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

The decorative painting art and design course is an introduction to decorative painting techniques, the study of colors and their interactions, the importance of textures, composition and balance of shapes, as well as the play of volumes.

Participants will learn the entire creative process. During the four sessions of the workshop, each day will pose a different challenge: varying the size, support or painting technique.

You will work with inks, watercolors, tempera paints, acrylics, markers and waxes, until you discover the most appropriate technique for each personal project.

Course dynamics

• Session 1: Acrylics and group collaboration
  In this activity, each student chooses a color and uses its tone to color the works of the others in a rotating dynamic. Participants will cover the backgrounds of the works without patterns or sketches, only guided by intuition. Once the background is completed, each participant will return to their work to add details and personalize it, exploring their own style.
• Session 2: Reverse technique with bleaching
  It will be worked on a black support using bleach to “draw” by discoloration.
• Session 3: Large format and Aboriginal technique
  A large canvas will be divided into 16 parts and you will work with only three tones, plus the background and textures. Upon completion, the pieces will be joined together, giving rise to a large-format work.
• Session 4: Small format and mixed technique
  Watercolor, ink and wax will be combined to create a three-dimensional work in small format.

Necessary materials

Participants must bring:

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

At the end of the course, participants will be able to confidently face any artistic challenge, having explored multiple techniques and creative processes.

Elena Nuezgraduated in Industrial Design from the Complutense University of Madrid, has extensive experience in industrial design and textile printing. Its prints are rich in tribal details where the harmony of shapes and colors that recall Aboriginal painting dominates.