Class Content: Class Content: Whether you are a beginner or advanced painter, you will have FUN with me in painting this bright Sea Turtle. ALL SUPPLIES PROVIDED!!! I will demonstrate each step and then provide personal assistance around the room as you all follow along. If you prefer oils or even watercolor, you can bring your own supplies and follow along. I have taught in various media and can come around the room and assist when needed.
Lets paint together and create something wonderful!

I will teach you techniques such as letting the paint brush do the work and create the detail for you and mixing on canvas in order to allow shadows and highlights to appear on their own. Once you learn these techniques, you can go home and use them to create art on your own. This painting works for Beginner to advanced students.

SIGNING UP: If you have trouble signing up online or miss the deadline, you can email me and just bring money to the class on the day of the event.

Supply List: ALL SUPPLIES PROVIDED! I will provide a 11×14 canvas and all the paints and brushes for our project. This size is easier to complete in a short class and the size lends itself better to finding a spot on your wall to display your masterpiece!

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, teens, and adults. Carol also captures attention with her 3D wall sculptures. Working with cast stone and gypsum, these dimensional bas relief works not only catch the eye but awaken the senses as the shapes emerge – revealed by reflected light.

“Quiet times, pleasant memories and peaceful places are what I strive to capture in my art to bring the viewer a moment of peace in a hectic day or a pleasant memory to lift their spirit.” Current projects are providing online video Watercolor lessons, teaching acrylic online and in person classes around the Knoxville area. Carol’s work can be seen at various locations around Knoxville and at the Townsend Art Center in Townsend, TN.

Instructor Website: www.carolrobinking.com, www.paintingtogether.com

Class Content: Join us for an engaging and informative workshop titled “Tools and Techniques,” where you will have the opportunity to explore a variety of artistic methods and tools. This workshop is designed to inspire creativity and enhance your skills, regardless of your experience level.

In this session, I will demonstrate different techniques using an array of tools, providing valuable insights into each method. Following the demonstration, participants will have dedicated time to practice these techniques. Please note, this workshop is not focused on creating a finished painting to take home. Instead, you are encouraged to bring along practice canvases or, if you’re feeling adventurous, take the plunge on a larger canvas.

This experience is all about experimentation and growth, allowing you to push your boundaries and discover new ways to express yourself. Whether you’re a beginner eager to learn or an experienced artist looking to refresh your skills, you’ll find inspiration and guidance in this supportive environment. All skill levels are welcome!

Supply List: Please bring any materials and paint you would like to use. Below are some suggestions for acrylic paint colors.

This workshop focuses on inspiration and practice, rather than completing a piece. I recommend using canvas boards for this workshop, as they are easier for exploration and practice any size you are comfortable with will work. You won’t feel as though it’s too precious to experiment on. You can find canvas boards online or at any hobby store, often in inexpensive bundles.

Acrylic Paint Color Suggestions

• Titanium White
• Black
• Cadmium Yellow
• Cadmium Red
• Violet
• Ultramarine blue

China Markers
Graphite
Spray Fixative

Suggested Tools

• Painting knives
• Kitchen Spatula
• Brayer Roller
• Silicone scraper/wedges
• Sponges
• Bowl Scaper

Stencils
Corks

Liquitex Basics Acrylic offers tubes of

• Gloss Heavy Gel
• Light Modeling Paste

Canvas Panels (can be bought in bulk at any hobby store or online)

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 more than twelve galleries across the southeast and featured in corporate and residential settings throughout the US. Throughout her career, She has been interviewed and featured in various magazines, TV, and radio shows, including HGTV, PBS, Nashville Lifestyle, and Legends magazines. Catron was also voted to participate in the Art Wall for the AT&T building in downtown Nashville. The Christmas day bombing destroyed the wall, but it couldn’t destroy 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 painting soirees for corporate events and private parties. These events provide a safe and enjoyable environment for both painters and non-painters to have fun and create something unique and personal.

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

Class Content: Dragonflies are symbolic of transition and change. You are invited to change things up a bit by pairing Zentangle with different pens as well as mixed media techniques and materials to create a lovely composition on a traditional paper surface as well as a translucent background. We will focus on the Zentangle “embedded letters” technique, but instead of letters, our projects will incorporate the dragonfly as a focal point–it could be stamped, stenciled, embossed or collaged…you choose! A glass-backed frame is included with the class so that light can travel through your translucent piece as it would through the delicate wings of a dragonfly. Color might be incorporated into your creation if you wish, as a subtle hint or a bolder statement.

Supply List: Sakura Pigma Micron pens in Black, Cool Gray, and Light Cool Gray…size 01 (for a fine line) or size 05 (for a medium line). All three should be the same size; which size you choose should be based on your personal preference. If unable to purchase before class, instructor will have sets on hand for purchase at $10 for a set of 3 (black, cool gray, and light cool gray) of the same size in a Zentangle pen pouch.

All other necessary supplies are provided in the cost of the class. Participants are welcome to bring additional favorite pens and colored pencils/chalk pencils if they wish.

