NOTE: Due to popular demand, this class is a repeat of the June 17, 2022 Landscape Paintings with Alcohol Inks

Class Content:

This class is about creating Landscape Paintings with Alcohol Inks. A second class will be offered Friday, July 29, 2022 and is about creating Floral Paintings and Glass Ornaments w/Alcohol Inks which can be taken together or individually. An outline of the class content will be distributed at the beginning of each class.

In class, we’ll talk about the different substrates that can be used, how to preserve your work, the pros and cons of the different weights of Yupo Paper, and the best ways to purchase the paper depending on your needs. (Not necessarily in a pad!)

Kathy will bring sample paintings to show various techniques, and do a few demos during the day. Set-ups of needed equipment for each individual in the class will be provided. Other equipment used to create different effects like an air compressor will be available for you to try. There will be a small selection of colors at each individual’s desk as well as over a 100 additional colors you may select from my supply of inks to personalize your work. There will be a color chart to facilitate choosing colors that appeal to you. We will be completing 4 to 5 paintings in a range of sizes which, if time allows, will be coated with several coats of spray varnish to protect and preserve your artwork.

Bring a lunch and drinks, dessert will be provided.

Supply List: All essential supplies will be provided. Kathy will have a selection of inexpensive “Clip Art Glass Frames,” to purchase should you like your artwork well enough that you want to hang it on your wall! These will be available at wholesale cost and can be purchased at class completion.

Biography: I’ve been self-employed for most of my working career and have oil painted for about 45 of them.  When Covid made its entrance, I closed my Townsend bed and breakfast for a couple of months and decided to try something new.  In fifty-eight days I wove twenty-four baskets and finished seven oil paintings.  Then I decided to give my shoulder a rest from both weaving and wielding a long brush and started creating alcohol ink paintings.  When my B&B opened back up and I quickly sold the artwork I had created, I sold the B&B and started a new full time career!  What I love about alcohol inks is the vibrancy of the color and the utter spontaneity.  For the most part I rarely use a brush.  Along with selling my artwork on my website, I have fourteen shows scheduled this year and am currently building an art gallery, Gracehill Fine Art and Basketry, in Townsend, TN. 

I have been honored with the following recognition and awards: 

• 2021, Award of Merit, Arrowmont’s  Sevier County 20^th Biennial Art Exhibition
• 2022, Inclusion into Arts in the Airport, Arts Cultural Alliance
• 2022, Inclusion Dogwood to Kudzu, Handweavers Guild of America Convergence Show Knoxville
• 2022, Award of Merit, TN Craft, 51^st Annual Spring Fair, Emerging Makers Tent

Instructor Website: https://gracehillart.com

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

NOTE: This class is full. There is a repeat offering of this class on July 19, 2022. Scroll down the class postings to find the July 19, 2022 class in order to register.

Class Content:

This class is about creating Landscape Paintings with Alcohol Inks. A second class will be offered Friday, July 29, 2022 and is about creating Floral Paintings and Glass Ornaments w/Alcohol Inks which can be taken together or individually. An outline of the class content will be distributed at the beginning of each class.

In class, we’ll talk about the different substrates that can be used, how to preserve your work, the pros and cons of the different weights of Yupo Paper, and the best ways to purchase the paper depending on your needs. (Not necessarily in a pad!)

Kathy will bring sample paintings to show various techniques, and do a few demos during the day. Set-ups of needed equipment for each individual in the class will be provided. Other equipment used to create different effects like an air compressor will be available for you to try. There will be a small selection of colors at each individual’s desk as well as over a 100 additional colors you may select from my supply of inks to personalize your work. There will be a color chart to facilitate choosing colors that appeal to you. We will be completing 4 to 5 paintings in a range of sizes which, if time allows, will be coated with several coats of spray varnish to protect and preserve your artwork.

Bring a lunch and drinks, dessert will be provided.

Supply List: All essential supplies will be provided. Kathy will have a selection of inexpensive “Clip Art Glass Frames,” to purchase should you like your artwork well enough that you want to hang it on your wall! These will be available at wholesale cost and can be purchased at class completion.

