Class Content: Make a personal mosaic mandala. A great class to get to know the basics of multi-media mosaics while making an 8” simple Mandala design. Students will have a wide range of materials to choose from — glass, ceramic, stone, etc. We will give a brief description of the history of mandalas, their design principles and provide samples to spark your creative process.

Supply List: We will provide everything. Just bring an apron and your creative spirit! Students are encouraged to bring anything of special significance to be included if they wish. (e.g. A broken piece of jewelry from a loved one, a cracked special piece of china, etc.).

Biography: Susan Watson is a stained glass master craftsman, now retired after 29 years at Dollywood. Her interest in mosaics started back in the late 1980s when she developed a method for stained glass stepping stones. This morphed over the years into multimedia mosaics as she started to combine materials into her mosaics. Susan has studied Mosaics all over the world under various teachers and their methods. “I particularly like adding organic elements into my mosaic designs — stones, shells, ceramics, etc.”, says Susan.

Instructor Website: Susanwatsonsglass.com

Class Content: Join me in painting a beautiful Smoky Mountain scene with a field of flowers. Learn how to create the smoky mist in the distance and how to let your brush do the work to easily paint bushes and trees and a field of flowers. I will help you make the painting your own . While I paint thinner on the canvas generally, I will show you several techniques so you can paint with more texture if you prefer that. Its about having fun and making it your own! I provide personal assistance around the room as you all create your own special Smoky Mountain landscape and learn techniques to take home and try on some more paintings. Some painting class experience will help, even if it was just a Painting with a Twist class or something like that.

Supply List: Click here to view the supply list.

I will provide a 11×14 canvas for our art piece. I will bring extra brushes as well in case you don’t have a particular size. You will need to bring Acrylic Paints and basic brushes including a half inch Filbert and a 1″ Fan, a script brush and paper towels and a water container to clean brushes. I have several aprons, but just in case we run out, if you have an apron it’s good to have since acrylics will stick permanently to clothing!

The Colors we will be using are: Windsor Yellow (or any bright yellow), Ultramarine blue, Burnt Sienna, Black, White, Bright Orange and Magenta.

TIP: Some acrylic sets at places like Walmart are very thinned down and can be difficult to work with as they do not contain much pigment. I recommend brands like Lukas (mid) and Golden (high) but any sets from Jerry’s Artarama or Dick Blick, Cheap Joes online stores are going to be better quality and you can get great deals on a set so you can keep painting at home. *** If you do not want to buy a set before trying out acrylics, you can borrow mine for a small fee. I will have brushes as well for anyone to borrow.

Biography: Tennessee artist Carol Robin King was born and raised in Argentina where she discovered her love for drawing at the tender age of 3. At 13, Carol advanced from drawing to painting with oils and acrylics.  While in Argentina,  she attended 3 years of professional Art School.  She loves continuing to learn and perfect her techniques through workshops and online classes.
 
Art has always been a part of Carol’s life. She made extra money selling paintings as a child and painting portraits in college.  Throughout the last 30 years, she has had the privilege of teaching art classes for children and teens as well as adults.
Current projects are recording online video Watercolor lessons, teaching acrylic classes and working at the shared Studio 106 located inside the Emporium in the downtown Knoxville art district.

Instructor Website: http://www.CarolRobinKing.com

Class Content: Hands on Introduction to Watercolor Class; BEFORE YOU BUY SUPPLIES… Is this medium right for you???

Beginning Watercolor: you will be learning about the tools used to create watercolor paintings along with techniques to make it easy to decide if this is a medium you would like to continue with. Just show up… no need to bring any supplies!

This 1-day class will concentrate on understanding the tools in watercolor so you will be able to later sit back and just enjoy the painting process. We are going to learn about watercolor brushes, papers, paints, techniques, supplies and so much more. You will be creating 2 paintings before you need to go out and buy any supplies, so you can see if this is the medium for you.

Learning: I love watercolors! I would love to help you fall in love with it too by answering any questions you have and teaching you knowledge about the supplies and techniques to launch you into this medium. Watercolors are fast, fun and unique. They can be enjoyed so much more if one is able to simplify all its complexities and implement the right tools so it can be user-friendly. This class will cover such things as: What are the differences in brushes? What are different types of watercolor paper? What the difference is between student and professional grade paints, brushes and paper? Is it worth getting the expensive stuff? What is the difference between tube paints and pans? Why is there a white in most student grade paint sets? I see so many “extra” watercolor supplies in the art store many times we get overwhelmed or wonder what we really need? How do I create white on in my watercolor painting? In the class we will be answering questions like these and so much more; I’m excited to teach you what I have learned.

Practice: We will practice transferring images onto watercolor paper. By this, we will be learning how to properly do this and get hands-on in the process. We will go over beginning watercolor techniques along with skills that will carry you on to the next level. You will be practicing these techniques and getting more familiar with how to use watercolors to achieve different goals.

Lunch – We will take a break for lunch, please bring your lunch.

Painting: After lunch, we will be using our transferred drawing and creating a watercolor. I almost always work on two or more watercolor paintings at the same time, so I will teach you why and how as we create a second piece of art to practice more of the skills we learned from the morning. Take Home:
You will be taking home…
(1) The knowledge of how and what supplies you will need to start your watercolor journey
(2) The techniques that can be used with the supplies to achieve what you want with watercolors
(3) Two paintings that begin you on this new journey of a fun medium that can be used just about anywhere

Supply List: Come as you are… No supplies needed for this class! If you have watercolor supplies you would like to use or have questions about them you are welcome to bring them.

