Mixed Media Collage - An Exploration of Methods and Materials with Heather Shirin

Saturday, May 15th 10 - 3pm

Tuition: $90, which includes all supplies. Materials provided will include a 11" x 14" canvas, gel mediums, brushes, acrylic paint, fine papers, tissue paper, colored pencils, sheet music, buttons, stamps, poetry/books, colored glitters, emphera and many found objects. Please also bring personal photocopies of photographs, decorative napkins, or any other items you wish to collage with.

Since the canvas is included with this course, you are guarenteed to bring home a piece of art! This mixed media collage class is perfect for beginners jumping in and also ideal for established artists needing new ideas. Lectures, demonstrations and hands-on experiences will provide workshop participants with the skills and knowledge necessary to create beautiful collages reflecting their personal voice. We encourage individuals to draw from their own experiences, color sense and need for expression. Discover how easy it is to create a landscape using only tissue paper! There will be many collage and mixed media art books for reference, and we will talk about the history of collage and interject lessons on: composition, light, color, shape, texture and narrative. Enjoy the freedom of having no preset outcome in this fun mixed media collage workshop. Space is limited so join today!
See more about Heather at:
HeatherShirin.com

Call Today for more information!
617-875-3647

About Heather Shirin - Painter, Mixed Media Artist and Designer
I am a creative mixed media artist and designer. With my background in fine art oil painting, my work has evolved over the years to incorporate more and more mixed media. Most of my collage pieces use fine art paper, stamps, sheet music, photos, vintage emphera, jewelry beads, buttons, old letters, poetry and acrylic paint. For the past few years I have been painting in a layered collage style that usually has no preset outcome. My work is spontaneous, free and full of love. Each piece becomes my favorite as I create it, and each time I make a beautiful mess, something inside me feels alive. This making of art - the process alone is what makes my heart sing. I loose all track of time as I paint...I get covered in glue, paper and glitter. Time flys by, and I've created a little masterpiece - I've created something beautiful. I hope you enjoy my work as I do.The artists that have influenced my work include Gustav Klimt, and contemporary artists such as Kelly Rae Roberts, Aaron Janinski and Sabrina Ward Harrison.

I have also recently finished illustrating a children's book, “Alex and the Amazing Recurring Nose Goblins” which will be available soon at Barnes and Nobles.

You can see Heather's work locally at Kress Emporium in downtown Asheville, NC

CREATING PORTRAITS WORKSHOP!

With Portrait artist, Lorelle Bacon

River's Edge Studio is delighted to welcome Lorelle Bacon this coming Spring!

Starting Friday, May 7th, 2010 for 8 consecutive weeks, Time: 1:30-4:30

Tuition: $250

call Fleta today for registration information. Lorelle's popular class is filling fast, so don't delay in reserving your place in class! 828-776-2716 or email fleta@fletamonaghan.com

About the class:

CREATING PORTRAITS WORKSHOP!

Have you ever wanted to capture your loved ones likeness on canvas or paper? Do you have a favorite photo of them you would love to do, but don't know how to begin? Then this 8 week workshop is geared for you! Learn how to create believable portraits. Students will learn step by step techniques to get a likeness EVERY time! We will start with graphite until you have gained confidence your ability, by doing portraits of men, women and children and then move on to your choice of mediums.

About Lorelle Bacon

Lorelle is a largely self-taught artist who as a child started out with drawing. During the early years of her marriage her artistic inclinations were placed on hold. Later, over 25 years ago now, she resumed her artistic pursuits and attended classes and workshops to expand and broaden her abilities. When a car accident then left her unable to continue her regular line of work, she focused full-time on her painting. Soon she started teaching art to children, and from there graduated to being a full-time artist and instructor, something she has done for the past 14 years. Her students have ranged from as young as 7 years to as old as 91 years.
Lorelle's work is spread around the world. Her paintings hang in private and in business collections throughout the United States, as well as in Canada, Germany, England and in Holland. During the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan one of her paintings was accepted in the Small Works International Exhibit.
She has had solo exhibits at The Paint Spot Gallery and in the Backtracks Galleries in Black Mountain, North Carolina, in the Asheville Renaissance Hotel, also North Carolina, and in the Countryside Country Club in Clearwater, Florida. For several years she has had her works accepted into the Miniature Art Society of Florida's International Exhibit.
While living in Gulfport, Florida, Lorelle had her own gallery. After moving the gallery to North Carolina more than 10 years ago, she kept the gallery for three more years. She then sold it to allow her to concentrate on her painting and teaching in North Carolina, where her work was displayed at the Woolworth Walk in Asheville and various other places. Lorelle has since then moved to East Texas and a selection of her work is currently on show at Winnsboro Gallery, Winnsboro, TX (903 342-3438).
Lorelle's work has won numerous awards in many juried exhibitions throughout the United States, with the most recent award being The Presidential Award in the Cider Painters of America's miniature exhibit in Pennsylvania.
While her talent covers a large range of subjects, she has always been fascinated by people. And so her primary interests have always focused on being a portrait artist, as well as a love for animal studies.
Although she ideally likes to meet her subjects for portrait commissions, she primarily works from photos as her clients are widespread. It is always Lorelle's goal to not only capture the likeness of her subject on the canvas, but to also capture the feelings and the spirit of her subjects. She believes that her paintings should touch the heart of the viewers.
Lorelle gladly accepts commissioned portraits of people and pets. For more information about commissions, click the commissions button above.

