“Art is the only way to run away without leaving home.”
- Twyla Tharp

Mixed media art is completely open-ended and anyone can create it. No previous art ability is required for this course. I believe that everyone has some artistic impulses inside of them. We will provide a time and place for them to come out and play! We will not be composing any type of writing. We are making art!

In this incredibly fun class we will become familiar with an assortment of art supplies: inks, paints, gesso, stencils, modeling pastes, rubber stamps, and thick gel mediums. We will be using assorted colors, wet and dry elements, and working in a simple 6x6 watercolor-papered journal. We will work on multiple pages at once, with no set rules aside from the guidelines I will be giving you.

The $30 lab fee will cover the journal, paints, spray inks, gesso, two glue sticks, texture paste, assorted additional paper elements, and a few other minor supplies. Please bring the following to class with you: two empty cans (or cups) for water for the brushes, a roll of paper towels, plain baby wipes (small package is enough), a heat tool or a hair dryer (either is fine), scissors, an old gift or credit card (we will be scraping), and a roll of wax paper. I will have brushes to share, along with rubber stamps, inkpads, stencils, and assorted decorative papers.