Walk in the Woods, Laura Rendlen

 

Winter's Beauty, Laura Rendlen

 

Workshop: Building a Landscape with Color and Texture

Instructor: Laura Rendlen

 

Class time: Session 6A and 6B (pick one)

Session 6A: Thursday, September 28th, 8:00AM - 5:00PM (with a 1 hour lunch break)

Session 6B: Friday, September 29th, 8:00PM - 5:00PM (with a 1 hour lunch break)

 

Fee:

$310 USD

 

Material fee:

$60 USD

 

Location:

Hyatt: Regency A

 

Class level:

Intermediate 

 

Class Description:

This workshop is for artists who want to explore a variety of mosaic techniques to create a representational landscape utilizing different traditional materials, e.g. glass, stone, shells and metal. Beginning with a short presentation and exercises to illustrate general principles, the discussion considers perspective foreground and background and light source highlights and shadows. The beauty of this workshop is that the artist gets to surround themselves and then get to play with a variety of tesserae to complete their mosaic. Working from your imagination the workshop emphasizes a hands-on exploration of mosaic techniques. This allows the artist to discover different textures, color combinations and ways to transition and form relationships with mixed materials. Throughout the workshop individual attention and tips are provided to help with the technical aspects of mosaics and to guide the successful completion of each project.

 

Utah Rail Ride, Laura Rendlen

Laura Rendlen’s aesthetic and style for mosaic art is representational. She creates environments that capture the essence of a place. Through vivid color and soft expression she conveys the intangibles in nature, particularly wind, light and movement. As well as creating large scale commissions for various cities, Laura teaches Master Workshops in contemporary mosaics nationally and internationally.
Laura Rendlen earned her BFA in Sculpture from Kansas City Art Institute and spent 25 years as a scenic painter. Laura has been published in several books, blogs and magazines including Mosaic Fine Art Portraits and Mosaic Art Now magazine. She has also been included five times in the Mosaic Arts International exhibitions, and in 2012 she received the prestigious MAI Jurors’ Choice award.