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COURSES
GALLERY NEW! SEMINARS 2002

At Federica's Studio in Crema she runs:
COURSES in porcelain painting for beginners, advanced students and professionals.
SEMINARS with internationally renowned teachers
LESSONS IN WATERCOLOUR PAINTING on paper
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Outside the studio she organises:
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SEMINARS DEMONSTRATIONS MINI WORKSHOPS
The timetable varies from seminar to seminar. Topics of seminars include:-The creation of opaque backgrounds that ressemble biscuit
firing.
Inspiration for the motifs depicted are taken from
Neoclassical times(statues),
the Renaissance period(angels) copied from sepia photos (portraits or scenes),
ethnic motifs (etruscan).
Other subjects include: Watercolour Landscapes on metallic backgrounds
Underwater scenes
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COURSES IN PAINTING ON PORCELAIN
Lessons are from 2.30pm and classes have six students. Students must provide their own materials. The day students choose to attend is flexible although they must book in advance and lessons that are missed without 24 hours notice cannot be reimbursed.
BEGINNERS COURSES: TECHNIQUES AND MOTIFS
Each student is followed individually and has a beginners programme tailored to them. All beginners learn the following techniques but the subjects used may
vary:
-Classical Tecnique (Styles of Meissen, Nyon, Sèvres etc)
Oriental Technique
American Tecnique
Impressionist Technique
Gold Technique with small complimentary motifs
Trompe l'oeil technique on porcelain (wood, marble)Modern Technique (Scandanavian, Grafic
Technique)
Introduction to animal portraits using the American Technique
Introduction to small landscapes using the Classical Technique
ADVANCED COURSES: TECHNIQUES AND MOTIFS
Each student is followed individually and has a personal programme with his own objectives and goals to
achieve.
Animal portraits
Figures and Scenes
Ancient Landscapes
Architectural Motifs
Techniques using gold (painting, gold base with enamel decoration/glaze, gold leaf,
chip off glaze)
Precise graphic technique with luster and gold
Minatures
Perfecting the American technique
Perfecting the Impressionist Technique
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SPECIAL TECHNIQUES
The class works together (everyone uses the same technique - but motifs differ)
In these lessons the number of students ranges from four to eight and lessons missed cannot be
reimbursed.
Watercolour on porcelain
Cadium Technique
Base with transparent covering
Metallic base
Opaque base
Textured base
Motifs include portraits, portraits taken from photos, ethnic motifs, figures, statues,
landscapes,"700
Professionals with specific motif needs can organise individual lessons at different times.
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WATERCOLOUR LESSONS
Monthly lessons are held in watercolour painting on paper with areas covered including colour, light and shade, composition, perspective, figures and copying from life.
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