Class Content: Discover the beauty of painting irises in watercolor. With their beautiful colors and frilly petals they provide an ideal painting subject. Use basic watercolor techniques along with wet-on-wet and negative painting to create a beautiful piece of artwork. Demos along with individual help will encourage everyone in their own artistic expression.

Supply List: Watercolor paints, brushes, water container, paper towels and pencil. Two 11×15 inch or larger sheets of 140 lb cold press watercolor paper. I strongly recommend Arches watercolor paper for best results with wet on wet and blending techniques. I will have Arches 140 lb watercolor paper available for purchase at the class for $3 /11 x 15 inch piece. More information on all of the watercolor supplies that I like and recommend at: http://marthakisling.blogspot.com/p/painting-tutorials.html

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 and is currently being shown at the Rugby Art Gallery in Historic Rugby, TN.

Instructor Website: marthakisling.blogspot.com

COVID Protocol: Individuals are invited to wear face masks based on their own comfort level.

Class Content: In this material-driven and improvisational workshop, participants will explore a variety of materials and media- both old and new- as they transform discarded books into unique works of art. We’ll experiment with collage, image transfer, and found text while learning new techniques and processes.

Supply List: All essential supplies will be provided, but participants are encouraged to bring in personal notions and ephemera such as: assorted papers or fabrics, ribbons & trims, buttons, old photographs, found objects & other ephemera. 

Biography: Ehren Reed relocated to Louisville, KY in late 2013 after 14 years as a professional artist and art educator in San Francisco, CA. She holds a degree in Latin American Studies from Kenyon College and a degree in Painting & Drawing from the California College of the Arts in San Francisco. She is a fiber and mixed media artist working predominantly in thread and embroidery and has exhibited nationally from San Francisco to Brooklyn. Her work has also been featured in national and international publications.

Instructor’s Website: www.ehrenelizabethreed.com

COVID Protocol: Individuals are invited to wear face masks based on their own comfort level.

LEARN ALL ABOUT the best ART MARKERS and HOW TO USE THEM.

Scarlett Hanover, Multi Company Brand specialist for Markers/ Graphic Art Products, Jerry Artarama’s

Scarlett Hanover, Graduate of Middle Tennessee State University in Graphic Design and Illustration, will give a complete demonstration discussing the pros and cons, best uses and ideal substrates for some of the best art markers available.  You will have the opportunity to try the markers too.

Marabu Graphix Aqua Pens: Versatile watercolor pens in a vibrant array of colors. The high-quality inks are bright and low odor. Draw or color lines and solids as you would with any marker, or blend and spread the color with a damp brush for paler hues and lovely shading.

Copic Creative Art Markers:  Durable graphic markers which are alcohol-based, refillable and available in various designs and in 358 colors to suit individual needs

Tombow Dual Brush Pens: The flexible brush tip works like a paintbrush to create fine, medium or bold strokes; the fine tip gives consistent lines. The water-based ink is blendable and the resilient nylon brush retains its point stroke after stroke. 

Faber Castell Pitt Artist Pens: the Pitt Pen has all the advantages of artist’s inks with the benefits of a modern, easy-to-use pen. The pigmented and very lightfast drawing india ink is ideal for sketches, drawings, layouts, fashion design and illustration.

Faber Castell Albrecht Dürer Watercolor Markers: These watercolor markers are a high-quality drawing instrument that supports both spontaneous sketching and artistic watercolour painting. Perfect for painting on the go.

Uni’s Posca Paint Markers:  Richly pigmented opaque ink markers which can mark on almost any surface with vivid colors that dry to a matte finish. The acrylic paint is non-toxic, lightfast, waterproof, and weather-resistant in 55 colors.

Workshop Content:

Create fun new images from bits and pieces of magazines. We’ll start by mining magazine pages to build palettes of color, texture and shape. Learn to create abstract images, landscapes, faces, and figures from torn pieces of paper. Use subtle imagery to tell a story, extract personal meaning, or simply create for fun!

Day one: learn about the tricks of the trade — how to use magazines as your source of color, drama, and texture and which substrates, products and tools work best. We will review the work of contemporary collage artists to observe techniques and find inspiration. You will create several forms of collage papers for use in future work. While your papers dry, you will create an abstract composition from magazine parts alone. This will be quick, intuitive work. Finally, you will use your morning papers to build an abstract collage focusing on color and texture.

Day two: learn how to compose a more complex image from magazine parts. We’ll review examples of collage landscapes, figures, and still life and discuss the mechanics of composing an image. Artists may choose an image of their own or follow Kathy’s lead to create this more complex image. Along the way, learn techniques for reducing wrinkles and bubbles, crutches for refining an image, methods for adding shading and values, and ideas for working in the negative spaces.

Supply List:

Primary art materials will be provided (e.g. substrates, glue / medium, craft brushes)

Please bring scissors, 2-3 good quality magazines (e.g. fashion, architecture, National Geographic) and two plastic containers for rinse water. Optional: Acrylic paint, markers / pens, random paper images you would like to include in your collages (e.g. interesting papers, photocopies of old photos or letters, poems, maps, etc.).

Biography:

I love to create with paper — cut, torn, sliced, ripped, painted, and reassembled. I am particularly drawn to the look, color, texture and malleable nature of torn magazines and painted papers. Images originally meant to convey one message in a magazine can be used to communicate something entirely new in a work of art. An automobile advertisement might become part of a face. A face might become part of an abstract image. Disparate images can be used to tell a story or to extract personal meaning. Discovering hidden images embedded in collage creates a mystery that I simply can’t resist! I have been collaging for 15 years and never grow tired of it. Come explore with me. 

COVID Protocol: Masks requested when social distancing is not possible.

Class Content:

Workshop Content: Combine paint and collage to create a fun and colorful mixed media landscape painting. Use watercolor and/or acrylic paints along with a variety of patterned collage papers to add texture and design interest. Learn an easy way to make your own stamps to create decorative papers. Demonstrations along with individual instruction will encourage everyone to explore their own artistic expression.

Supply List: Watercolor and/or acrylic paints, brushes, water container, paper towels and pencil. White gesso and matte medium with an old brush. Any stamps you have.

Two or more sheets of 140lb or 300 lb watercolor paper, 11×14 or larger if desired. I highly recommend Arches watercolor paper for best results! Bring any collage papers you already have (patterned tissue paper, scrapbook paper, mulberry paper, rice paper, hand painted papers, etc) along with a few sheets of white tissue paper.

Materials to make stamps will be supplied.

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 and is currently being shown at the Rugby Art Gallery in Historic Rugby, TN.

Instructor Website: marthakisling.blogspot.com

COVID Protocol: Masks requested when social distancing is not possible.