Virtual: Paper Peace Quilt
Virtual: Paper Peace Quilt
This class was recorded live, but is still available to watch! Once you register, you will get an invitation to the private Facebook Group in which the class lives!
Sometimes our country swells with unrest and aches with injustice. Sometimes we feel powerless to help and, in this quarantine, isolated from action. My hope is that art can soothe our weary souls, if only for a time. I believe in the strength of self-expression and in the therapy of creativity.
In this class, we will create a paper quilt. I will take you step by step through very open-ended art prompts and it will be fun to see how different everyone's turns out. Just in that, we are reminded to celebrate differences.
The look and feel of your piece will be determined by the choices you make along the way and the materials you have/use. Please join us, even if you don't have the exact things on the list. I think everyone can make this project.
In the group, you will see a collection of quotes that I've assembled. You can use one of those or bring your own.
xoxo
Supplies List:
- 9x12 piece of watercolor paper
- pencil
- ruler
- scissors
- watercolor paint
- paints-craft paint or acrylic
- palette
- Paintbrushes
- water in cup
- paper towels
- heat gun or hair dryer
- marker to write with
- awl (or pin or something to poke small hole in paper)
- piercing pad (something to poke onto so it isn't your desk or lap!)
- embroidery floss (or yarn or thread)
- needle
- hole punch
- Scotch tape
- piece of ribbon for hanger
- stencils
- makeup sponges
- rubber stamps (background ones, imagery and words that say peace to you)
- permanent ink
- white pen (and/or other mark-making pens, markers, etc.)
- lid to trace around to make a circle (roughly 2-3 inches)
Virtual: Paint-Rip-Collage
Virtual: Paint-Rip-Collage
(This was recorded live but is still available.)
Your invitation to the private Facebook Group will be sent out to you when you register. There you will find the video!
That's right! We will PAINT paper with watercolors and then RIP the painting into strips and then reassemble it into an awesome COLLAGE!
Then we will add a focal point with rubber stamps (OR any other way you want to do it)
Pull up a glass of SOMETHING and let's (not) get together!
xoxo
Supplies needed:
watercolor paints
a brush
cup of water
paper towels
White craft glue or glue stick
Heat gun (if you have one)
For the focal point, I'll be using:
rubber stamps (any images you like)
black Staz-On ink pad (permanent ink of your color choice)
*********BUT: you do NOT have to do this part and you will still love the class! *******
Virtual: Working with Stencils and Watercolors
Virtual: Working with Stencils and Watercolors
This class was recorded live on 2/24/21.
Your invitation to the private Facebook Group will be sent out to you when you register. There you will find the video of your class.
In this class, we used our stencils in a variety of ways. Using them with acrylic paints is probably the most common way I use them. This class is using stencils with watercolors.
Supplies needed:
Watercolor Paper
Watercolor Paint
Paintbrushes
Stencils (some with masks)
Water in cup
Paper Towels
Baby wipes
Virtual: Collage Peek Through
Virtual:Collage Peek Through
(This was recorded live but is still available.)
Your invitation to the private Facebook Group will be sent out to you when you register. There you will find the video!
So much fun! So many possibilities!
In this class we will play with the concept of positive and negative space. We will first make a background collage. Then we will create a focal point or new pattern with stencils, masks and paint. You will come away with a finished piece of artwork.
Your substrate (base of your piece) can be anything stiff enough to receive collage and paint. Heavyweight papers, cardboard, canvas, wood--anything you like.
Have your paper stash nearby! You are going to want to be able to pull from it to make the collage part. We will need lots of tiny pieces, so using up your scraps is perfect.
Pull up a glass of SOMETHING and let's (not) get together!
xoxo
Supplies needed:
Substrate (see above)
Mod Podge or other gluing medium
Little bowl for your medium
Sponge brush
Paints-craft paint or acrylic
Paintbrush
Water in cup
Stencils and/or masks--bring a lot--we will talk about this when we get to that point......................
If you do not have any, or if you want to try making your own, bring some card-stock
Palette
Heat gun (if you have one)
Virtual: Roll the Dice--Your Painting Will be Nice!
Virtual: Roll the Dice--Your Painting Will be Nice!
(This was recorded live but is still available.)
Your invitation to the private Facebook Group will be sent out to you when you register. There you will find the video!
