Susan Rossiter
Website: susanrossiter.com
Area of Operation: Ohio
Events:
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Petals, Leaves and Stems
In this workshop, we’ll be creating collage papers for the first half of the day… dots, stripes, solids and patterns. In the afternoon, we’ll do surface prep, cutting and assemblage on 3 Ampersand Gessobord panels. We’re using GOLDEN SoFlat colors which have a lovely matte finish and are self-leveling making them very camera friendly. These little modern floral collages will look great together on the wall! Materials Fee $30 paid at beginning of class includes: just about everything needed for this workshop- shared GOLDEN SoFlat colors, collage papers 3 Gessobord panels, shared Silver Bristlon brushes and dotting tools. Supplies Needed to bring for Class: Water container, rags, palette or paper plate GOLDEN Soft Gel Matte Scissors Your brush set and a brush for applying gel Optional- any collage papers you want to bring. Email if you have any questions [email protected]
Date: July 13th, 2025
Time: 09:00 AM - 04:30 PM
Venue: Sheraton Harrisburg/Hershey Hotel, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, United States
Contact: Susan Rossiter
Email: [email protected]
Fee: 185.
Event Open to Public
https://www.artandsoulretreat.com/retreat-pa2025-6729-workshop.php
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Mini Encaustic Effect
Get a luminous encaustic look using acrylic products. In this workshop, we’ll create two small mixed media pieces that go together (a diptych) using an acrylic recipe that mimics that beautiful waxy encaustic appearance. This process is an easy, fun way to paint- much less expensive than oil & cold wax or traditional encaustics. Materials Fee $30 paid at beginning of class includes: shared GOLDEN Paint colors to achieve a dreamy blue palette, shared collage papers, Medium, Interference colors & everything needed to make the secret acrylic encaustic recipe. Supplies Needed to bring for Class: 2 small substrates- gessoed canvas or wood panels 8x8” or smaller Your brush set, acrylic set, palette knife Water container, rag Scissors
Date: July 12th, 2025
Time: 06:30 PM - 09:30 PM
Venue: Sheraton Harrisburg/Hershey Hotel, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, United States
Contact: Susan Rossiter
Email: [email protected]
Fee: 100.
Event Open to Public
https://www.artandsoulretreat.com/retreat-pa2025-6728-workshop.php
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Abstract Expressionism
For this workshop we’ll cover a little art history around the women of Abstract Expressionism who were making bold gestures, individualized expression and improvisational effects and wreaking havoc in the mid-1940’s I’ll have images for inspiration, and we’ll create our own pieces using some of the new GOLDEN colors. We’ll do a little excavating and mark making with tools and finally, use PanPastel colors to add subtle effects Materials Fee $20 paid at beginning of class includes: includes shared GOLDEN colors, Pastel Ground and PanPastels, use of mark making/painting tools and Silver Brush Bristlon Flat brushes. The new GOLDEN colors include Azo Gold, Napthol Pink, Isoindolinone Yellow, Naples Yellow Deep and Benzimidazolone Burnt Orange Supplies Needed to bring for Class: 2-3 substrates- canvas or wood panel (If you like working large bring 2 up to 12x16, if you like working smaller bring 3 8x8 and so on) Your paint set Your brushes and palette knife Water container, rags, palette paper or paper plate Email if you have any questions- [email protected]
Date: July 11th, 2025
Time: 09:00 AM - 04:30 PM
Venue: Sheraton Harrisburg/Hershey Hotel, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, United States
Contact: Susan Rossiter
Email: [email protected]
Fee: 185.
Event Open to Public
https://www.artandsoulretreat.com/retreat-pa2025-6727-workshop.php
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Arté Povera
This lesser known Art movement started in Italy in the 1960's. Artists were rejecting traditional painting and using common items creating assemblage, sculpture and paintings with items like dirt, rocks, paper, clothing and rope. Their mission? To reconnect Art and Life. I’m convinced this is where the recycled and repurposed art that we see so much of today began with this small group of artists. In this class you'll get a little art history and then we'll make our own Arté Povera assemblage painting piece using acrylics, twig bundles, old postage stamps and Italian papers Materials Fee $25 paid to instructor at beginning of class includes: cradled wood panel, an Arte Povera class kit with various “poverty art” assemblage supplies- kits are unique and may include any combination of flattened bottle caps, items from nature, twigs, used postage stamps, birch tree skin, fabric, shredded money, quilling paper, string, leather and metal scrap, wine cork slices, Italian book pages, beads and more. Supplies Needed to bring for Class: Soft Gel Medium and a stronger adhesive- heavy gel or tacky glue Favorite acrylics set and brushes, palette knife Your favorite collage papers and any interesting items you have been squirreling away for a special project. Water container A second substrate- canvas, wood panel, wooden box lid or anything you already have in any size is fine Feel free to email if you have questions [email protected]
Date: July 10th, 2025
Time: 09:00 AM - 04:30 PM
Venue: Sheraton Harrisburg/Hershey Hotel, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, United States
Contact: Susan Rossiter
Email: [email protected]
Fee: 185.
