Class Content: You will LOVE playing in 3D with plaster and it makes a great, unique gift! This class is a secondary level to our previous class. You will create 3 pieces similar to the viewed pieces. You can use them as guidelines and I can help you make changes or you can do more than one of whichever subject you prefer.

Rather than using just molds like we did for our first class, you will learn how to mold and shape the plaster into anything you desire. The sample looks complex, but I will show you how to use tools to make it simple. Every piece is different!

You will create 3 pieces in this class: 2 11×14 tree panels and a small flower pot panel. I will have some stencils if you prefer to use them instead of doing the flower pot.

This class will teach you the techniques so that if you want to do a larger version of this on your bedroom wall, you will be able to do it!!

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 although you will do the third smaller one yourself so you learn the technique.

You Will Learn:

• How to prepare a surface for receiving the plaster
• Learn how to mix the plaster to the right consistency
• How to add Hanging Wire to your panel
• How to Lay down a layer of plaster on your panel and use tools to texture or smooth it
• Learn to use stencils to make unique 3D enhanced pieces of art
• 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 each day.

Supply List: ALL SUPPLIES INCLUDED! Just bring yourself, your lunch and an 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: www.carolrobinking.com

Class Content: This class takes Cathy’s previous classes a step further by using pastel pans to lay in backgrounds and large base colors, thus saving wear and tear on your sticks. Plus it’s a lot of fun! The class will focus on multicolored background using pans and foreground with sticks and pan applicators. We will start making marks with applicators, see a demonstration and move on to creating one or two pictures.

Supply List:

• Pan pastel materials and paper are provided
• Bring pastel sticks if you have them
• A backboard to support your paper
• Kneaded eraser
• Pictures of fish, flowers, Aurora Borealis or other ideas (I’ll have some to share)

Biography: Cathy has been making art for over 20 years using a variety of media. Her favorite is pastel. She has been juried into shows, done commissions and sold many pieces over the years.

Workshop Content: Have fun learning the fascinating painting technique of Watercolor Batik! Use melted wax and watercolor paints on a fibrous rice paper to create beautiful artwork with surprising and one of a kind results. Paint colorful poppies or create your own design and complete 1 or 2 watercolor batik paintings.

Class demonstrations along with individual guidance will be provided to encourage each artist with their own creative expression.

Rice papers, wax, melting pot, wax brushes, freezer paper and designs will be provided.

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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

Class Content: Collage is such a fun and versatile medium—the creative possibilities are endless! Artists of all skill levels are encouraged to try your hand at gelli plate printing with acrylic paints, using the results to assemble your own collages. You’ll start by learning the basics of how to make mono-prints with a gelli plate, and how to use the results (along with other collage material) to create your own unique mixed media artwork. Along the way, you’ll learn the basics of gelli plate mono-printing, color mixing, and collage techniques, as well as how to use your prints, drawing/painting, and other collage materials to bring it all together in your final pieces. Let’s have some fun!

Supply List: All materials will be provided, including a variety of collage papers. You will have the use of a gelli plate during the workshop (along with all the accessories and paper you need to make prints), acrylic paints, acrylic mediums for adhering collage to the surfaces, substrates for your final pieces (e.g., canvas or board), paint brushes, etc.

You are encouraged to bring along any additional collage material that appeals to you personally. This can be any type of paper (magazine papers, painted papers, tissue papers, text or images from old books, cut-outs, maps, etc., etc.). The more material you have, the more choices you will have when it comes time to assemble your final pieces. I suggest you also bring along an apron or something to protect your clothing. Acrylic is unforgiving if you get it on your clothes!

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: www.artmarketgallery.net/shop/pamela-salyer/143

Class Content: Students will be provided with a prepared gourd that will be decorated with alcohol inks like in example (D). Once dry it will be coated with several coats of UV varnish then a coat of wax. If you wish to draw on your gourd instead like example (A) bring a couple of felt tip pens.

After an early lunch, students will start weaving southern longleaf pine needles onto the gourd using the simple or spiral stitch. Students will 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 it runs out. Ways to add texture to your basket will be taught as well.

The gourds are prepped ahead of time by the instructor. 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 $88.00 is included in the price of the $178 two-day class fee.

Provided: Dessert (Email Kathy ahead of time if you are gluten free or have a nut allergy. 865-660-6400 or info@GracehillArt.com) BRING YOUR OWN LUNCH.

Supply List: All alcohol inks, varnish, and wax to decorate the gourd are provided. Roughly 5 to 8oz of southern longleaf pine needles, dyed or natural color, in a glycerin bath, choices of artificial sinew or jewelry twine, and beads. How many beads depend on what you pick out. These are your supplies to make the basket.

IF YOU WISH TO BRING A SMALL DEER ANTLER OR PIECE OF DRIFTWOOD OR OTHER NATURAL WHAT NOT WE’LL SEE IF YOU CAN WEAVE IT ONTO YOUR BASKET.

If you wish to have a gourd with cut outs on the sides like example (B) and (C) Bring an extra $7 with you and contact the instructor ahead of time. If you wish to use some Palm Inflorescence like example (B) and (F) (the squiggly stuff) you can buy that for $1.50 a strand. If you have a piece of driftwood or other wood that you would like to mount a “gourd top” on like example (E) and (F) contact Kathy ahead of time.

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 but if you have a pair you might want to bring them from home. 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.) The rim you sew on can take many forms. No two baskets are ever the same. You will have plenty of time to finish this basket.

Biography: Kathy works in several mediums, primarily alcohol inks and pine needle basketry. She currently sells her art in her newly opened art gallery, Gracehill Fine Art and Basketry, in Townsend, TN. She is the recipient of the State of Tennessee Art Commision’s 2024 Fellowship in Craft.

Instructor Website: https://www.GracehillArt.com