Biography: I’ve been self-employed for most of my working career and have oil painted for about 45 of them.  When Covid made its entrance, I closed my Townsend bed and breakfast for a couple of months and decided to try something new.  In fifty-eight days I wove twenty-four baskets and finished seven oil paintings.  Then I decided to give my shoulder a rest from both weaving and wielding a long brush and started creating alcohol ink paintings.  When my B&B opened back up and I quickly sold the artwork I had created, I sold the B&B and started a new full time career!  What I love about alcohol inks is the vibrancy of the color and the utter spontaneity.  For the most part I rarely use a brush.  Along with selling my artwork on my website, I have fourteen shows scheduled this year and am currently building an art gallery, Gracehill Fine Art and Basketry, in Townsend, TN. 

I have been honored with the following recognition and awards: 

• 2021, Award of Merit, Arrowmont’s  Sevier County 20^th Biennial Art Exhibition
• 2022, Inclusion into Arts in the Airport, Arts Cultural Alliance
• 2022, Inclusion Dogwood to Kudzu, Handweavers Guild of America Convergence Show Knoxville
• 2022, Award of Merit, TN Craft, 51^st Annual Spring Fair, Emerging Makers Tent

Instructor Website: https://gracehillart.com

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

Date: August 23, 2022
Time: 9:00 AM – 3:00 PM
Location: Chota Classroom A

Prerequisites: This class is appropriate for beginning as well as experienced artists. 

Contact Information: Martha Kisling marthakisling@msn.com

Cost: $40
Class Size: Min 5 Max 14
Sign-up: This class is full. Contact Martha directly to see if you can be added to the class.
Deadline: August 9, 2022

Cancellation Policy: Participants may cancel up to 14 days prior to the start of the class for a full refund. There will be no refunds within 14 days of the class unless spot can be filled from wait list. Contact Martha directly to cancel.

Class Content:
Have fun painting colorful koi fish using basic watercolor techniques along with several creative ways to add texture. Different color schemes can be explored to complete one or two finished paintings. 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 # watercolor paper available for purchase at the class for $3 / 11 x 15 piece. More information on all the watercolor painting supplies that I like and recommend at
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.

Class Content:

In this class we will create a 3D collage and assemblage of objects inside the back of a stretched canvas. It will include collage papers, bits and bobs and trinkets. You are invited to bring found objects from nature (sticks, acorns, feathers…).   The canvas will be divided with repeating design elements inspired by nature.  Inside the back of the stretched canvas, we will lay in textures and then add created papers, painted sticks, dyed fabrics and found pieces. 

My demonstrations will be done in neutral colors (mostly black, white, and grey) with color as an accent, but students who want to use their own color concepts may fly with the process. The sky’s the limit. 

You will learn ways to create painted papers from different types of papers, paint sticks from nature, use of thin and thick gel mediums, 3 D concepts, fabric dying, creating a texture background, mark making, and the joy of playing with mixed media!

Supply List:

I WILL SUPPLY: your canvas, Thick Matt Gel Medium, Thin Matt Gel Medium, old book pages, deli paper and various other paper, fabrics and fabric dye, spray varnish for anything natural from outdoors.Various paints and mark making supplies. Stamps, stencils.

YOU WILL NEED TO BRING:
water container
small palette like the little 6 well or bigger if you have it.
acrylic brushes, 1 inch flat and various smaller flat and round brushes.
acrylic paint markers such as POSCA Pens. Especially black and white with thin and thick nibs. If using color, bring colors that you want to incorporate into your piece. Black Sharpie markers also work. Think permanent markers
Acrylic paints in black, Paynes Grey, burnt umber and white, and the colors that you plan to use as an accent.
Palette knife if you have one
Bits and bobs, ephemera, photos (if that is your inspiration), sticks from your yard in different sizes, buttons, and anything else such as old keys, small items that can be adhered to your piece, pins etc.

Call me with any questions at 563-940-8169.

Biography:

I am a self taught artist, but drink up all the classes that I can find since my retirement from nursing in 2008. I take courses from professional artists, and endless online classes. I have been a creator/maker my whole life. After my retirement, my world opened up to time for creating. I became a competitive art quilter, with many awards and published in Point, Click, Quilt by Susanne Brubaker Knapp. As my art quilting evolved, I began to want to paint again. I love watercolor, acrylics and dove deeply into mixed media. It is a passion of mine. I teach Mixed Media Art Journal classes here at Chota as a member of AGTV. Fiber arts are still an important part of my repertoire and works into my mixed media. You will also find me needle felting, weaving and fabric dying.

Instructor Website: https://www.etsy.com/shop/PamGeorgeQuilts?ref=seller-platform-mcnav

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