Student Level: All
Type of Workshop: Project/Process
Prerequisite: None

Join me as I guide you through creating unique and beautiful mixed media paintings and collages that represent the landscapes of your world! We will use watercolors and ink, fabric and handmade papers, and stitching to create a series of mixed media landscapes. Even if you are a beginner you will learn how to draw, paint and collage the mountainscapes that are part of your world.

This workshop will be an unforgettable journey in art making and creativity. You will have learned how to include these mixed-media techniques and materials in your own art and go home with at least four collages that would be beautiful framed or as a gift.

Here is a quote from my article and something for you to think about before the workshop...

"Practice sketching the lines of the ridges where the mountains reach the sky. Train your eyes to look at the shadows on the ridges, where the sun hits the mountain-sides, and where the canyons have carved into these ancient geological forms."

Kit/Materials Fee (payable to instructor at class time):

• $10.00

Instructor Provided (for use in-class, and to share):

• Watercolor and Khadi paper
• Assorted handmade papers including Rice and Nepalese for collaging
• Masking tape
• Pencils
• Assorted fabrics and of different textures, including silks and vintage lace and netting
• Beading cord, wire, string and embroidery threads
• Acrylic and water color paints
• Inks, stamps, stamp pads
• Large needles, awls, scissors, beads, old buttons
• Vintage text, music scores, botanical illustrations and much more
• *Note, I will have extra of everything just in case you forget or don't have something!

Student should bring:

• Small bottle of matte medium
• Pencil with a good eraser
• Masking tape, one inch width
• Water color paint brushes, a few different sizes
• Favorite collaging tools and mark makers
• Scissors, straight edge
• Old paintbrush for matte medium
• Several paper towels
• Water dish
• Water colors, a small travel set would be fine
• Assorted papers of different textures
• String or beading cord, favorite embroidery threads

Optional:

• Beads or buttons
• Lace and fabric scraps
• Assorted stamps and inks
• any other favorite found objects, old letters, post cards or ephemera