techniques, no fancy press required. We provide an overview of the many surfaces available for printing, as well as the array of GOLDEN Acrylic Paints that are suitable for making multiple prints. OPEN, the new acrylic that stays wet for extended periods of time is the perfect match. We also use QoR Watercolorsfor a unique monoprinting technique. This lecture doesn't stop at the print. We also cover additive and subtractive processes, using High Flow and Fluorescent colors for printing and enhancing finished prints, and using GOLDEN Grounds and Gels for watercolor washes, relief prints, and collagraphs. Attendees leave with new creative possibilities and ideas for small prints, greeting cards, journaling, fabric applications, as well as techniques for larger professional applications. Attendees will receive a selection of the products discussed to take home and explore the breadth and depth of GOLDEN's professional product line.

A packet of literature and free samples of paint and gels will be available for all those who attend.

biographyPhil Garrett did his undergraduate work at the University of South Carolina, and the Honolulu Academy, studying under Gabor Peterdi. He received his BFA at the San Francisco Art Institute in 1974. His work is in numerous public and private collections, including the SC State Museum, Greenville County Museum and the State Collections of South Carolina and Hawaii. He is represented by Hodges-Taylor Art Consultancy, Charlotte, North Carolina. He has completed numerous artists' residencies including the Sam and Adele Golden Foundation Residence, taught painting, mural painting, printmaking, and watercolor, in Museum Schools and educational programs in the Southeast. He joined the Golden Artist Colors Working Artist Program in 1998 and the Williamsburg Oil Working Artist program in 2016 , and teaches acrylic and oil painting in numerous venues.

HIs prints and paintings are in public and Private collections in the USA ,Europe and Japan . In October 2005, 2006 and 2007 he Lectured and taught workshops on Acrylic Painting Methods in Art Schools in the cities of Osaka, Tokyo ,Nagoya , Kyoto and Fukuoka Japan sponsored by Golden Acrylic and Turner company of Osaka . He is the author of the book INSIDE ACRYLICS published by North Light Books in August of 2013 .