My Solo Artist Retreat: A Week Of Creativity + Inspiration Creating My Mixed Media Landscape Series Part 1
Life is life--it feeds our process. But it's also hard to focus and maintain a flow when you work at home. I was oh so fortunate to get the opportunity to spend an entire week away from my usual environment and get away with just me, my paintings, my hubby and my pup. All I had to do was paint and think about painting and, let me tell you, it's pretty amazing.
This is Part 1 of my documentation of this week and also my reflections on why it's important, what I'm working on, and how to pull off a studio away from the actual studio.
To learn more about my Intuitive Landscape class: https://marabethquinart.thinkific.com/courses/mixed-media-collage-and-the-intuitive-landscape
Video Chapters:
0:00 Introduction to the Solo Retreat
0:48 How I prepared a room that’s NOT a studio
1:12 What materials, tools and paintings I brought
2:42 Why I bring my sketchbook of experiments
5:25 Some footage of the painting progress
Here’s What I Packed For My Solo Retreat:
3 ml plastic to cover everything
painter’s tape
scissors
Rags
Water Container
My sketchbook of past landscapes for reference
spray bottle
11x14 Strathmore Mixed Media Paper 400 Series
Canson Watercolor Board
Palette Paper
2- 12x12x.5 canvas
2- 16x16x1.5 canvas
Charcoal
Art Graf tailor’s chalk
Golden Satin Glazing Liquid
Collage Papers
Acrylic Paints:
Transparent White
Magenta
Indian Yellow
Acrylic Inks:
Flame Orange
Black
Cyan
Cerulean
my own mixes of inks that I use most
Tools:
Big brush
Small brush
silicone shaper tool
palette knife
If you’d like to watch the video on how I make my palette paint collage papers, here it is: Use the Dried Paint on Your Palette to Make Amazing Collage Papers
https://youtu.be/MKR0fB28ct4
If you would like to join my challenge that helped me launch my new work, you can join up here: 15 Minutes for 14 Days Experiment Challenge https://marabethquinart.myflodesk.com/1514-experiment-online
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