Watercolor with Jane Snyder

Intermediate Watercolor with Jane Snyder

Begins Thursday, January 28th, 2010 - for 8 consecutive weeks.

Jane is offering two session this season:

Mornings: 9:30 - 12:30

Afternoons: 1:30pm – 4:30pm

Tuition: $250.00, suggested supply list provided.

These classes are filling fast! Call Jane today to register!

This experiential course focuses on applying various skills such as wash techniques, elements of design, brushwork skills, color theory and problem-solving to a variety of individually chosen subjects. A small class size allows for ample one-on-one instruction time.

To register call Jane at 828-299-3110 or email janesnyder57@charter.net

About Jane A. Snyder

Watermedia Artist

"After a lifetime of watching my father paint at the kitchen table, I finally started watercolor under his watchful eye in 1996. Now, I pursue my interests and carry on the tradition as a primary focus of my creative life.Currently, I paint watercolor and also enjoy combining watercolor with mixed media and collage applications to achieve different effects.

I teach beginner to advanced watercolor and mixed watermedia classes and will always enjoy the continuing process of being a student myself.My current work includes a variety of subjects including figures & faces, portraits, landscapes and custom illustration. One of my favorite pursuits is carrying a mini- palette in my backpack and painting small and fast pieces on location."

Encaustic Workshop with Mary Farmer

Create stunning paintings or add interesting color and texture to your work with encaustic - an ancient, wax-based medium that can be applied to wood, paper, pottery or other materials. Step-by-step projects will illustrate basic wax painting and collage techniques, as well as intermediate topics working with texture, stencils, and image transfers. The history of encaustics will be discussed with a presentation of the works of various artists. Farmer is known as a safety expert and she lectures to both novice and experienced encaustic artists on various aspects of the technique including the careful handling of hazardous materials in one’s studio. This is a hands on workshop.


Mary will be back in January!!! Dont miss this great class!
Sat, Sun and Mon, January 23rd, 24th and 25th, 2010. Tuition: $285, Complete Encaustic Kit $100,

Contact Mary Farmer for registration details and more info at 828-712-378 or email mary411@maryfarmer.com

Class held at River's Edge Studio, 191 Lyman Street, #310, Asheville, NC

About Mary Farmer

Mary Farmer is an accomplished encaustic artist, who uses traditional and unconventional techniques to create paintings with beautiful, dreamy “under paintings” and layering effects. Farmer constantly strives to grow as an artist, seeing new images in her mind that she deems transferable to her canvas. She is a founding member of International Encaustic Artists, an organization that brings encaustic painters together to share, connect and collaborate on projects.

Her work has been featured in American Art Collector, Novato Advance, Peoria Star Journal, Marin Independent Journal and Tucson public television.

Farmer’s work is in national corporate and college collections including World Marriott Orlando, MCI World Communications, Atlanta Gas Light, The Atlanta College of Art and other important private collections throughout the country. Farmer was the recipient of the Atlanta College of Art's Presidential Scholarship. She won awards in the 10th International Juried Exhibition at The Laredo Center for the Arts and The Postcard Show at Lincoln Center in New York.

Farmer has been featured in shows that include the “Encaustic Invitational” in Tucson in 2006 and 2007, The “Annual Juried Exhibition of Marin Artists” in San Rafael, CA in 2004 and 2007, the National Juried Exhibition in San Francisco in 2003 and the “Expression Without Limitation,” Open Studio Show in Atlanta in 2000.

Mary Farmer lives and has her studio in Asheville, North Carolina. She travels as often as her work allows.
Visit Mary Farmer on the web at: http://www.maryfarmer.com/

Bob Martin Palette Knife Workshop

Bob Martin will demonstrate his skills in Palette Knife painting on Saturday, Feb 27th from 10:00 until 3:00 pm.

Tuition: $65.00, call 828-776-2716 for more info.

Watch while Bob demonstrates many techniques and his own unique methods in palette knife painting. The demo includes a relaxed lecture and q&A throughout the session. Students will then practice these techniques under Bob's guidance in this one day workshop. Simple Materials list will be provided, or use class materials for an added $10 fee.

Call for more info - 828-776-2716

About Bob Martin

Born on Long Island, NY in 1932, Bob began painting at an early age. He attended Pratt Institute for a semester after high school He entered the United States Army in 1952 as an illustrator for the 6th Army training aides at Fort Ord, California and at the headquarters of the Army Language School, Monterey, California.

Following discharge from the Army in 1954, he worked as an apprentice for an architectural illustration firm for six months in Los Angeles and left to freelance in architectural rendering, which skill he continues to practice.

His public work, still extant, includes a fresco secco mural for the Church of Religious Science, Las Vegas. He illustrated the book “The Voice Celestial” by Dr. Ernest Holmes, Dodd-Mead, publisher, in 1960.

He worked as an illustrator for Bob Jones University for 10 years (1974-1984), continuing in the architectural work as well.Bob has five children, six grandchildren and five great-grandchildren and now lives in Candler, NC with his wife, Betty Carlson. He continues his painting in palette knife oils, sumi-e and sumi-e with watercolor.