Virtual Workshop Series: Develop Your Sketchbook, with Boriana Kantcheva (4/5)

Virtual Workshop Series: Develop Your Sketchbook with Boriana Kantcheva

THIS CLASS WILL BE HOSTED ON ZOOM

This class will meet for 5 consecutive Wednesdays, beginning October 14

“Develop Your Sketchbook” is a mixed media class where each 2 hour session focuses on a specific theme or technique. Here are some examples of what the class can offer:

- Collage with Found Materials – in this class students will use their own old book pages, magazines, printouts. The theme is to create a “surreal” world playing with found images, scale, color and composition.

- Painterly Collage with Painted Papers – students will paint their own papers using acrylic paint. Once dry the papers will be cut and made into collage that can be abstract or objective. With the teacher’s guidance students will learn about color choices, mixing color, creating textures and working on a strong composition.

- Introduction to Working with Inks and Gel Pens – students will use variety of inks and gel pens to create nature inspired works.

- Inspirations from Other Artists – look at work of other artist and interpret a piece.

Click here to download the materials list.

About Boriana Kantcheva

Boriana Kantcheva draws on memories and imagination to create compelling narrative images in print and gouache. After emigrating from Bulgaria, Kantcheva received a BFA from Massachusetts College of Art and Design and an MFA from the School of the Museum of Fine Arts and Tufts University joint degree program. For several years she was an assistant teacher at the Carpenter Center for Visual and Environmental Studies in Cambridge. She previously was on the faculty of Maud Morgan Arts, also in Cambridge, where she was also the manager of the Chandler Gallery. Kantcheva is the recipient of several Harvard University Certificate of Distinction in Teaching awards. She has exhibited her work in Boston and New York.