Title: 2-Day Glass Painting Without a Map with Rita Schimelfarb
Skill: Intermediate painting level.
Description:
This class is a departure from a traditional approach to glass painting using dry matt layers, as most of painting and shading will be done while the paint is wet.
Students will walk away with 3 painted pieces of glass, all of which will be fired twice in the kiln.
- The first piece will be a concentration of techniques around color enameling and negative space design. We will do one layer in lavender oil and second layer in water-based paint medium.
- The second piece will focus on foreground and background elements. It will be executed with propylene glycol as a medium for both layers.
- The last piece will be a detailed painting of a face done in two layers using non-traditional open medium for painting.
Tracing will only be done for the face painting, and only lightly. The rest of the painting is encouraged to be done free-hand.
Students are asked to bring their favorite brushes for painting. If anyone is allergic to surgical-style nitrile gloves, personal gloves are recommended. Respirators or masks to protect from paint particles are encouraged, masks will be provided for students if necessary.
All materials and a brush kit are included.
Rita Shimelfarb is a glass artist who focuses on utilizing both traditional and innovative contemporary glass forming and painting techniques in her work. Born in USSR in 1972, she immigrated to USA as a refugee in 1989. Since then, she has made Chicago her home. Shimelfarb completed a bachelor’s degree in Math and Computer Science and finds her analytical background indispensable in solving various glass-construction challenges and in developing new processes for image and medium manipulation. She has worked extensively with her mentor Sylvia Laks – a celebrated stained-glass painter and has taken several glass-forming and painting workshops with world renown glass artists. Her work has been exhibited nationwide and is included in a number of public and private collections.
