Cost: $625 - sign up NOW!

(includes all meals and supplies)
Class sizes are limited. Registrations are transferable, but payments are non-refundable.

Class Policies • Student Testimonials • Hotel Information

Event Overview

immerse yourself in the art of PanPastel in this 4 day workshop with donna downey. donna will share her unique product knowledge and practical and "outside of the box" techniques for using PanPastels through demonstration and hands-on application of this exciting new media. each day you will be introduced to new surfaces, tools, substrates, and textures building a working repotoire of techniques as you create you create several beautiful finished pieces PanPastel artwork.

because drawing is not the purpose of this weekend, donna will teach you several simple ways to colorize, design an transfer images to create the basic foundation of your work. Then building in bold colorful layers transforming blank backgrounds into dimensional art pieces playing with color, value and placement. taking it a step further, day two is about incorporating mixed-media elements and mediums into your PanPastel work.

all PanPastels, tools, and surfaces will be provided, but feel free to bring your own if you would feel more comfortable not sharing.

students should bring an apron.

see candid photos from previous event

Event Schedule

Thursday

4:00 - 6:00 PM meet & greet, dinner, shop & settle in
6:00 - 8:00 PM intro to PanPastel

Friday & Saturday

9:00 - 9:30 AM Time for students to arrive, settle in.
9:30 - 12:30 AM class session
12:30 - 2:00 PM Lunch (provided)
2:00 - 5:00 PM class session
5:00 - 6:00 PM clean up
6:00 - 8:00 PM dinner (provided)

Sunday

9:00 - 9:30 AM Time for students to arrive, settle in.
9:30 - 10:30 AM class session
10:30 - 11:30 brunch (provided)
11: 30 -2:00 wrap up

Studio Policies:

About the Artist

Donna Downey is an artist and teacher. Learn more about her here.

Cost: $585

(includes all meals and supplies)
Class sizes are limited. Registrations are transferable, but payments are non-refundable.

Class Policies • Student Testimonials • Hotel Information

Event Overview

Join Dina Wakley for an expressive weekend where we leave our self-criticisms at the door and open our souls to let the art guide us into powerful directions. We'll be making both a canvas and a journal structure, moving from one to the other throughout the weekend. We'll build up background layers, remove layers, and build them again to create complex and interesting surfaces. Then we'll add images with a "magic" pencil. Trust me, you don't have to know how to draw to use this pencil. I will show you tips & tricks for using it, and you will be amazed at what you can accomplish. We'll draw artsy birds, and also create free-form images that we will examine and then turn into meaningful elements on our pages. We'll be using gesso, acrylic paints, modeling paste, stencils, and spray inks to fill our art with color and expression all weekend long.

Event Schedule

Thursday

4-6 PM in studio meet and greet social dinner
6-9 PM Gessos, mediums, textures, templates, paint and surface prep

Friday

9:00 - 9:30 AM morning coffee
9:30-12:30 PM substrate prep (canvas and book components), layered and reversed-stenciled background techniques to fill the blank surfaces, loosening up your mind & soul to prepare for free-flowing expression

12:30 2:30 LUNCH
2:30 - 6:00 PM open studio, creative exploration in art portfolio
6:30- 8:30 DINNER

Saturday

9:00 - 9:30 AM morning coffee
9:30-12:30 PM sketching and adding bird imagery with the magic pencil, brushtrokes & shading...also experimenting with unknown forms.
12:30 2:30 LUNCH
2:30 - 6:00 PM turning the unknown forms into meaningful images, adding freeform words and journaling, top texture, building expressive layers to finish.
6:30- 8:30 DINNER

Sunday

9:00 AM - 12PM morning coffee, final wrap-up, show and tell

Studio Policies:

About Dina

Cost: $585 sign up NOW!

(includes all meals and supplies)
Class sizes are limited. Registrations are transferable, but payments are non-refundable.

Class Policies • Student Testimonials • Hotel Information

Event Overview

Inspired. Studio Workshops are a four-day immersion in mixed-media art and art journaling. This creative weekend is filled with the process driven exploration of creative mediums and applications in an intimate, supportive environment, challenging students to expand their creativity through the exploration of new artistic methods and mediums.

Inspired. Studio Workshops are all about the experience of exploring the artist in you, as you step out and broaden your definition of personal creativity. The goal of the workshop is to feed your passion to create and express yourself through multiple mediums. All levels of crafters are welcome as the event celebrates the unique artistic vision each attendee brings with them.

the weekends are boutique style and cater to pamper you with good food and good fun! If the idea of learning a new and inspired process and discovering new artistic methods to give a new platform to your personal artistic voice and vision appeal to you, then these are the events for you

we will focus on prep & assemble of a handmade journal created especially for you. In your journals, you will spend the weekend exploring new techniques for applying, layering and blending Golden fluid acrylic paints, grounds and mediums, as well as, incorporating and building mixed-media and collage elements into your work. then, working with PanPastels, explore techniques for application, transfer, layering and dimension building. rounding out this creative weekend by carving your own custom stamps and learning about basic technique, tools, repeat pattern and tricks for making unique designs.