Biography: Amy Broady, M.Ed., is a Certified Zentangle Teacher™ and a Veriditas-trained Labyrinth Facilitator. She began her career as a professional art educator in 1995. She has spent most of her school career teaching at the elementary level, but loves teaching adults just as much as she loves teaching children. She started practicing and teaching the Zentangle Method in 2010 to children in the school setting and adults in various community venues as well as at retreats and conferences; she has provided professional development to countless art educators at the local, state, and national levels. Amy is delighted that Zentangle permeates her personal and professional life, creatively, philosophically, and socially as she has made dear friends through her involvement with Zentangle. In 2022 she established her own tiny little art studio, Pen & Path, for helping others begin or progress on their creative journeys through mixed media adventures in Zentangle, labyrinths, and more. Amy doesn’t sell her artwork and rarely displays it in public venues, but derives great joy and satisfaction from her personal practice as well as teaching others.

Instructor Website: tanglefish.blogspot.com

Workshop Content: Loosen up and expand your creative process. Would you like to paint with more freedom or feeling? Then this workshop is for you. We will explore movement in abstract paintings by using line, shape, value, color and other elements of art to create big and bold expressive abstract composition. By using a variety of mark making techniques and expressive drawing, creates artwork that communicates memories, ideas, and emotions. The class will include demonstrations on drawing, painting intuitively, composition and finding boldness in a painting. We will practice skill building exercises using your unique marks and automatic drawing.

Supply List: *Acrylic paint – warm and cool colors, black, white and any colors you want to use.
*A variety of mark making tools – pencils, charcoal, colored pencils, acrylic markers, artist crayons, etc.
*Pencil sharpener
*Matte Medium
*Brushes varying sizes (large inexpensive brush from hardware store would be nice)
*Palette knife
*Other implements you like to use in painting
*Two large canvases or boards. Examples: 30 x 40, 36×36
*Container for water
*Spray bottle
*Paper towels and/or rags
*Palette (can be freezer paper)
*Painters tape
*Cardboard that will hold a sheet of paper that is 30×22 (provided by instructor)
*Anything else you would like to bring
*Suggestion: Take a trip to a dollar store and find inexpensive things that can make marks on the canvas. Kitchen department has interesting things.

Biography: Ginger Oglesby, a native Southerner, began studying art in the 6th grade. Saturday mornings were spent in art class learning the fundamentals of drawing, color, composition and medium. In the summer, classes were moved outside for landscapes at Nashville’s Belle Meade Mansion. This continued all through high school under the tutelage of Juanita Green Parks, Director of Art, at Watkins Institute in Nashville, TN. Ginger’s education continued to be concentrated in creative endeavors. She received a BFA from the University of Tennessee in Studio Art with a minor in Dance. After college, Ginger’s first job was with a modern dance company, Sidewalk Dance Theater, where she was a member for ten years. Retiring from the dance company, Ginger missed the movement of dance so she poured movement into her paintings. Her work became more loose and free until they became pure abstraction.

Ginger creates dynamic abstract paintings. She allows movement of color, line, form, tone and texture as they interact to be the subject of her paintings. She has the ability to suspend reality and trust her intuition as she creates abstract paintings that result in primitive arrangements of color and shape. Art critic, Brian Sherwin, commented on Ginger’s paintings.
“Ginger’s energetic use of color demands attention. Ginger meshes fiery colors with colder colors, if you will- works that are complex in their simplicity. A startling exchange of color is established. That visual choice reflects Ginger’s connection with order/chaos of nature.”

Ginger prefers not to guide the viewer’s interpretation, rather she captures the viewer’s attention, draws them in, keeps them looking and generates an emotional response. “I use the canvas to tell the bold and sometimes very subtle abstract stories of movement. Beginning with a loose composition and adding layer on layer, my paintings naturally unfold and expose an intuitive dance. These images capture the vibrant attitudes of the human heart. Soaring Leaping Turning!”

Ginger’s work has been exhibited in galleries and art shows including:

dk Gallery, Marietta, Georgia
dk2 Gallery, Homewood, Alabama
York and Friends, Nashville and Memphis, Tennessee
The Glided Grasshopper, Hattiesburg, Mississippi
Art Alley, Homewood, Alabama
Group Shows dk Gallery Marietta, Georgia 2016 -2017
Featured Artist York and Friends Nashville, Tennessee May 2017
Featured Artist The Art Show at BA Brentwood, Tennessee 2016
Duo Show States of Matter District Gallery Knoxville, Tennessee 2016
Solo Show Market Central, Memphis, Tennessee 2014
LeQuire and Company, Nashville, Tennessee
Button and Petter, Douglas, Michigan
UpStairs Gallery, Leiper’s Fork, Tennessee
Harding Art Show, Nashville, Tennessee
The Art Event, Nashville, Tennessee
Bold Brush Winner – Outstanding Abstract December 2012
Fine Arts in Brentwood Show and Sale, Brentwood, Tennessee
Old Natchez House Gallery, Leiper’s Fork, Tennessee
Merging of the Arts, Franklin, Tennessee

Instructor Website: Ginger Oglesby Fine Art

Class Content: Learn how to paint different types of flowers with watercolor in a loose, wet on wet manner and to use negative painting to to add definition to the petals and leaves. Then, have fun using stamps, doilies and more to add decorative patterns in and around the flowers to enhance the overall composition. This is also a great way to add some design interest to the background of any floral paintings that you already have on hand, either finished or in progress.

Demos along with individual help will encourage everyone in their own artistic expression.

Supply List: See linked document

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 around the country.

Instructor Website: marthakisling.blogspot.com