Class Content: 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 hollyhocks 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.

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 and is currently being shown at the Rugby Art Gallery in Historic Rugby, TN.

Instructor Website: Martha Kisling Art With Heart

Class Content: Learn about creating Landscape and Floral Paintings with Alcohol Inks in this 2-day class!  Day 1 will be spent on landscapes. The techniques learned on Day 1 will be carried over to Day 2 for Floral Paintings when we go into a little more detail.

An outline of the class content will be distributed at the beginning of Day 1. 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!) We’ll talk about the differences in different brands of ink and gadgets on the market you can live without. Kathy will bring sample paintings to show various techniques, and do demos during each day.

ALL SUPPLIES INCLUDED! Set-ups of needed equipment will be provided. There will be a small selection of colors at each individual’s desk as well as over 100 additional colors you may select from Kathy’s 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 EACH DAY, in a range of sizes which, if time allows, will be coated with several coats of spray varnish to protect and preserve your artwork. Other equipment used to create different effects like an air compressor will be available for you to try. 

Bring lunch and drinks, dessert will be provided. Email Kathy if you are gluten free or allergic to pecans or walnuts.

NOTE: This is a 2-day class. If the class doesn’t fill, Kathy will consider 1-day enrollments. If you’re interested in attending just one of these two days for $90 please email Kathy directly at info@GracehillArt.com. If you do email, (no texts) provide in the body of the email: your name, email address, phone number, and which class you prefer (landscape or floral).  If the class doesn’t fill, she will contact you after April 24th in the order in which they were received. You will pay her directly.

Supply List: All essential supplies will be provided. Your paintings and unused Yupo paper are yours to take home. Paints and setups stay with the instructor. 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.

If you bring to class a piece of cardboard each day, it is easier to transport your finished work home. 20″ x 24″ is big enough.

Biography: I work in several mediums, primarily alcohol inks and pine needle basketry.
What I love about alcohol inks are the vibrancy of the color and the utter spontaneity of the medium. For the most part, I rarely use a brush. Along with selling my artwork on my website, I sell at art shows and am currently building an art gallery, Gracehill Fine Art and Basketry, in Townsend, TN.

2021, Award of Merit, Arrowmont’s Sevier County 20th Biennial Art Exhibition
2022, Spring, Juried Inclusion into Arts in the Airport, Arts Cultural Alliance
2022, Juried Inclusion International Handweavers Guild of America Convergence Show
2022, Award of Merit, TN Craft, 51st Annual Spring Fair, Emerging Makers Tent
2022 Honorable Mention, 50th Anniversary Juried Exhibition TN Artists Assoc
2022, Fall, Juried Inclusion into Arts in the Airport, Arts Cultural Alliance
2023, Juried, Scholarship Award, Arrowmont’s Sevier County 21st Biennial Art Exhibition
2023, Inclusion Juried National Exhibition, Art Cultural Alliance
2023, Inclusion Juried Exhibition, No Bigger than a Breadbox, Art Cultural Alliance

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

Class Content: This 2-day class will concentrate on refining the scratchboarding techniques learned in the Beginner Class, tackling more challenging images. Emphasis will be on creating excellent line quality, fine scratching, clean edges, and a full range of values with smooth transitions between. Judy will teach how to use black space and color effectively and how to create highlights and cast shadows, using a variety of subjects for students to select from.

Supply List: Tools and art materials are provided, and students should bring their supplies and tool kits from the Beginner Class. Included in this Class Fee are various sizes of black scratchboarding papers and Scratchbord™ panels, reference photos and patterns, and numerous other useful accessories. Judy will provide every student with an Advanced Tool Kit (items not included in the beginner class) as part of the Class Fee.

Biography: Judy is an award winning artist in scratchboards, watercolors and acrylic paintings. She earned a B.A. in Creative Arts summa cum laude, and taught art to Grades K-12 many years ago. She has worked as a commercial artist for over 40 years, moonlighting as a fine artist. Judy became intrigued with scratchboarding in the 1990s. She discovered it to be an excellent surface for capturing the dramatic lighting, textures, and details which have become hallmarks in her realistic artwork.

Judy is an Ampersand Art Ambassador, hand-picked to represent the company which manufactures the scratchboard panels she uses. She is an active member of the International Society of Scratchboard Artists (ISSA) and her work has been featured in their juried exhibitions, earning top awards in their two shows in 2022. Judy’s work as a scratchboard artist is featured in a new episode of “Hand Made” on the Tellico Village Network: Scratchboard Handmade Video

She is a signature member of several watercolor societies and is a frequent exhibitor in regional and statewide juried exhibitions. Judy continually shares her art passions, encouraging other artists through classes, presentations, demos, videos, and her info-packed blog. See her scratchboard paintings in the “Scratchboards” tab in her website galleries: https://www.judylavoieart.com/galleries/

Instructor Website: https://judylavoieart.com

Class Content: The class will be a fun experiment on the ins and outs of colored pencil beyond the use of white paper. Class participants will explore color combinations on a variety of papers and paper colors. A color predictor will be developed as reference for color outcomes on these papers. There will be a variety of papers, provided by the instructor, for student use in this class. The papers will include watercolor paper, drafting film, and black, tan and gray drawing paper. *Papers will be provided by instructor.
This will be a one day workshop, plan on bringing a lunch.

Supply List: Click here to view the supply list

Biography: A native of Michigan I studied Fine Art and Illustration at Kendall College of Art in Grand Rapids, MI and Computer Graphics and Photography at Spring Arbor College in Spring Arbor, MI. I received a degree in Communications Technology from Kellogg College, Battle Creek and worked in the graphic design and publications field. I have always been interested in art and photography and have worked in watercolor, gouache, acrylics and most recently in colored pencil.

While living in Green Valley, Arizona, I was a member of the Santa Rita Art League and exhibited in Green Valley and at the Red Poppy and Otero galleries in Tubac, Arizona. I learned colored pencil techniques during a series of courses at the Sonoran Desert Museum Art Institute in Tucson, Arizona. After relocating to Tennessee in 2018 I joined the Art Guild of Tellico Village and continue using colored pencil for botanical and still life art.