Due to last minute cancellations, there are 5 open spots for this class. Contact carol at carolrobinking@gmail.com to register.

Class Content: You will LOVE playing in 3D with plaster! This class is a beginner introduction to the world of Plaster Relief. You will create 2 pieces in this class: a underwater theme panel and a small tropical leaf simpler panel. Plaster is a very fun media to work with and grants exceptional results. In this beginner class, the hard part has been pre-done for you so you can walk away with a very nice finished underwater themed piece of art that will WOW your friends!

I will Demonstrate each step and explain it as I go and then break so you can work on that step. I walk around and assist each student as needed. We will break for lunch around noon but will stay in the class for lunch so we can chat and answer questions.

I will have your panels prepared and dozens of pre-made molded ocean pieces so you can choose your favorites and position them as you like. Everyone’s piece will be unique and special since you choose which pieces you want and where to position them. I will have many more elements than you see in the class image as well so you can create your own underwater world. We will also create a simple leaf print relief as a second project during drying times of the underwater panel.

You Will Learn:
* How to prepare a surface for attaching plaster molded pieces (yours will be prepared in advance for time constraints)
* Learn to use molds to make 3d elements
* How to add Hanging Wire to your panel
* How to Lay down a layer of plaster on your panel and use tools to give the impression of water
* How to attach pre-made plaster elements to your panel
* Learn to use stencils to make unique 3D enhanced pieces of art
* Mix plaster to the right consistency for shaping and attaching your molds
* How to use cake decorating tips to add elements to your panel
* How to color or glaze your finished piece

PLEASE PACK A LUNCH… Our lunch break will be short so we can finish our work in one day.

Supply List: ***ALL SUPPLIES INCLUDED! Just bring yourself, your lunch and apron or clothes that can get messy.

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.

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 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. Her work can also be found at Pivot Point Gallery in Knoxville, and she just opened a gallery with a couple other artists in Gatlinburg Tennessee in the Morning Mist Village on Glades Road. We hope you can stop by and visit at one of these locations!

Instructor Website: https://carolrobinking.com/gallery/sculpture-bas-relief/

Class Content: Notice how certain birds collect the strangest items to incorporate into their nests? Found ribbons, sparkly paper & shiny objects for example. Join mixed media artist Twyla Marti in making a fun artful nest structure which we will fill with a unique selection of bits and baubles, decorated eggs and a collection of pokies that would make any such bird crow with delight.

Supply List: Click here to view the supply list. If you would like to buy an extra nest wire, they will be available in class for $5.

Biography: Twyla Marti has been working in Mixed Media and Fiber Art for over 40 years. She has had the privilege of studying with many of the top artists/instructors in these fields which has helped her develop her own style. She is an avid hiker and finds her inspiration through nature, traveling, visiting art centers and galleries along with studying and exchanging ideas with other artists. Twyla is now teaching at the Plateau Creative Arts Center in Crossville, TN which her and her husband became members of when they moved to Tennessee.

Class Content: Have fun painting several colorful landscapes using different watercolor techniques. Explore ways to paint streams, waterfalls, trees and rocks using dry brush, wet on wet and negative painting along with new ways to create texture. Acrylics may also be used for the class. Demos and individual help will be provided to encourage each artist with their own creative expression

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 in several states and is available online.

Instructor Website: Martha Kisling Art With Heart

Workshop Content: This workshop offers a new way to look at the art of weaving. Using watercolor paper, acrylic paint, collage material and waxed linen thread, participants will create an abstracted image that will lead to an exploration of an unusual design and application of this time-honored craft.

Day one: The morning will start with an introduction and slideshow of various paper weavings and the materials we’ll be using. A short demo using recommended methods will highlight two different approaches to the base art of the weaving using paint and/or collage. A discussion of what type of imagery participants will be pursuing, editing methods and how this will fit with a paper weaving process will follow—the instructor will talk this through in detail with each participant individually as needed. After lunch, participants will begin their desired image on watercolor paper—this can be approached as an acrylic painting, a collage or both combined.

