Mixed Media Workshop
Acrylic lifts, ink transfers, scraffito, rice paper, printing, embossed surfaces, attaching real objects, silkscreen images, faux finishes, thread, sands, stencils
Instructor: Robert Placky
Saturday, March 21
12:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Learn foundational mixed media techniques to explore surface, depth, and personal meaning in your art. Join artist and educator Robert Placky for a dynamic, hands-on exploration of mixed media techniques that build texture, depth, and narrative. Participants will experiment with acrylic lifts, ink transfers, rice paper, and found materials to create richly layered surfaces. Through guided demonstrations and individual exploration, this workshop emphasizes process, material discovery, and the creative dialogue between chance and intention.
All students are required to bring their own supplies. Click the button below to view the supply list.
ABOUT YOUR INSTRUCTOR
Robert is an artist/adventurer that loves the outdoors and thrives under cerulean skies. He is an acrylic painter that uses mixed media on canvas and in print to capture the essence of place. Using the process of collage, Robert combines real and painted objects to explore the intangible qualities of being in the outdoors. He uses natural objects such as sand from “Uluru” in Australia or Forester grass from the Appalachian Trail to bring the natural setting to the canvas. This concept developed around the aboriginal word, “Kuruwarri," which is interpreting meaning from the land. He is in love with anything Australian, having spent all of 1994 on an International Teaching Exchange in Victoria, Australia Robert is a recently retired secondary art teacher from the State College Area School District. He taught for 40 years, focusing on advanced classes and portfolio development. Many of his students obtain degrees in the arts at major universities and art schools. He has stayed activity in the art community with his involvement with the Tappahannock Art Guild being a member of the Education Committee, Curation Committee and a Guild Artist.