Event Open to Public
https://www.artandsoulretreat.com/retreat-pa2025-6726-workshop.php
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Mixed Media Flowers
This class integrates three favorite Mixed Media fundamentals: Collage, Mark Making and Negative Space Painting. Once you start making these crazy scribble flower paintings you won’t want to stop. Join me for a fun evening with music, paint, papers, pencils, wood panels and 3 hours of Mixed Media awesomeness! Bring your Soft Gel Matte and I’ll bring the rest!-You’ll leave with a beautiful painting ready for the wall. Feel free to email with questions [email protected] Materials Fee $25 paid to instructor at beginning of class includes: Collage pack (contents are hand chosen and different each year) use of crayons/ pencils, GOLDEN acrylic paints, Ampersand cradled wood panel, brushes Supplies Needed to bring for Class: GOLDEN Soft Gel Matte, palette knife Optional: any special collage papers you’d like to bring
Date: July 9th, 2025
Time: 06:30 PM - 09:30 PM
Venue: Sheraton Harrisburg/Hershey Hotel, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, United States
Contact: Susan Rossiter
Email: [email protected]
Fee: 100.
Event Open to Public
https://www.artandsoulretreat.com/retreat-pa2025-6725-workshop.php
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Mid-Century Modern Inspired
This workshop starts with a little art history and images from mid-century artists to inspire. We’ll talk about design, composition and color. I’ll also show a tool you can use to mix colors and get that perfect pale pink, mint green or any color! We’ll then create our own abstract paintings incorporating shapes, colors and patterns from the 50’s and 60’s. I’ll demo and be walking the room all day to check in on you and answer any questions you might have. Materials Fee $20 paid at beginning of class includes: use of mid-century palate GOLDEN Paint colors, handout, use of Silver Brush Bristlon brushes, collage papers, use of painting tools Supplies Needed to bring for Class: 2 or 3 canvas or wood panels gessoed 12x12” or 12x14” or smaller- I’m using Ampersand Gessobord Your acrylic set- I’m using GOLDEN Heavy Body, High Flow and Fluid colors Your brush set- I’m using Silver Brush Bristlon Flats and Brights in different sizes Water bucket, rags, palette paper Palette knife Golden Soft Gel Matte or Gloss Scissors
Date: July 8th, 2025
Time: 09:00 AM - 04:30 PM
Venue: Sheraton Harrisburg/Hershey Hotel, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, United States
Contact: Susan Rossiter
Email: [email protected]
Fee: 185.
Event Open to Public
https://www.artandsoulretreat.com/retreat-pa2025-6724-workshop.php
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Vessels
Create mini 3-D vessels in this step by step evening workshop. We’ll be incising and carving on Claybord substrates and layering GOLDEN paints for a distressed look. We’ll cover the differences between paint viscosities and when to use each one during layering to get certain effects. Materials Fee $20 paid at beginning of class includes: 2 Claybord panels, use of GOLDEN Paints Supplies Needed to bring for Class: Your brush set Your paint set Water container, rags, palette or paper plate Carving tools- linoleum carving tool something like this this Blick Lino Cutter Set Stylus or awl (something pointy to etch with) Optional- images of vessels for reference Email if you have any questions- [email protected]
Date: July 7th, 2025
Time: 06:30 PM - 09:30 PM
Venue: Sheraton Harrisburg/Hershey Hotel, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, United States
Contact: Susan Rossiter
Email: [email protected]
Fee: 100.