Day two: Participants will continue to build their main image and focus on the heroic area of the base art composition as the focal point—attention will focus on how the base art image will be cut up and rearranged in the building of the weaving. After lunch participants will be using the editing methods discussed earlier to finish out the base image. By midafternoon we will cut the paper abstract into strips and begin to rearrange the image to produce the warp and weft of the final weaving.

Day three: Starts with two short demonstrations: one on using the Japanese hand drill and one using the simple pamphlet stitch for the weaving. This will be followed by an exercise of each approach that each participant will practice. After lunch participants will screw punch their weavings and stitch them together. The class will end early to allow for pack up.
This class will offer attendees an abstracted view of weaving with paper and broaden their approach in letting an image go to create something new. Attention will be paid to building the image organically and simplifying the weaving process.
This is a 3 day, adults only class and attendees will need to be familiar with wet media—acrylic paint and inks or collage. A knowledge of sewing or stitching will be very helpful but not necessary.
We will need to work flat for most of the painting and weaving process.

NOTE: A more detailed explanation will be emailed to all the participants for preparation at least 2 weeks before the workshop.

Supply List: Click here to view the supply list.

Biography: Carll began her career as an illustrator and graphic designer, with a strong background in art history. During her career as a designer in Atlanta, Carll focused on freelance work with clients that included: Coca-Cola, Georgia Pacific, Canada Life Insurance and Southwire. In 1992, Carll began private study with the late painter Ouida Canaday who founded the Atlanta Piedmont Arts Festival. In 1999, Carll quit the graphic design industry to become a full-time painter. From that point onward she evolved as a self-taught artist. Carll’s main influences are Picasso, Matisse, Richard Diebenkorn & Mark Bradford. Carll began her painting career with very colorful figurative work which slowly evolved into non-representational abstract work that is based on the concept of urban expansion & erosion. Carll’s first gallery representation began in 1997 with Bender Fine Art Gallery in Atlanta and is now represented by six galleries in the United States. Carll’s work has been acquired by a diverse group of private and corporate collectors in the United States, South America, Europe and Asia.

Instructor Website: Anna Carll Art

Workshop Content: Loosen up and expand your creative process. Would you like to paint with more freedom or feeling? Then this 3-day workshop is for you. We will explore movement in abstract paintings by using line, shape, color, and other elements of art to create an expressive abstract composition. Using a variety of mark making techniques and expressive drawing, creates artwork that communicates memories, ideas, or emotions. The class will include demonstrations on drawing, painting intuitively, composition and finding rhythm in a painting.

Supply List: Acrylic Paint- warm and cool colors, white, black and any colors you want to use.
Mark-making media – pencils, charcoal, color pencils, acrylic markers, artist crayons, etc.
Pencil sharpener
Matte Medium
Brushes varying sizes, Palette Knife, Other implements you like to use in painting.
1 or 2 canvases or board (no smaller than 30 x 30)
Container for water
Spray bottle
Paper towels, rags, shop clothes
Palette (can be freezer paper/need tape to hold in place)
Large piece of cardboard that will hold a 30×22 piece of paper (paper furnished by the instructor)
Bring your standing easel if you can

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. Ginger’s education continued to concentrate on 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 looser and freer until they became pure abstraction.

Artist Statement:
“I love the way the world moves around me. Its beauty and vitality inspire me. My abstracts give visual life to the emotion, knowledge, and energy that I feel. Painting is a very physical process for me. I try to keep the painting open to all possibilities as I move around the canvas with marks, patterns, textures, and colors. I begin with a loose gestural composition and add layer on layer. I am open to all possibilities where its outcome is not yet known, and anything can happen. I use the canvas to tell bold and sometimes very subtle abstract stories of movement. My paintings naturally unfold and expose an intuitive dance. These images capture the vibrant attitudes of the human heart. Soaring, Leaping, Turning!”

Instructor Website: Ginger Oglesby Fine Art