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: 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: This 7-week class, meeting on Tuesday afternoons, will cover basic information: color theory, paint mixing, brush control, methods of application/technique; production of small sample paintings to illustrate lessons. Demonstrations and individualized instructions will be given in a small class setting in my home.

Supply List: Supply listing will be available to those who inquire about the class. Participants need to register directly with Lee Edge at 865-660-9034.

Biography: Lee has been teaching art classes through Tellico Art Guild for many years, prior to which she taught in public schools in several states for 30 years. She holds degrees from Moore College of Art/Design (4-year scholarship), and Tyler School of Fine Arts, Temple University, both in Philadelphia, PA. Lee is the recipient of numerous awards for painting and printmaking. Locally, her awards have resulted from exhibits with Fountain City Art Center, The Oak Ridge Open Exhibit, TN Art Assn (past member), and TN Watercolor Society, as well as regionally in the Southern Watercolor Society. She holds Signature membership in the last two societies and exhibits art with the Knoxville Watercolor Society. Lee has been inspired by workshops with many well-known artists including Paul Jackson, Brenda Swenson, Soon Y Warren, Ted Nuttal, Lian Quan Zhen, Cheng Khee Chee, Kathleen Conover, Mary Whyte, Charles Reid, and others.

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

Community Art Project – All Welcome!

Class Content: We are going to collaborate together! Each student will make a 4 inch square of felt, and then we will put all the squares together into a Community Project. This project will be displayed at the Tellico Library. This class is a new experiment: we will learn and practice wet felting techniques that you can apply to other projects, but we will combine our finished art pieces today into a community art project. When it is displayed at the library, viewers will be able to move the pieces around to create new designs, and they will be introduced to the art of wool fiber art.

During our class, you will learn surface design techniques for felting wool: using the color wheel to choose colors, using plant fibers to embellish, using black and white to enhance design, using lines to make movement, using fabrics to create textures, using shapes to create focal points. I will supply all wool, fibers, fabrics, and bubble wrap.

Supply List:

• 6 old hand towels/dish towels
• one small 1 quart bowl
• one ball brause IF you have it
• embroidery needles IF you have them (1 or 2)
• scissors

Biography: I have been teaching felting classes for two years. I have focused on teaching the wet felting process to create structural shapes and 2D designs. During the last 10 years, I have felted vessels, garments, and sculptures. Finding and using fabrics to incorporate into the felting process is a small obsession of mine. I have been inspired by the art of Fiona Duthie for many years, and I have borrowed from her Creative Sparks method to create this collaborative class that focuses on Surface Design techniques.

Instructor Website: https://woolfelteddesigns.etsy.com