No drawing or painting skills required. Class is open to all skill levels and you will receive personalized one-on-one guidance throughout the workshop.
all supplies, media, tools and surfaces provided.

students should bring an apron.

Event Schedule

Thursday 4.19.12 & 11.8.12

4-6 PM in studio meet and greet social dinner
6-9 PM gessos, mediums, textures, templates, paint and surface prep

Weekend Overview

Friday 4.20.12 & 11.9.12

9:00 - 9:30 AM morning coffee
9:30-12:30 PM portfolio assembly and book binding, fluid acrylics, working in interference colors, laying in acrylics and mixed media
12:30 2:30 LUNCH
2:30 - 6:00 PM open studio, creative exploration in art portfolio
6:30- 8:30 DINNER

Saturday 4.21.12 & 11.10.12

9:00 - 9:30 AM morning coffee
9:30-12:30 PM working with PanPastels, layering color, composition and shadding. building color using Sofft tools and application techniques.
12:30 2:30 LUNCH
2:30 - 6:00 PM stamp carving, working in repeat patters, creating positive and negative space designs and building extending patterns
6:30- 8:30 DINNER

Sunday 4.22.12 & 11.11.12

9:00 AM - 12PM morning coffee, final wrap-up, show and tell

Studio Policies:

About the Artist

Cost: $729

(includes all meals and supplies)
Class sizes are limited. Registrations are transferable, but payments are non-refundable.

Class Policies • Student Testimonials • Hotel Information

Event Overview

In this 4-day course, we’ll build a book using personal images and a variety of artistic techniques to make your vision come alive. We’ll focus on innovative and unique ways to preserve your treasured memories, as we work with acrylic paints, mediums, and textiles to alter the photographs and give them a painterly charm.

Learn ways to paint and alter your photos, integrate collage elements into your composition, texture techniques using mediums, ephemera and textiles, and simple book construction with an easy binding. I’ll provide a print of one of my images for you to use if you prefer to follow along step-by-step, or I’ll guide you as you work with your own. We’ll create textured book covers, signature wraps around hinged and painted pages, and then I’ll share how to create a beautiful spine, and bind it all together.

Join me on a creative adventure, and capture your vision!

No drawing or painting skills required. Class is open to all skill levels and you will receive personalized one-on-one guidance throughout the workshop.

Students should bring an apron.

Event Schedule

Thursday

4:00 - 6:00 PM meet & greet, dinner, shop & settle in
6:00 - 8:00 PM intro and project prep& set up for next day

Friday & Saturday

9:00 - 9:30 AM Time for students to arrive, settle in.
9:30 - 12:30 AM class session
12:30 - 2:00 PM Lunch (provided)
2:00 - 5:00 PM class session
5:00 - 6:00 PM clean up
6:00 - 8:00 PM dinner (provided)

Sunday

9:00 - 9:30 AM Time for students to arrive, settle in.
9:30 - 10:30 AM class session
10:30 - 11:30 brunch (provided)
11: 30 -2:00 wrap up

Studio Policies:

About the Artist

DJ Pettitt is an artist and teacher. Learn more about her work at www.djpettitt.com.

Cost: $625

(includes all meals and supplies)
Class sizes are limited. Registrations are transferable, but payments are non-refundable.

Class Policies • Student Testimonials • Hotel Information

Event Overview

Spend the weekend painting "like an artist". (limited to only 10 students) learn to work on an easel and large format canvases. Using GOLDEN paints, build a basic working knowledge of color, layering, blending, experiment with tools, textures and shape to create the artwork you have always wanted to create, but were afraid how and where to start. in this small setting you will be given one on one attention, with the comfort of asking questions and being guided when you need that extra artistic push. i will create along side you throughout the weekend sharing first hand working knowledge of techniques and tips as well as demonstrating them in application. No drawing or painting skills required. students should bring an apron.

Event Schedule

Thursday

4:00 - 6:00 PM meet & greet, dinner, shop & settle in
6:00 - 8:00 PM supplies, tools, technique demo, prep

Friday & Saturday

9:00 - 9:30 AM Time for students to arrive, settle in.
9:30 - 12:30 AM class session
12:30 - 2:00 PM Lunch (provided)
2:00 - 5:00 PM class session
5:00 - 6:00 PM clean up
6:00 - 8:00 PM dinner (provided)

Sunday

9:30 AM Time for students to arrive, settle in.
11:30 brunch (provided)
11: 30 -2:00 wrap up

Studio Policies:

About the Artist

Donna Downey is an artist and teacher. Learn more about her here.