Watercolour & Mixed Media with Nina Fraser

Working with paper, including collage and basic watercolor application, you will learn how to mix your mediums effectively in this workshop that introduces various techniques to expand your creative repertoire and challenge traditional methods. Working in layers, using experimental collage formats, including wet collage, you will discover new ways of transforming images and combining different collage and water-based painting techniques in your own work.

Channeling intuitive and conscious decision-making processes, you will learn to create visual connections through varied images, taking with you a variety of inspired new methods to help projects or influence new work.

All materials are provided. No other preparation is necessary. Limited to 6 participants.

Nina Fraser (1984), born in St. Albans, UK, graduated in Textile Art from Winchester College of Arts (UK) in 2006. Her multidisciplinary practice explores human interaction and the relationship with the environment, landscape and place through the use of found imagery. She completed an MA course in Commissioning and Curating Contemporary Public Art at the University of Gothenburg in 2023. She develops projects and practical structures to improve our social and human experience, having co-founded the café and events venue The Art House Southampton (2008-2014). She has lived and worked in Portugal since 2014. She is also a creative mentor and educator of arts-based practices and, in 2022, founded the Collage Working Club, a creative workspace specializing in collage techniques and thinking practices. Nina's collages have been published in magazines and books, including, “Collage by Women, 50 Essential Contemporary Artists” published by Promopress, in 2019, and more recently “Collage Care: Transforming Emotions & Life Experiences” published by Kanyer Art Collection, 2021. His works of art are represented in public and private collections around the world.

Collage Working Club (CWC) is a weekly open workspace for artists working in the medium of paper. Organised in the format of alternate ‘drop in’ sessions and workshops masterclasses, it has both a regular facilitator, whilst also involving the artist community in the sharing of knowledge and skills. Providing materials, education and connections is the primary aim of CWC, and it will do this through the interdisciplinary art of collage as both an art form and a tool for personal growth.

O Collage Working Club (CWC) é um espaço de trabalho semanal aberto a artistas que trabalham com o suporte papel. Organizado no formato de sessões alternadas e masterclasses, tem um facilitador regular, ao mesmo tempo que envolve a comunidade de artistas na partilha de conhecimentos e competências.Fornecer materiais, educação e ligações é o principal objetivo do CWC, e fá-lo-á através da interdisciplinaridade da colagem como uma forma de arte e uma ferramenta para o crescimento pessoal.

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