Event Open to Public
https://www.artandsoulretreat.com/retreat-pa2025-6723-workshop.php
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Abstract Expressionism
For this workshop we’ll cover a little art history around the women of Abstract Expressionism who were making bold gestures, individualized expression and improvisational effects and wreaking havoc in the mid-1940’s I’ll have images for inspiration, and we’ll create our own pieces using some of the new GOLDEN colors. We’ll do a little excavating and mark making with tools and finally, use PanPastel colors to add subtle effects Materials Fee $20 paid at beginning of class includes: includes shared GOLDEN colors, Pastel Ground and PanPastels, use of mark making/painting tools and Silver Brush Bristlon Flat brushes. The new GOLDEN colors include Azo Gold, Napthol Pink, Isoindolinone Yellow, Naples Yellow Deep and Benzimidazolone Burnt Orange Supplies Needed to bring for Class: 2-3 substrates- canvas or wood panel (If you like working large bring 2 up to 12x16, if you like working smaller bring 3 8x8 and so on) Your paint set Your brushes and palette knife Water container, rags, palette paper or paper plate Email if you have any questions- [email protected]
Date: March 22nd, 2025
Time: 09:00 AM - 04:30 PM
Venue: Sheraton Portland Airport Hotel, Portland, Oregon, United States
Contact: Susan Rossiter
Email: [email protected]
Fee: 185.
Event Open to Public
https://www.artandsoulretreat.com/retreat-pdx2025-6628-workshop.php
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Petals, Leaves and Stems
In this workshop, we’ll be creating collage papers for the first half of the day… dots, stripes, solids and patterns. In the afternoon, we’ll do surface prep, cutting and assemblage on 3 Ampersand Gessobord panels. We’re using GOLDEN SoFlat colors which have a lovely matte finish and are self-leveling making them very camera friendly. These little modern floral collages will look great together on the wall! Materials Fee $30 paid at beginning of class includes: just about everything needed for this workshop- shared GOLDEN SoFlat colors, collage papers 3 Gessobord panels, shared Silver Bristlon brushes and dotting tools. Supplies Needed to bring for Class: Water container, rags, palette or paper plate GOLDEN Soft Gel Matte Scissors Your brush set and a brush for applying gel Optional- any collage papers you want to bring. Email if you have any questions [email protected]
Date: March 20th, 2025
Time: 09:00 AM - 04:30 PM
Venue: Sheraton Portland Airport Hotel, Portland, Oregon, United States
Contact: Susan Rossiter
Email: [email protected]
Fee: 185.
Event Open to Public
https://www.artandsoulretreat.com/retreat-pdx2025-6627-workshop.php
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Mixed Media Flowers
This class integrates three favorite Mixed Media fundamentals: Collage, Mark Making and Negative Space Painting. Once you start making these crazy scribble flower paintings you won’t want to stop. Join me for a fun evening with music, paint, papers, pencils, wood panels and 3 hours of Mixed Media awesomeness! Bring your Golden Soft Gel Matte and I’ll bring the rest!-You’ll leave with a beautiful painting ready for the wall. Feel free to email with questions [email protected] Materials Fee $25 paid to instructor at beginning of class includes: Collage pack (contents are hand chosen and different each year) use of crayons/ pencils, GOLDEN acrylic paints, Ampersand cradled wood panel, brushes Supplies Needed to bring for Class: GOLDEN Soft Gel Matte, palette knife Optional: any special collage papers you’d like to bring
Date: March 19th, 2025
Time: 06:30 PM - 09:30 PM
Venue: Sheraton Portland Airport Hotel, Portland, Oregon, United States
Contact: Susan Rossiter
Email: [email protected]
Fee: 100.
Event Open to Public
https://www.artandsoulretreat.com/retreat-pdx2025-6626-workshop.php
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Arte Povera
This lesser known Art movement started in Italy in the 1960's. Artists were rejecting traditional painting and using common items creating assemblage, sculpture and paintings with items like dirt, rocks, paper, clothing and rope. Their mission? To reconnect Art and Life. I’m convinced this is where the recycled and repurposed art that we see so much of today began with this small group of artists. In this class you'll get a little art history and then we'll make our own Arté Povera assemblage painting piece using acrylics, twig bundles, old postage stamps and Italian papers Materials Fee $25 paid to instructor at beginning of class includes: cradled wood panel, an Arte Povera class kit with various “poverty art” assemblage supplies- kits are unique and may include any combination of flattened bottle caps, items from nature, twigs, used postage stamps, birch tree skin, fabric, shredded money, quilling paper, string, leather and metal scrap, wine cork slices, Italian book pages, beads and more. Supplies Needed to bring for Class: GOLDEN Soft Gel Matte and a stronger adhesive- Heavy Gel Matte, I will have some to share Favorite acrylics set and brushes, palette knife Your favorite collage papers and any interesting items you have been squirreling away for a special project. Water container A second substrate- canvas, wood panel, wooden box lid or anything you already have in any size is fine Feel free to email if you have questions [email protected]
Date: March 18th, 2025
Time: 09:00 AM - 04:30 PM
Venue: Sheraton Portland Airport Hotel, Portland, Oregon, United States
Contact: Susan Rossiter
Email: [email protected]
Fee: 185.
