I am ashamed to say that It's been a month since I returned from Townsville where I thoroughly enjoyed a week's workshop with Sherrill Kahn, celebrated artist and author, and I am just getting around to reviewing my photos. The sample of Sherrill's work pictured above is a good example of the art techniques and composition and design principles we learnt. Having been inspired by Sherrill's books prior to the workshop, I had doubts about whether I had chosen the right class.as I have had very little experience with paint. However, I soon found myself experimenting with so many different techniques both on paper and fabric. Sherrill gave us many demonstrations over the five days, and we had plenty of time to try each technique ourselves. I have a pile of great samples! One of my favourite techniques was to use inexpensive hair gel with paint .... this is still a work in progress, but I am working on this for th...
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