CAA Day Virtual Program: with Martha Wakefield

Feed Your Creative Soul Mini Session, with Martha Wakefield

This is part of our CAA Day celebrations, and will be hosted live on ZOOM. This event will not be recorded.

Is that blank white sheet of paper too blinding? Are your art tools sending guilty vibes of being too long ignored? Jump start your creative soul and return to that passionate place of making marks for the sake of making marks on a fresh sheet of bright white paper with 10 guilt free tools in this mark making exercise created by Martha Wakefield.

SUPPLIES

Table or flat surface to work on

Paper: 11” x 14” or bigger Bristol paper (smooth) or any surface to paint on (could be paper bag, cardboard, file folder, newspaper, panel, canvas board etc.

Paint: Acrylic or watercolor paint: 4 colors plus Titanium white

Essentials:

• Small container of water
• Paper towels or hand towel
• Nitrile Gloves (protect your hands)
• Palette, palette paper or plastic plate

Tools:

1. A piece of bubble wrap (smaller than surface)
2. 3-inch sponge roller (hardware store) or 2-3 inch brayer
3. Graphite stick, charcoal or pencil (water-soluble or not)
4. India or Sumi ink w/ small stick or chopstick OR Sharpie Marker (magnum or super point)
5. Cork for stamping
6. Crayon (wax like Crayola or water-soluble)
7. Plastic spoon
8. 2” brush or sponge brush
9. Credit or hotel card
10. Ziplock bag or glassine greeting card sleeve or acetate sheet

Optional: Precut mat – cut again in half

About Martha Wakefield

Martha Wakefield, artist, instructor and mentor, has been teaching artists of all skill levels at art organizations in the Boston area for many years. Wakefield has created and continues to teach the following workshops: Alchemy of Color I & II, Embrace the Sketchbook, FEED Your Creative Soul and Intro to Cold Wax Medium with Oil. She creates a supportive environment helping artists from understanding the basics of painting to discovering and encouraging their unique voices. Wakefield's own work explores the fragility of memory. She is intrigued by how memory morphs from persistent vividness to fleeting passages to total loss. Wakefield has won many awards for her work and is featured in private and corporate collections internationally. She is represented by Powers Gallery in Acton, MA.

Photo credit: Lisa Gizara

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