That's right! We will be letting the die indicate which step to do next on our abstract painting! Sometimes I'll roll mine and sometimes I'll call on someone in the class to roll theirs.
I'll get us going on the start of an acrylic abstract piece. Then we will roll the dice!
Each number on the die will be associated with a step we can take to continue the painting. Examples include: add some white to a color, add a circle, etc.
Then we will finish out our pieces together.
Pull up a glass of SOMETHING and let's (not) get together!
xoxo
Supplies needed:
- substrate (what you will paint on) (paper, canvas board, etc.) (around 8x10, but doesn't matter)
- acrylic paints
- paintbrush
- palette
- cup of water
- paper towels
- baby wipes
- a die
- palette knife (or something with which to mix paints)
- small piece of bubble wrap
- other found objects like top to hairspray bottle, old sponge curler, corrugated cardboard, old credit card, anything that would make a cool mark)
Optional:
Heat gun
Stencils/sponges
Virtual: The House That Built Me
Virtual: The House That Built M
This class was recorded live, but you can still purchase it and follow along. Your invitation to the private Facebook Group will be sent out to you when you register. There you will find the video!
Technically, this is an art journaling project in that we will be doing some brainstorming, thinking, writing notes about a topic and then creating art that will use those ideas.
That being said, you can just do it as a fun and thought-provoking stand-alone project. No need for a journal.
The theme of the class is homes that you have lived in. After the lecture/brainstorming portion of the class, we will be making houses that can stand alone, be attached into an art journal or be made into an accordion style book.
Have lots of mark-making supplies nearby (paints, markers, pens, etc.) and your paper stash (patterned paper, magazines, stickers, etc.) nearby! You are going to want to be able to pull from it to decorate your houses.
You may want to pre-cut your house shapes. Just draw a simple house shape and cut out about 4 from stiff paper.
Also, you may want to bring a list of all of the addresses at which you've ever lived!
Pull up a glass of SOMETHING and let's (not) get together!
xoxo
Supplies needed:
stiff paper
Mod Podge or other gluing medium
Little bowl for your medium
Sponge brush
Paints-whatever you like
Paintbrushes
Water in cup
Palette
Sky's the limit--see above
Optional:
Heat gun
Number stickers
photos of your past homes, you at various ages, cities you've lived in
Virtual: Mixed Techniques Demo
Virtual: Mixed Techniques Demo
This was pre-recorded on: Friday, June 12 --6:30 - 8:30 PM
This class was recorded live, but is still available to watch! Once you register, you will get an invitation to the private Facebook Group in which the class lives!
In this class, I will demonstrate several various techniques. You can just watch and/or take notes. Or, you can use the supplies listed in the supply list and work along with me.
- I will show you how to make pockets out of junk mail envelopes.
- I will show you how to make a mini book out of file folders.
- I will demo modeling paste.
- I will demo techniques for mixed-media layering.
- And more. :)
Pull up a glass of SOMETHING and let's (not) get together!
xoxo
Supplies used: (Does NOT mean you need to have these! I am SHOWING you these things)
Do bring the first two: (You'll be able to play along with these items from home)
file folders
envelopes with windows from junk mail, bills, etc.
Embossing powders
Rubber stamps
Gelatos
ICE
tissue paper
gel medium
bone folder
distress ink
distress oxide ink
gluesticks
glue
scraps of paper
ribbon, lace, washi tape
paper clips
Heat gun
Art Journaling Class--(Adults)--Friday, October 7, 2022-- 6:30 - 8:30 PM
Only a few left!
Art Journaling Class
Friday, October 7, 2022-- 6:30 - 8:30 PM
You bring a bound pad of paper (make sure it has thick paper, like watercolor paper or mixed-media paper) OR loose pages--and your instructor will provide prompts to get you thinking about your past, present and future. You'll learn techniques on how to express yourself using color, texture and composition.
All the materials you'll need to use will be provided but please bring your stash as well! (Some journalers like to start a stash of their own pens, Sharpies, magazine clips, stickers, etc. to bring to classes.)
Carve out this block of time for just you--to write and create beautiful pages ABOUT you.
at Yellow Brick Road Studio--8271 Shimmering Rock Rd., Gainesville, VA 20155
$38
7 spaces available
Spots secured by registration.
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