Artist Workshop Series: Learn Frottage
With Artist Neal Palmer
Sunday 20 August, 2-4pm
FREE Event
Suitable for Ages 4-10
Spaces will be limited
In our Artist Workshop Series, local artists share their inspiration and skills with children in a series of free classes.
Using the magnificent trees and plants in Monte Cecilia park as inspiration, this class will explore a variety of age-appropriate painting and drawing techniques - including different ways of applying paint, chalk and crayon leaf rubbings and drawing. Led by artist Neal Palmer, our young artists will also be looking at the forms of tree branches to get a basic understanding of composition in an artwork.
No reservation required, but spaces will be limited and available on a first-come basis.
What is Frottage?
Frottage is a technique in which paper or canvas is placed over a grainy surface and rubbed with a crayon or charcoal. It was often used by Surrealist artists to create textural effects.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Neal Palmer’s work focuses on natural forms using scale, colour and pattern to create dramatic and emotive paintings. A full-time artist since 1999 he has participated in events including: Artists in Eden, the Beijing & Los Angeles International Biennial Art Invitational’s,‘35 K’ at Artspace, and as a finalist in the Molly Morpeth Art Awards (Merit winner), Margaret Stoddard, and more. He has had 23 solo shows in that time, and been reviewed and recommended in various publications with feature articles in: Art New Zealand, Art News, the Sunday Star Times and the NZ Herald.
