Creating 3-D Works Using Water-based Media

Facilitator: Anne Farley Gaines
Date: Saturday May 9, 2026
Time: 1-5 PM
Location:
Forum 301 Gallery
301 W. Ohio St.
Chicago, IL 60654 

Workshop participants worked in watercolor and created sculptural forms, working with different thicknesses of watercolor paper, foam board, molding paste, acrylic and watercolor paints, "Yes" paste, polymers, Asian papers, and museum board.

Chicago-based watercolorist, Anne Farley Gaines, is a mixed-media painter, and muralist who also works in sculpture media brought several examples of works she has created. Gaines' works are mostly nature-based, some are architectural. 

She encouraged attendees in the workshop to begin their works in an abstract manner to obtain a strong sense of form before adding any detail. 

She has used this technique in various maquettes created for public works, which also become art pieces. Through a demonstration of this technique at the beginning, she hopes to inspire all who sign up to find their "voice" using the disparate materials she will be using.

Materials were provided, but some participants were asked to bring additional materials in a provided materials list.