If you tried making mosaics before and the thought of positioning each and every "tile" sighs...tedious, this is the workshop for you!
Join Lindly Haunani, an acclaimed colorist- best known for her sensitive use of color AND her somewhat colorful sense of humor- for a fun and enlightening day. Explore three different mosaic techniques using polymer clay; including a fast and easy way to lay down entire areas of color, dry onlay and inlay, which you will combine to make a colorful artists book cover. Strategies for designing and mixing cohesive color schemes, including how to choose an appropriate grout color, along with alternative surface finishes will be presented. In addition to having fun, you will leave with an enhanced understanding of your artistic self and how appropriate color choices can add impact to your work.

Learn from two nationally recognized colorists why the “rules” as they are outlined in many color reference books rarely provide satisfactory results. Discover how to use the three properties of color, hue, value and saturation to your advantage and increase your color confidence. Day one will explore color likes and dislikes and de-mystify the vocabulary of color. Learn custom-mixing of pigment primaries using polymer clay, and mixing to match colors. The second day will show how the three properties of color change when proportion, juxtaposition and surface are consciously adjusted. Create a mirror frame that captures the unique color scheme you have designed.

There are hundreds of materials to choose from, aside from cat hair, that can be added to polymer clay to mimic the look of natural materials or create new illusions. Lindly will walk you through the process from considering the why’s, mixing proportions and strategies for ease in mixing. Dozens of samples will be on view to spark your imagination for your future projects.  

Join Lindly Haunani, a nationally recognized colorist for a fun and illuminating demonstration. Learn why breaking all the rules of color can set your artist free. Watch Lindly walk you through the creation of a color palette using intuition, custom mixed primaries and collages. Understand how one palette can be expanded to an unlimited selection of matching color ways. Ask questions, be ready to laugh and increase your color confidence.