Biography: Glenda Bowles has over 30 year of experience in the Arts and nearly this in the medium of watercolor. She has a Bachelors of Fine Arts from the University of Tennessee Knoxville with a concentration in watercolor. She furthered her education at the University of Tennessee with a Masters in Curriculum and Instruction and then went on to receive a Certificate in Counseling in Saint Louis Missouri. She has taught over 25 years to affluent and impoverished students, over a range of ages – from 4 years old to adults. She has taught in classroom settings in the states as well as overseas. She has also taught art in an Art Therapy setting. She loves teaching core art skills, art history and art theory, as well as many mediums. She enjoys just about every medium of Art that is out there. Presently, she is creating art in watercolor, oils and graphite predominantly.
She has exhibited her artwork in numerous settings from Fine Arts shows and sales including the Brentwood Academy show in Nashville, Memphis College of Art, and in smaller settings in Knoxville and Morristown. She has created murals here in Knoxville as well as in Greece, Belize and Jordan.
She has lived in Nashville, Knoxville, St.Louis, Memphis and the country of Jordan. She loves the complexity of this world and seeks to create this in her own artwork by reimagining the beauty around her. She hopes to reflect this beauty of her surroundings into her art for her viewer to experience and enjoy.

Click here to view some of the patterns you can get using alcohol inks

Class Content: You’ll be provided with a prepared gourd that you will decorate with alcohol inks. You’ll then give it several coats of UV varnish and a coat of wax. After an early lunch, you’ll start weaving southern longleaf pine needles onto it using the simple or spiral stitch. You’ll learn how to start a basket, how to wrap a coil to add color, how to add a bead, and how to add thread when you run out. You’ll also learn that you can leave caps on some of the pine needle shafts to add texture to your basket if you desire.

Done ahead of time by the instructor wearing a respirator and tight-fitting goggles, prepared gourds have been cut, the guts cleaned out, sanded, holes drilled with proper spacing, wood petrifier added to the inside, formula 49 applied to the outside, and the interior sprayed black. Pine needles will be preconditioned using a turkey roaster and glycerin.

A material fee of $73.00 is included in the price of the $163 two-day class fee. If you wish to supply ALL your materials contact Kathy 2 weeks ahead of class and she will refund your material list fee.

Provided: Dessert

All alcohol inks, varnish, and wax to decorate the gourd.

8oz southern longleaf pine needles, dyed or natural color, in a glycerin bath, choices on waxed linen, artificial sinew, or jewelry twine, and beads. How many beads depend on what you pick out. Some gemstones are 10 times the price of glass or wooden beads. These are your supplies to make the basket.

She will also provide different-sized sewing needles, clips, and gauges that stay with the instructor. She’ll have a few extra pairs of scissors and pliers she’ll bring with her.

She’ll have an assortment of prepared gourds in different shapes, but mostly round, cut with a wave in the gourd rim rather than straight across. (Adds interest.) Under the pictures above is a link where you will see some of the patterns you can get using alcohol inks. She has over a hundred colors to pick from. The rim you sew on can take many forms. No two baskets are ever similar. You will have plenty of time to finish this basket.

Supply List: Scissors or snips,
a pair of regular and/or needle nose pliers would be helpful,
lunch

Biography: I work in several mediums, primarily alcohol inks and pine needle basketry.
Along with selling my artwork on my website, I sell at art shows and am currently building an art gallery, Gracehill Fine Art and Basketry, in Townsend, TN.

2021, Award of Merit, Basketry, Arrowmont’s Sevier County 20th Biennial Art Exhibition
2022, Spring, Juried Inclusion into Arts in the Airport, Basketry, Arts Cultural Alliance
2022, Juried Inclusion International Handweavers Guild of America Convergence Show
2022, Award of Merit, TN Craft, 51st Annual Spring Fair, Emerging Makers Tent
2022 Honorable Mention, Basketry, 50th Anniversary Juried Exhibition TN Artists Assoc
2022, Fall, Juried Inclusion into Arts in the Airport, Arts Cultural Alliance
2023, Scholarship Award, Basketry, Arrowmont’s Sevier County 21st Biennial Art Exhibition
2023, Inclusion Juried National Exhibition, Basketry, Art Cultural Alliance
2023, Juror’s Award, Basketry, No Bigger than a Breadbox, Art Cultural Alliance
2023, Spring, Basketry, Juried Inclusion into Arts in the Airport, Arts Cultural Alliance

Instructor Website: www.GracehillArt.com

Class Content: Yupo is a synthetic paper with a slick surface that allows for all sorts of fun painting techniques and keeps the colors bright and true. We will spend part of the morning experimenting with different ways to apply the paint by using a brush, brayer, spray and stamps. We will also experiment with lifting, burnishing and adding some mixed media. We will then apply these techniques to three different floral paintings allowing for your own personal creative expression.

Watercolor and/or acrylic paints can be used and four sheets of yupo paper (11×17 inch) will be supplied for each student.

Supply List: Click here to view the supply 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: marthakisling.blogspot.com