Arrowmont is a special community full of creative people – a family who know that coming together and making art is important. We talk a lot about the Arrowmont Experience – connecting through craft and community. That connection exists beyond physical proximity. It is in shared memories and new ideas. It lives in the friendships we make with each other. It grows when we learn and support one another. Whether on campus or off, we are connected as members of the Arrowmont family. Over the next few weeks, we are going to share stories from our community of instructors, residents, and students in a new series, Arrowmont Connections.
Jenny Day is an Arrowmont instructor. She is a painter who divides her time between Tucson, Arizona and Santa Fe, New Mexico. She earned an MFA in Painting and Drawing from the The University of Arizona, a BFA in Painting from the University of Alaska Fairbanks and a BA in Environmental Studies from the UC Santa Cruz. Day's work has been exhibited throughout the US including the Elmhurst Art Museum, Crocker Art Museum, Center for Contemporary Arts, JONATHAN FERRARA GALLERY, and the Tucson Museum of Art and Historic Block. Her paintings discuss how the damaged landscape, once altered, reconstructs itself.
For Arrowmont Connections, Jenny shares a technique she uses when she wants crisp edges, irregular shapes, lines, or to paint up to the edge of another shape.
MASKING TAPE STENCILS
JENNY DAY
Materials Needed:
Masking tape
Acrylic gel medium
Sharp xacto knife
Paint
Hair Dryer
Brushes
Water
Instructions:
1. Once drawing is completed for painting. Tape area to be painted.
2. You should be able to see pencil line through yellow masking tape. With a sharp xacto knife cut tape, tracing your lines. Do not press hard or you will cut canvas.
3. With a brush apply gel medium to area that you would like to paint. Dry with hair dryer.
4. Once gel medium is tacky to dry, apply paint.
5. Remove tape, pulling gently away from painted area.
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Interviews and news:
Facebook: @JennyDayArt
Instagram: @jenny.marie.day
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