Marina Soria - Empty space, womb of shape (In-Person Class) - April 19, 20, & 21, 2024

In Western art, empty space is viewed as a background, something to be filled. In Eastern art, empty space is the origin of form, the womb of shape. If you take this principle of the Taoist rules of beauty into account, you can find new ways to work with space. The balance between positive and negative spaces is the key to aesthetic compositions.

Empty space, womb of shape
Marina Soria

(In-Person Class) - April 19, 20 & 21. 2024
Friday 19th April from 2 to 6 p.m.
Saturday 20th from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. with one hour break for lunch
Sunday 21st from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Where: Museumstraße 16, 4643 Pettenbach, Austria

Phone: +43 676 844464401

Cost: Euro 285

To register contact: Angelika Doppelbauer angelika@doppelbauer.at

Supply List:

You will need to bring a couple of your favorite experimental alphabets you could have developed in some other workshop or a formal calligraphy with a personal twist. Remember that we will not create an alphabet but work with the space and composition issues.

PENS:

BRUSHES:

INK/COLORS:

PAPER:

You may purchase your paper in the form of a block or separate sheets but if you chose the block, nevertheless you will need two big sheets of paper of around 56 x 76 cm (22”x 30”)

- Watercolor Paper.

Size: 24 x 32 cm (9”x 12”) or A4 or letter.

Weight: 90 lbs or 185g/m2. Underneath 300gs

Color: Natural white or off white.

Surface: medium or smooth texture.

Preferably separate sheets not glued on all four sides or separate them before the class.

Arches or something alike. Remember Underneath 300gs (PS01, PS104, PS00)

BINDING

One needle for a simple Japanese binding. Thread, matching the color gouache you have chosen. (S213) (S825)

Awl. (S255) 

Clips to hold paper on place while binding.

A straight edge metallic ruler. (S270, S271)

MISCELLANEOUS...