Art Course + Decorative Painting Design. With Elena Nuez (Bicocacolors)

The course on art and design of decorative painting is an introductory course on decorative painting, its different representation techniques, the study of colours and how they interact with each other, the importance of textures, as well as composition and balance of shapes and the play of volumes.

Participants will learn the entire creative process. During the four sessions of the workshop, they will face a different challenge each day, whether it be a different size, a different support or a different painting technique.

Inks, watercolors, tempera, acrylics, markers, crayons, until finding the technique that best suits each person’s needs.

With acrylics, for example, the session is divided into two stages. The first is collective, that is, each student chooses a colour and will use it to colour each and every one of the works of the other participants. In parallel, the rest will follow the same process, that is, everyone will turn around a large table, one will stain with red, another with green, another with blue… always without an established pattern or sketch, just letting themselves be carried away by the colours. When the entire background is covered with colour, each one will return to their work individually to express their style and personality.

After three hours, you will have lost your fear, created your first work without even realizing it, and, most importantly, enjoyed the creativity.

In another session, the reverse technique will be learned: working with bleaching, using a black support which will be removed with bleach.

Another day will be devoted to working in large format, folded into 16 parts, and using only three tones plus the background and textures, in the purest Aboriginal style. After three hours the 16 parts will be unfolded and the result will be a spectacular large format painting.

And finally, small formats will also be used. Mixed media will be used, mixing watercolour, ink and wax to create a 3D work.

At this point, students will be able to face any challenge on their own.

The student must bring these materials:

• A4 spiral notebook, made of 90gr raw paper, Canson type SKETCH.
• 3mm acrylic markers in white, ecru, grey and black.
• 2B pencil, eraser.
• Flat brush n.7 and fine tip round brush n.10

Elena Nueza graduate in Industrial Design from the Complutense University of Madrid, has extensive experience in industrial design and textile printing. Her prints are rich in tribal details dominated by the harmony of shapes and colours reminiscent of Aboriginal painting.