About the Course
This advanced program offers professional skills in the strategic combination of multimedia art materials. Participants will delve into sophisticated methods for managing layers, collage, and texture, mastering techniques that build both intense visual depth and narrative complexity. The curriculum focuses on acquiring professional control over artistic processes, ensuring a sophisticated mastery of the medium.
A critical component of this course is understanding the essential chemical relationships between diverse materials to prevent hazardous reactions and ensure the longevity of your art. Participants will be trained in creating multi-layered artworks with a dual focus on immediate aesthetic impact and long-term physical and visual stability, providing the knowledge needed to build lasting, gallery-ready pieces.
Course Objectives:
Develop expert control over transparent and opaque color layering in mixed-media applications.
Understand the chemical, optical, and physical behavior of pigments across different binders and surfaces.
Apply contemporary coloring methods that enhance depth, luminosity, and chromatic interaction.
Achieve refined visual balance, tonal harmony, and advanced contrast strategies.
Solve technical challenges such as color muddiness, layer instability, and uneven surface absorption.
Main Topics:
Optical color mixing, transparency control, and glazing systems.
Multilayer building: depth, luminosity, and surface modulation.
Pigment–medium interactions: acrylics, gels, resins, and additives.
Contemporary visual effects: reflective light, chromatic diffusion, and radiant layering.
Chromatic harmonies, contrast strategies, and dynamic color fields.
Technical troubleshooting: muddiness, dull tones, cracking, and adhesion issues.
Learning outcomes:
By the end of the course, participants will be able to:
Ability to build sophisticated chromatic structures using controlled multilayer techniques.
Professional understanding of pigment behavior under varying environmental and material conditions.
Competence in producing luminous visual fields, transparency effects, and rich optical depth.
Capability to diagnose and correct technical color problems during the painting process.
Strengthened artistic decision-making grounded in scientific color theory and visual perception.
Target Audience:
This advanced program is specifically designed for:
Professional Artists.
Graduate Students & Postgraduate Students (Fine Arts/Art Education/Archaeological Conservation).
Experimental Media Professionals.
Art college students.
Conservation and restoration specialists
Gallery staff.
Duration details:
Duration: 36 training hours.
Format: Practical workshops + simple laboratory experiments.
Certification: Accredited certificate of attendance.
Location: Hossam El-Kady Studio – Cairo.
Ready to elevate your art practice? Enroll today, share this course with a fellow artist, and join our community!
Your Instructor
Hossam ElKady
Hossam El-Kady is a contemporary visual artist and conservator whose multidisciplinary expertise unites material science, fine arts practice, and sustainable creative methods.