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Area of Operation: USA
Discover the joy of creating whimsical mixed media flowers, beautifully arranged in charming vessels, set against a background bursting with intricate patterns. In this workshop, you'll explore the versatility of various materials, blending acrylic paint, metallic leaf, stencils, and your own gel-printed collage papers to craft a vibrant and dynamic piece of artwork. Whether you're a beginner or an experienced artist, this class welcomes all skill levels, offering the opportunity to experiment with different textures, colors, and techniques. By the end, you'll have a unique, colorful masterpiece that reflects your creativity and personal style.
Date: June 28th, 2025 - June 30th, 2025
Time: 10:00 AM - 04:00 PM
Venue: Sacramento Fine Arts Center, Sacramento, California, United States
Contact: Elizabeth St Hilaire
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 321-277-4553
Fee: 625.00
Event Open to Public
https://www.paperpaintings.com/workshops/funky-florals-sacramento
A comprehensive workshop that will take you through the collage process step-by-step. We will begin with technique to transfer your Old Irish Goat reference image to the substrate, then we will paint with acrylic to establish shading and fun color. Then, using the gel plate, we will create our own collage paper palette which will be torn into tidbits and applied on top of the under-painting to create an impressionistic, painterly collage. Essence of Mulranny Arts, located at our Old Convent Campus, offers a variety of workshops, classes and art retreats for groups of six to 12 students. Mulranny is a small seaside village on Clew Bay in Co. Mayo. It is located at the dramatic western edge of Ireland, the end boundary of Europe. Here, land and sea meet at the threshold of a powerful creative adventure. Croagh Patrick, Ireland’s holy mountain, rises majestically from the sea on the opposite side of the bay. It is here that the ancients as well as the modern day pilgrims have climbed the steep path to the summit. You can see the small chapel’s reflective glint on the top. This is sheep and goat country and below the village they stand still as the tide comes in over their grazing patch on a salt marsh. They have learned to patiently stand and wait for the waters to recede so they can once again graze the salty grass. The rhythm of life here is dominated by these tides, flowing over the white sand beaches and then leaving in hasty withdrawal to the vast Atlantic Ocean.
Date: June 3rd, 2025 - June 10th, 2025
Time: 09:00 AM - 04:00 PM
Venue: Essence of Mulranney, Mulranney, Mayo, Ireland
Contact: Lora Murphy
Email: [email protected]
Phone: ?353 (0)83 154 5810?
Fee: $3295
Event Open to Public
Be inspired by beloved Mexican painter Magdalena Carmen Frida Kahlo y Calderón aka Frida! You do NOT need to know how to draw faces, Elizabeth will teach you a photographic transfer technique that works like magic in order to start with a good proportional likeness. Portrait emphasis will be on creating an acrylic encaustic effect background, transferring your drawing directly from a photo print-out, and shading black pastel line-art by rubbing with your fingers. Add a fabulous floral crown inspired by fresh local flowers and hand-painted papers created in class through the gel printing process. Floral collage emphasis will be on utilizing gel printed papers to develop form through light and shadow. Hand painted papers will be glued down over a basic acrylic under-painting to create impressionistic painterly collaged florals for Frida’s crown or a bouquet. Paint your own collage papers, print local leaves, learn mark making, and more!
Date: May 12th, 2025 - May 16th, 2025
Time: 10:00 AM - 04:00 PM
Venue: Pacific Northwest Art School, Coupeville, Washington, United States
Contact: Lisa Bernhardt
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 1(360) 678-3396
Fee: $595
Event Open to Public
Thursday: 10 am – 5 pm | Friday and Saturday: 9 am – 4 pm Experience Level: All levels of experience are welcome. Medium: Mixed Media, Acrylic Paints Location: Sedona Arts Center, Theatre Studio Learn to create whimsical mixed media flowers in vessels on a background full of patterns. Incorporate acrylic paint, metallic leaf, stencils, and your own gel printed collage papers into a colorful, bright, piece of artwork. All level welcome. We Will Cover: Drawing from your imagination and provided samples OR incorporating long stemmed floral foam stamps available for purchase at the workshop How to be sure your collage fodder glues down flat How to create floral collages by integrating foreground and background How to create an underpainting with vibrant color and successful shading as a roadmap for collage How to paint your own collage papers using the gel plate How to rip and glue–applying your collage paper in a painterly manner How to tear with and without white edges How to vary your paper brush marks in size and shape
Date: April 10th, 2025 - April 12th, 2025
Time: 10:00 AM - 04:00 PM
Venue: Sedona Arts Center, Sedona, Arizona, United States
Contact: Bernadette Carroll
Email: [email protected]
Fee: $625
Event Open to Public
https://sedonaartscenter.org/product/new-funky-florals-25-0410-esh/
April 8 – 9, 2025 | Tuesday – Wednesday Tues: 10 am – 5 pm | Wed: 9 am – 4 pm Experience Level: All levels of experience are welcome. Medium: Mixed Media, Acrylic Paints Registration: Each student must register individually. Click the Cancellation Policy tab above for more info. Location: Sedona Arts Center, Theatre Studio Based on her book of the same name, Elizabeth St. Hilaire will teach you how to achieve complex gel prints through layering. Learn to build layers with stencils over solid colored sheets with initial prints and ghost prints. Create pastel colors with layers of pattern that stay light in color. Combine stencil patterns with foam stamping, mark making, and texture. Add watery washes and spatter for even more pattern and color that soaks all the way through the sheet. Experiment with one pull prints where you build up multiple layers on the plate and pull them all at once. Enhance your prints with glitter or sparkly foil effects, the cherry on top! Elizabeth has been teaching gel printing for over 20 years and she still gets excited every time she pulls the paper off the plate! Come and learn in a fun environment where you are encouraged to ask questions and enjoy the process Consider taking Elizabeth’s follow up workshop NEW Funky Florals too! Click here to check it out! Want to save money and sign up for both of Elizabeth’s workshops? Bundle them here!
