Class 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 fall trees and colorful leaves or create your own design and complete 1 or 2 watercolor batik paintings. Demos and individual help 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 and is currently being shown at the Rugby Art Gallery in Historic Rugby, TN.

Instructor Website: Martha Kisling Art With Heart

Class Content: We are going to jump right into making these fashionable felted trees, and along the way you will also learn the fundamentals of how we turn wool roving into felt. You will do the felting to make the tree, and you will attach your finished felt to a wooden dowel and a small slice of tree branch. (as seen in the photos) You will learn how to lay out wool, apply design elements, and apply water and agitation to create 2 trees. During the session, we will discuss types of wool fibers and plant fibers that we can use during the wet felting process. We will be standing for most of the process, but it is possible to sit also. Wear comfy shoes and clothes.

I will introduce these concepts and will supply you with written handouts:
1. what is wool roving?
2. ways to lay out wool roving to prepare for making felt.
3. different types of wool for different applications.
4. how to recognize when your wool is “felted” and “fulled”.
5. how to use fibers like bamboo, silk, and viscose to embellish wool.
6. ways to account for shrinkage of your wool piece for your artistic purposes.
I will bring all the wool, fibers, dowels, and stands you will need.
I will also supply bubble wrap, soap, and pool noodles for your use.

We will take a short break for lunch.

Supply List: 1 old bath towel
2 old dish towels or hand towels
1 bowl (1- or 2-quart size)
1 ball brause or spray bottle
Lunch

Biography: I have been needle felting and wet felting for 7 years, creating 3D sculptures as well as 2D pieces. I was a high school English teacher for 25 years, and I often organized after school programs to teach felting to students. I present the best techniques I have learned from felting teachers, and I hope to share my love of wool fiber art with anyone who is curious!

Class Content: Have you ever wanted to learn how to draw something that gives the illusion of three-dimensional on a two-dimensional surface? or do you want to improve on what you already know? Do your paintings or drawings look “flat” or uninviting? This will be a Beginner and Intermediate level drawing class to teach how to draw with form and depth.
We will cover important fundamental drawing skills, tools and techniques such as value, Contrast, and tone to develop a drawing that will bring your drawing from 2 Dimensional (flat) to 3 Dimensional (a form). We will also be learning how to use drawing tools such as: H, HB, B and Ebony pencils and different types of erasers. Drawing strokes, proper drawing paper, blending, and transferring images will also be covered during this class.

Step by Step instruction will guide you to learn what I consider one of the most fundamental elements in drawing and improve what you already know. We will have ample time to practice these skills in order to gain understanding of the techniques before class ends.

Please bring a lunch.

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Biography: Glenda Bowles has over 30 year of experience in the Arts and nearly this in the medium of watercolor. She has a Bachelors of Fine Arts from the University of Tennessee Knoxville with a concentration in watercolor. She furthered her education at the University of Tennessee with a Masters in Curriculum and Instruction and then went on to receive a Certificate in Counseling in Saint Louis Missouri. She has taught over 25 years to affluent and impoverished students, over a range of ages – from 4 years old to adults. She has taught core art skills, art history and art theory, as well as many other mediums. She has taught in classroom settings in the states as well as overseas. She has also taught art in an Art Therapy setting. She enjoys just about every medium of Art that is out there. Presently, she is creating art in watercolor, oils and graphite predominantly. She has exhibited her artwork in numerous settings from Fine Arts shows and sales including the Brentwood Academy show in Nashville, Memphis College of Art, and in smaller settings in Knoxville and Morristown. She has created murals here in Knoxville as well as in Greece, Belize and Jordan. She has lived in Nashville, Knoxville, St.Louis, Memphis and the country of Jordan. She loves the complexity of this world and seeks to create this in her own artwork by reimagining the beauty around her. She hopes to reflect this beauty of her surroundings into her art for her viewer to experience and enjoy.

Class Content: We will create works of art from mementos, jewelry and baubles that you have on hand. In this workshop we will be using acrylic paint, art supplies and found materials to fabricate one of a kind mixed media creations. Participants should collect materials such as vintage jewelry, broken jewelry, small baubles and larger pendants or pins work well. We will work together in class to formulate a theme for the piece then build a background from paint, collage or photos creating a medley of items that build a patchwork as a background to the image you want to portray with your baubles, bangles and jewels.

Supply List: Substrate: this is the base and background for your artwork. It can be any of the following: wood panel, deep cradle board, shadow box, wooden box a flat surface that can be painted or collaged and then glue down the jewelry to create your piece.

Found materials: Vintage jewelry to attach to the substrate, postage stamps, book illustrations, handles, drawer pulls and feet, filigree objects, buttons, old postcards, lace, ribbon, decorative tacks, wire, fibers, small statues etc.
Vintage Jewelry of multiple sizes and shapes – Pins and clip on earrings are great for adding impact and color. Bracelets and necklaces make great fill in pieces for accent.
Baubles or pieces of memorabilia that can be used for fill in or background

Bring more than you think you will need – these pieces use a lot of material. I will have some fill in beads, rhinestones and broken pieces to share and I will be gathering donations of vintage or broken jewelry before the class.

Acrylic paint for painting your base – the Art Guild has some acrylic paint in the Art Closet if needed.

Mediums: heavy acrylic gel, gloss medium, workable fixative spray, Gesso, Matte medium – I will have workable fixative spray some of these things to borrow if needed.

Papers to adhere to your substrate (wood surface) as a background: rice paper, vintage papers, art papers, tissue paper, recyclable paintings or drawings on paper, old photographs, Ink jet prints of old photographs, Painted Magazine pages, Craft packets from the Dollar Tree store has some great papers that work well. Drawing materials: paint pens, markers, pencils, ebony pencils as needed
Large Tube of E-6000 Glue
Wire Cutter
Needle Nose Pliers
Work Gloves for when you remove the backs of jewelry.
Miscellaneous: water container, scissors, stamps and/or stencils, apron, ruler, paper towels, palette

Biography: Mari Kukral is an emerging artist with a heart for nostalgia and building meaningful and memorable art pieces. After her mother passed away and left her over 1500 pieces of costume jewelry, Mari decided to create memorable pieces of art. These have been given to family members, and friends to keep her Mom’s love of baubles and bangles alive. Mari is passionate about learning new techniques to do beautiful art, but also preserving moments by freezing them in time in her works. Her favorite pieces are artistic expressions using mixed media, acrylics, collage, alcohol ink and assemblage.

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