Description
In this class, we are going to get creative with watercolor, mark-making, and paper cutting… to create some beautiful, whimsical stone stacks. I find a lot of things in nature very inspiring and this class was inspired by stacked river rocks.
“Stacked rocks, more commonly known as Cairns, placed along the trail signify that you are on the right track. It is a marker guiding you to the correct path or trail in cases where navigation becomes difficult and the trail may be easily lost.”
Don’t you just love that? Let’s create some stacked rocks for ourselves… our sign that we are on our own correct path.
We’ll start out by creating some smaller pieces… I use these for my color swatching and idea brewing. Once those are dry… we’ll create some whimsical stone stacks with a couple of different techniques I show you in class. We’ll play with cutting up our art and using some of our collage stashes. I know you’ll love making some of these for yourself. They end up so delightful.
This class is for you if:
- You love learning new techniques for your art
- You are interested in learning more creating some whimsical pieces for yourself
- You love experimenting with art supplies
- You love watching how others approach their art practice
Supplies: I encourage you to use the supplies you have on hand to do your projects. Look around at the supplies you already have, and check out the supplies I’m showing you in class to see what you can substitute, and what you’d like to experiment with. I give you lots of choices and suggest substitutes.
- Watercolor paper – I’m using Cold Press 140lb watercolor paper
- Your favorite watercolors or acrylic paints. I’m using some Peerless Watercolor sheets in this class to show you something fun that I love working with. The colors are bright and vibrant. I am using the bonus pack colors in class.
- a few black pens, posca paint markers, and colored pencils for mark-making options (I am using the Derwent Inktense pencils in this class – I love the rich colors and they are great with the Peerless Watercolors)
- Kuretake Mica Paste – this is my favorite gold paint I use in my classes. It is a thick paste that you can spread with a palette knife or thin down and use as paint.
- Scissors for cutting up our art
- A fun-shaped paper cutter if you want to make your mark-making project really fun as I did in class.
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Check out what students are saying about my other workshops in our workshop group:
“Thank you, Denise. I’m really enjoying your workshop. You give me so many creative ideas; Thank you for all that you teach and are willing to share.”
“How FUN! Love this class and now I can’t wait to get into my studio and play with a mix of my supplies. Denise is such a great teacher!”
“Loving your workshop! It’s really helpful, absolute quality, and the very best value for money!”
“I’ve waited anxiously to get this workshop and got it yesterday and very excited! Started watching it yesterday and I have to work this weekend, but with Monday being a snowstorm guess what I’m doing!”
“I just love these classes and they get me working on my art. Success!”
“I have been working on your food workshop videos! They are so well presented!! You did an AWESOME job!!! :)”
“One of the best collage classes I have taken. Lovely enthusiastic teacher, with lots of ideas and examples. Can’t wait to create my own and finally use some of the mountains of collage fodder I have already accumulated. Thank you so much”
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