Fabricating a Painting: A Painter’s Introduction to the Essential Building Materials and Tools
2-Day Short Course
Taught by
Resident Instructor Brad Davis
Schedule:
Saturday and Sunday, November 4th & 5th, 2023
10am-4pm (with a one-hour lunch break each day)
Registration Deadline: Friday, October 20, 2023
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Description:
As painters, we often focus on what we are painting, but it is equally important to understand what we are painting on. In this workshop, we will learn how to properly construct canvases and box panels from start to finish as well as some basic framing techniques for both styles of painting substrate.
This workshop will cover the following topics:
• Learn to assemble a stretcher and stretch a canvas.
• Learn to build a box panel
• Learn how to properly prepare a panel or canvas for oil paint application
• Learn how to build and assemble a simple floating frame and gallery frame from start to finish.
By the end of Fabricating a Painting, students will be comfortable with a selection of basic woodworking tools, associated technical vocabulary, and the essential processes involved in making canvas and wooden painting substrates. Each participant will create one stretched canvas, one birch veneer box panel, and at least one type of frame to fit one of these surfaces.
Fee:
$230 (This includes all necessary wood, fasteners, canvas, personal protective equipment, and tools.)
Minimum Enrollment: 4
Maximum Enrollment: 12
Materials list:
Materials Provided by Manifest Drawing Center
- Poplar Board (one 10-foot 1x4 board per student)
- Birch Veneer Plywood
- Wood Glue (Titebond)
- Pin Nails
- Sandpaper
- Earplugs
- Safety Glasses
- Wood Putty
- Canvas
Materials you will need to supply
- Two 9-inch Stretcher Bars
- Two 12-inch Stretcher Bars
- Gesso (any brand, but Liquitex white acrylic gesso is good)
- 3" Chip Brush or similar
- 2-4 220 Grit Sandpaper Sheets
Questions? Please contact the Drawing Center Coordinator, Adam Mysock at mysock@manifestdrawingcenter.org with any questions about this list and/or course.
Level of Study:
This workshop is suggested for individuals with some introductory wood shop exposure. Basic awareness of power tool safety protocol is expected. Safety procedures will be discussed at the beginning of the workshop, and personal protective equipment will be provided. Participants will be emailed notes about proper clothing upon registration.
LOCATION:
LOCATION: Unless otherwise specified, all courses are hosted at Manifest's new facility at 'M1' in Clifton at 3464 Central Parkway (see map and directions below). Manifest's new facility provides multiple studio classrooms, private lesson space, a darkroom, a film processing room, and a multi-purpose lecture and class meeting space as well as on-site parking, grounds, and exterior spaces in which to relax, discuss, and make art. The studios are outfitted with professional equipment, furniture, and study aids.
Map to Manifest's M1 Studios | Studio Calendar | Darkroom Calendar
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About the instructor:
Brad Davis is a painter from Cincinnati, Ohio. He earned his BFA from the Art Academy of Cincinnati in 2016, and his MFA from the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts in 2019. His paintings are typically centered around the urban environment and seek to transform its banality through careful and personal reconstruction. In addition to teaching at Manifest Drawing Center, Davis also teaches at the University of Cincinnati’s College of Design, Art, Architecture, and Planning (DAAP) in the School of Design. Davis’ work has been exhibited nationally and was included in the 2018 XL Catlin Art Prize traveling show. Most recently he has been shown at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam. His paintings are in the permanent collections of the Union League of Philadelphia and Capitol One Bank.
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