YOGI'S EMPORIUM
I took a four day workshop with Lisa Engelbrecht in April of 2007. WOW is all I can say. A fabulous teacher, a wonderful person. The items below are things I created during these 2 workshops. The first two days was "Funky Lettering" the next two days was "Lettering on Fabric".
What I loved most was using
Shmincke Metallic powders in my Gouache (It's the glitz in me I guess...).
Especially the Gold. I have readily available Neuberg-e-ebel Metallic Leafing
powders here in Calgary and I find they work just as well. They come in a ton
of different colors too. The trick is to dust them onto your gouache instead of
spooning it on (you want the metal stuff to float on top of the paint). Lisa
used a piece of nylon stocking stretched over the opening and taped down to the
sides of the jar. Works like a charm. We did lots of dropping colors into
colors. Made our own broad edged nib with a yogurt container. Used flat edge
brushes and Pentel Parallel Pens (6.0). Used Lumieres thinned down with water
or Golden's airbrush medium (love that stuff), Pearlescent and acrylic inks,
Shiva Oil Pastel Paint sticks, texture/rubbing plates, rubber stamps. All the
different waterproof pens, colored pencils, watercolor pencils, Portfolio Water
Soluble Oil Pastels, Gold & other colors Metal Leaf, Glue sticks and a ton
of other things I can't remember. We used it all.
Please click on the images to enlarge.
Collage on
Canvas
Collage on
Fabric
Samples of the
lettering styles and tools used.
Stay tuned for more Calligraphy in the future.
Created April 26, 2007
This site created and maintained by Yogi Grunwald.
A few small
broadsides ( 5 pics)
The book we created
with alphabet samples from all the students.
Magical
Vintage
"Food"
5"W x 7"H
Fabric Book (7pics)
If you have any comments, ideas or
questions, please send me an e-mail