Date: April 8th, 2025 - April 9th, 2025
Time: 10:00 AM - 05:00 PM
Venue: Sedona Arts Center, Sedona, Arizona, United States
Contact: Bernadette Carroll
Email: [email protected]
Fee: $425
Event Open to Public
https://sedonaartscenter.org/product/amazing-gel-prints-25-0408-esh/
NEW! This new series of fun, funky floral pieces has been super popular on social media. Learn to create whimsical mixed media flowers in vessels on a background full of patterns. Incorporate acrylic paint, metallic leaf, stencils, and your own gel printed collage papers into a colorful, bright, piece of artwork. All levels welcome. If you have taken a workshop with me previously, you may bring an independent project to work on at this workshop. We Will Cover: Drawing from your imagination and provided samples OR incorporating long stemmed floral foam stamps available for purchase at the workshop How to be sure your collage fodder glues down flat How to create floral collages by integrating foreground and background How to create an underpainting with vibrant color and successful shading as a roadmap for collage How to paint your own collage papers using the gel plate How to rip and glue–applying your collage paper in a painterly manner How to tear with and without white edges How to vary your paper brush marks in size and shape
Date: March 5th, 2025 - March 7th, 2025
Time: 10:00 AM - 04:00 PM
Venue: Wekiva Island, Longwood, Florida, United States
Contact: Elizabeth St. Hilaire
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 321-277-4553
Fee: $625
Event Open to Public
https://www.paperpaintings.com/workshops/funky-florals-orlando-2025
Mark 5-7 was the first dates advertised and it sold out. This second workshop in the same venue was filled from the waitlist of that one at the same location. Funky Florals is a mixed media workshop where vases of imagined flowers are set against a richly patterned background utilizing black gesso, stenciling, stamping, collage, metallic leaf, and acrylic paint
Date: February 18th, 2025 - February 20th, 2025
Time: 10:00 AM - 04:00 PM
Venue: wekiva Island / Orlando Area, Longwood, Florida, United States
Contact: Elizabeth St Hilaire
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 321-277-4553
Fee: 625.00
Event Open to Public
Creating tropical fish in mixed media collage on four different types of backgrounds. Working from tropical fish reference images of your choosing, we will create four 10x10 projects to make up a series of tropical fish with different backgrounds. These four fish will display nicely together as a series either in a straight line, a quad grouping to form a square, or two sets of twos! basic ephemera with or without white gesso encaustic effect over ephemera with added blue color simple metallic leaf or Deco Foil, dimensional or flat Golden Fluid Acrylic painting with a variety of resist techniques and stenciling plus gel printing your own collage papers
Date: February 3rd, 2025 - February 8th, 2025
Time: 10:00 AM - 04:00 PM
Venue: The Banyon Bridge Studio Space, Kapaau, Hawaii, United States
Contact: Elizabeth St Hilaire
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 321-277-4553
Fee: $1475.00
Event Open to Public
Discover the joy of creating whimsical mixed media flowers, beautifully arranged in charming vessels, set against a background bursting with intricate patterns. In this workshop, you'll explore the versatility of various materials, blending acrylic paint, metallic leaf, stencils, and your own gel-printed collage papers to craft a vibrant and dynamic piece of artwork. Whether you're a beginner or an experienced artist, this class welcomes all skill levels, offering the opportunity to experiment with different textures, colors, and techniques. By the end, you'll have a unique, colorful masterpiece that reflects your creativity and personal style.
Date: January 16th, 2025 - January 18th, 2025
Time: 10:30 PM - 04:00 PM
Venue: Art League Fort Bend, Rosenberg, Texas, United States
Contact: Debbie Rodriguez
Email: [email protected]
Fee: 615.00
Event Open to Public
Experience Level: All levels of experience are welcome. Medium: Mixed Media, Acrylic Paints Location: Art League Fort Bend Hours: 10:00AM to 4:00PM Learn to create whimsical mixed media flowers in vessels on a background full of patterns. Incorporate acrylic paint, metallic leaf, stencils, and your own gel printed collage papers into a colorful, bright, piece of artwork. All levels are welcome. Learn More about Art League Fort Bend We Will Cover: Drawing from your imagination and provided samples OR incorporating long stemmed floral foam stamps available for purchase at the workshop How to be sure your collage fodder glues down flat How to create floral collages by integrating foreground and background How to create an underpainting with vibrant color and successful shading as a roadmap for collage How to paint your own collage papers using the gel plate How to rip and glue–applying your collage paper in a painterly manner How to tear with and without white edges How to vary your paper brush marks in size and shape
Date: January 13th, 2025 - January 15th, 2025
Time: 10:00 AM - 04:00 PM
Venue: Art League Fort Bend 2012 Avenue G Rosenberg, TX, 77471, Rosenberg, Texas, United States
Contact: Brenda Bowman
Email: [email protected]
Fee: $615
Event Open to Public
https://artleaguefortbend.org/alfb-home/events-and-classes/demos/