Class Content: Image transfers can add layers and dimension to your mixed media projects, making them more exciting, interesting and personal. In this class, we will learn a few different techniques for transferring a variety of images onto mixed media surfaces. We’ll start by preparing the mixed media backgrounds, then transfer images using direct, gelli plate, and solvent transfer methods. Each of these techniques will produce different results, which will add to the creative choices that you have for your mixed media designs.

Supply List: All supplies are provided. You may want to bring your own laser printed or photocopied (i.e., toner based, NOT inkjet) images in various sizes to use for transfers. High contrast images will work best — black & white or color can be used. I will also bring a selection in case anyone forgets.

We will make basic background mixed media surfaces to use and practice on, but if you have anything pre-prepared that you would like to use, bring those along, too.

Please bring your own apron. We will be working with acrylics, which are unforgiving if they get on your clothing.

Biography: I come from a Chemistry and Geology background, but have always had a keen interest in art, and have taken a variety of workshops and classes in different media over the years. In 2015, I was able to take the plunge into art full-time, studying for two years with the Open College of the Arts (based in the UK) before being juried in as a member of the Art Market Gallery in Knoxville in late 2017. My work has been accepted into a number of juried exhibitions in the Knoxville area, including the Arts & Culture Alliance National Juried Exhibition (2020, 2023), Arts in the Airport at McGhee Tyson Airport (2020, 2021, 2023, 2024), The District Gallery’s “The Big Tiny Show” Exhibition (2022, 2023, 2024), and the Arts & Culture Alliance’s “No Bigger than a Breadbox” Exhibition (2021, 2023, 2024). I have also exhibited works locally in Knoxville at the Marble Alley Lofts, the Emporium Gallery, the Mayor’s offices, and Post Modern Spirits, and became a juried member of the Foothills Craft Guild in 2023.

Instructor Website: https://www.artmarketgallery.net/shop/pamela-salyer/143

Class Content: Have fun and learn how to loosen up your landscape paintings using watercolor techniques on gesso coated paper. The white acrylic gesso creates a slick surface which allows for a loose, painterly effect and lets the colors stay bright and true. We will explore using different materials to apply the watercolor and how the paint can be easily lifted off to create bold, white shapes. Because painting on a gessoed surface allows for faster results we should be able to complete 3 or 4 different landscapes.

Demos along with individual help will encourage everyone in their own artistic expression. Beginners as well as experienced artists are welcome.

Supply List: Click here to see list.

Biography: Martha Kisling has over thirty years experience painting in the exciting and spontaneous medium of watercolor. She also enjoys experimenting with acrylics, mixed media, collage and batik. She has taught painting classes and workshops while living in Colorado, South Carolina and now Tennessee and enjoys sharing her personal creative discoveries while encouraging students to develop their own artistic expression. Her original artwork has been exhibited in art shows and galleries.

Instructor Website: https://marthakisling.blogspot.com/

Class Content: It’s almost Spring Time!

The flowers are blooming!
Let’s DRAW them – with pencil!
Let’s COLOR them – with paint!

Have you ever just wanted to sit in front of a flower and draw it? Moreover, have you ever wanted to bring it to life and paint the flower sitting in front of you? If so, this is the class for you.

We will be learning how to do just that. During our time together we will learn the techniques behind how to draw flowers from sight.

A painting always needs a good skilled underdrawing of our subject if we are concentrating on achieving a likeness of our subject. We will first develop a solid understanding and practice learning to draw flowers with pencil. Considering their shape, movement, proportion, details and values.

Then we will take these drawings and bring them to life with color. With technical and technique instructions we will bring them from graphite to colored drawings in “no time.” You may choose to follow along with watercolor, acrylics, watercolor pencils, or color pencils. I will take you along the same journey to create botanical drawings in any of these mediums.

Our focus will be on these two paintings to grasp the concept of botanical drawings. After the class you should be ready to jump into spring, painting all the flowers around you. How much fun will your spring be?

Supply List:

DRAWING:

• Several sharpened graphite pencils: different values if you have them (H, HB, B’s) — if not, then HB #2 will be fine
• White eraser or good clean erasers
• Drawing paper: at least 3 sheets, 8″ x 10″ — sketch books are fine

COLORING:

• Medium you want to color with: watercolor paint, acrylic, watercolor pencils, or colored pencils
• Brushes
• Small container for water
• Towel or few sheets of paper towel
• Smooth watercolor paper (Hot Press) (at least 3 sheets – 8″ x 10″)

(let me know if you need anything, I may be able to run by the art store before class and grab anything you need)

Biography: Glenda Bowles is a native Tennessean living in Knoxville with over 30 years of experience in the Arts. She holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts and a Masters in Curriculum and Instruction from the University of Tennessee Knoxville and a Certificate in Counseling from Covenant Theological Seminary. Glenda has taught a diverse range of students, from preschoolers to adults, for over 25 years, including affluent and impoverished students. Core art skills, art history, art theory, and the study of different mediums are a few of what she concentrates on while teaching in order for students to grow in their personal artistic development. Watercolor, oils, gouache, pen and ink, colored pencil, graphite, portraits, plein air, and color theory are a few mediums and subjects she teaches. She has taught in traditional classroom settings in the United States and overseas, as well as in art therapy.

