Art Journaling & Mixed Media: Art, Imagery & Words

Explore new ideas, express thoughts and practice demonstrated art journaling techniques. Create one of a kind artist book! Combine & fill the pages with your own artwork, images, text, words, or ephemera under a common theme. Paint, stencil, collage, or stamp using a variety of materials. All you need are some supplies and a willingness to play. Learn how to create underpaintings, textures, or layers using demonstrated mixed media techniques.

Art Journaling by Michele Vaughan and Friends

Meets: (3) Saturdays 1:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Dates: Mar. 23, 30, Apr. 6 in 2019
Location: TPS Art Center (2447 N. Los Altos, Tucson, Arizona 85705)

Instructor: Michele Vaughan
Format: Demonstration, lecture, & one-on-one instruction provided during hands-on practice.
Level: Absolute Beginner to Beginner, all levels are welcome!

Medium: Mixed Media, most all mediums are welcome, demonstrations will be performed in mixed media.
Technique: Specific to Art Journaling
Materials: All materials will be provided. Bring a sketchbook, notebook, or something to take notes on.

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Drawing the Desert on Location

Ideal for anyone, who would like to explore new drawing techniques, outside "on location." Learn approach to drawing from observation, the process, and tools needed to work outdoors using natural sunlight. Capture landscapes & the Sonoran desert with appealing compositions that convey a sense of space or depth. Explore new & useful techniques for capturing plants, vegetation, texture & the sky.

Artwork by Linda Chappel

Meets: (3) Sunday Afternoons at 1:30 PM - 4:30 PM (3-hour duration)
Dates: Mar. 17, 24 & 31 in 2019
Location: TPS Art Center (2447 N. Los Altos, Tucson, Arizona 85705)

Instructor: Linda Chappel
Format: Demonstration, lecture, & one-on-one instruction provided during hands-on practice.
Level: Beginner to Intermediate

Medium: Graphite or Charcoal
Technique: Plein Air, Sketching & Drawing
Materials: The instructor will email the materials list prior to the first day of class.

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Observing and Drawing from Life

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Intensive Introduction to Encaustic

Explore the fascinating unbounded medium of encaustic! If you’ve ever been curious, this two-day workshop will teach how to create luminous paintings, using heated, pigmented beeswax. Beginners to intermediates are welcome! Learn the process, recipes, equipment, and studio setup needed to practice with encaustic. Discover the history of this ancient medium and learn techniques that date back thousands of years.

Sherrie Posternak with her Encaustic Creations

Demonstrations will include texture, substrates, grounds surface techniques, collage, mixed media, and 3-D applications with plenty of individual one on one instruction. Use of all equipment, tools and some consumable materials will be included.

Meets: (2) Days on Saturday & Sunday, 9:00 AM - 4:30 PM (1-hour lunch break each day)
Dates: Mar. 9 & 10 in 2019
Location: TPS Art Center (2447 N. Los Altos, Tucson, Arizona 85705)

Instructor: Sherrie Posternak
Format: Lecture & demonstration. Studio practice with individual feedback or one-on-one instruction will be provided. Maximum enrollment is 8.
Level: Absolute Beginner, Beginner, or Intermediate, all levels are welcome!

Medium: Encaustic
Technique: Texture, substrates, grounds surface, collage, mixed media, and 3-D applications
Materials: Class includes all use of encaustic equipment, tools, & all consumable materials. Bring notepaper, pen or pencil. Several images of your favorite artist's work, an image of any of your own favorite artwork (to share your artistic sensibility). Wear or bring an apron and closed-toed shoes to work in the studio.