Welcome to Beauty School. A workshop based around changing the perception of standardized beauty through the use of paint and contemporary art practices.
Jess Cochrane is a contemporary portrait artist based in Wollongong who’s work strongly reflects issues in modern society based around beauty and popular culture. In this workshop, each person will create a portrait based over a photograph using acrylic paint and collage techniques to create unique portraits based on one image.
At the end of the painting process, every portrait will be curated on a wall as part of a large-scale installation as a way of questioning the typical standards of beauty as well as embracing all of the different ways in which beauty can exist.
What you'll get
- A crash course in working with acrylic paint
- Different painting and collage tips and techniques
- A discussion on beauty and popular culture in relation to the workshop
- One A0 portrait per person provided to paint over
- Acrylic paint, mixing mediums and brushes
- Binder medium and paste for collage
- Killer playlist of tunes to paint to
what to bring
- Please bring a fashion or pop culture magazine with you that you are wiling to cut up
- If not, an old book with plenty of images you are willing to cut out.
For example; an old botanical book or a book of maps.