When it comes to her own art, Glenda enjoys working with a variety of mediums. Her primary mediums she works with are watercolor, oils, and graphite. Her fine art and murals can be found in numerous locations in the US and around the world, including Greece, Belize, and Jordan. She has also exhibited her artwork at several locations in Knoxville, Morristown, the Brentwood Academy show in Nashville, and the Memphis College of Art.

Glenda is married to Ryan, they have three children, two in college and one out of college. Outside of art she enjoys traveling, kayaking and biking.

Instructor Website: Web and Instagram

Class Content: We will spend the day making landscapes from a photograph you bring by crumbling up tissue paper and gluing it to our canvas. We will then layer them with acrylics and oil pastels to create beautifully textured paintings. This class is all about layering papers, paint, and color! Chance and accident will be our friends!

Supply List: I suggest bringing either one large canvas or two small canvas. Bring your favorite brushes and acrylic paints, water holder, and rags. I will bring tissue paper, oil, pastels, and glue. *Don’t forget a picture of a landscape you would like to create!

Biography: Christian Freeman is an artist and Knoxville native with a BFA degree from the University of Tennessee. Having begun her career working with The Symphony Showcase Homes and Parade of Homes, she paints murals and custom finishes. She has completed countless residential and commercial projects, and has the ability to work on any scale, and within nearly any budget. Christian’s work is her passion, and she uses it to transform homes and businesses into aesthetically beautiful and better functioning spaces. One well known local mural she did was that of the lovely ladies in the windows at Patrick Sullivan’s, which were auctioned off several years back by Knox Heritage. Inspired by Toulouse Lautrec, she created the ladies of the night with fun line, lush color, and enticing energy. Christian is also an accomplished canvas painter and art instructor. Having taught privately, some of her students have gone on to win scholarships and show in galleries on their own. Christian has recently made Lenior City, Tennessee her home and is continuing to create, teach, and consult locally and beyond.

Instructor Website: Christian freeman creations on instagram and fb

Workshop Content: Get ready to unleash your creativity in a vibrant workshop that’s all about fun and exploration! We will be diving into the world of abstract art, using an inspiring piece as our visual guide. This is your chance to discover exciting techniques with acrylic paint and create work that’s not just expressive, but truly personal and contemporary.

Expect engaging demonstrations and personalized support every step of the way, along with plenty of time to get you hands messy and paint! You’ll have the opportunity to dive deep into you artistic process, helping you connect more profoundly with your creative spirit.

This class encourages experimentation and fosters a sense of community, and everyone is welcome to join!

Supply List:

• Stretched Canvas 24 x 24 or size of your choice
• Acrylic paints, Black, White, Yellow Ochre, Red Oxide or Burnt Sienna, Cadmium Yellow, or additional paints colors of your choice,
• Suggested tools
  • Pencils: Regular and White china pencil for mark-making, colored, etc
  • Brushes: A variety of sizes, including at least one large brush for a big canvas
  • Palette knives, sponges, paper towels, water container, one or two personal tools for moving paint around (just grab something), water spray bottle, rag.

Biography: Catron is a full-time abstract artist with over 30 years of experience. In 2020, she was honored to be named Nashville Art Creator of the Year by Nashville Lifestyle Magazine. Her work has been showcased in 14 galleries across the southeast and featured in corporate and residential settings throughout the US. Throughout her career, Catron has been interviewed and featured in various magazine, TV and radio shows, including HGTV, PBS, Nashville Lifestyles, and Legends magazines. Catron was also voted to participated in the Art Wall for the AT&T building in downtown Nashville. The Christmas day bombing destroyed the wall, but it couldn’t ruin her spirit. In response, the Color Nashville Art Project invited her and other local artists to participate in painting joyful scenes over the boarded-up windows, bringing beauty and hope to the affected area.

Recently, in addition to her time creating at the easel, Catron has enjoyed leading abstract painting soiree’s combining fun, fellowship, and inspiration for corporate events and private parties. These events provide a safe and enjoyable environment for both painters and nonpainters to have fun and create something unique and personal.

Instructor Website: https://www.catronwallace.art