Event Open to Public
https://www.artandsoulretreat.com/retreat-pdx2025-6625-workshop.php
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Vessels
Create mini 3-D vessels in this step by step evening workshop. We’ll be incising and carving on Claybord substrates and layering GOLDEN paints for a distressed look. We’ll cover the differences between paint viscosities and when to use each one during layering to get certain effects. Materials Fee $20 paid at beginning of class includes: 2 Claybord panels, use of GOLDEN Paints Supplies Needed to bring for Class: Your brush set Your paint set Water container, rags, palette or paper plate Carving tools- linoleum carving tool something like this this Blick Lino Cutter Set Stylus or awl (something pointy to etch with) Optional- images of vessels for reference Email if you have any questions- [email protected]
Date: March 17th, 2025
Time: 06:30 PM - 09:30 PM
Venue: Sheraton Portland Airport Hotel, Portland, Oregon, United States
Contact: Susan Rossiter
Email: [email protected]
Fee: $100
Event Open to Public
https://www.artandsoulretreat.com/retreat-pdx2025-6624-workshop.php
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Ornament
Join us at the gallery for this mini workshop- We'll be making ornaments using GOLDEN Artist Colors and Mediums on Ampersand Claybord
Date: December 15th, 2024
Time: 01:00 PM - 04:00 PM
Venue: Studios on High Gallery, Columbus, Ohio, United States
Contact: Susan Rossiter
Email: [email protected]
Event Open to Public
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Acrylic Skins
“Skins” can be made accidentally or strategically. Learn all about acrylic skins and the fun things you can do with them. Participants will make a small piece incorporated with skins. We’re using GOLDEN Artist Colors and mediums on Ampersand Gessobord. All materials are provided and the event is free and open to the public
Date: November 17th, 2024
Time: 01:00 PM - 04:00 PM
Venue: Studios on High Gallery, Columbus, Ohio, United States
Contact: Susan Rossiter
Email: [email protected]
Event Open to Public
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Collage
Join us for some collage making at the gallery. We’ll have tons of collage materials and we’ll assemble papers on Ampersand Gessobord panels using GOLDEN Soft Gel Matte. Learn about painting your own papers for collage and when and how to use different Gels. Everything you need to make a collage is provided and the event is free and open to the public
Date: October 20th, 2024
Time: 01:00 PM - 04:00 PM
Venue: Studios on High Gallery, Columbus, Ohio, United States
Contact: Susan Rossiter
Email: [email protected]
Event Open to Public
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Mini Mosaic
Make a mini mosaic with GOLDEN Crackle Paste, High Flow, Fluid Acrylics and QoR Watercolor.
Date: September 22nd, 2024
Time: 01:00 PM - 04:00 PM
Venue: Studios on High Gallery, Columbus, Ohio, United States
Contact: Susan Rossiter
Email: [email protected]
Event Open to Public
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Painting Redemption
Do you have old paintings that didn’t turn out quite right or feel like they missed the mark? Me too! Join us for an inspiring and hands-on virtual workshop, live from my studio “Painting Redemption" where I’ll attempt to redeem awful art and explore creative ways to bring new life to old paintings In this workshop, you’ll learn how to: Look at your pile of rejected art in a new way and be less afraid of making “art mistakes” Discover methods to rework and reimagine your old pieces, from layering techniques to strategic brushwork, adding texure, deconstruction and more Learn how to adjust color schemes and compositions to enhance and balance your artwork Gain practical experience by working on your own paintings, guided by suggestions and demonstrations Who Should Attend: Artists of all levels who have unfinished or unsatisfactory paintings and are looking for fresh approaches to revive and transform their work. Whether you’re a hobbyist or a seasoned artist, this workshop will provide valuable insights and techniques to help you see your old canvases and panels in a new light. Duration: 2 hours This event will be recorded and available for 30 days Materials list (may change depending on what the piece “needs”) Redeemables- any old paintings or collages GOLDEN Heavy Body, Fluid, High Flow and SoFLat colors GOLDEN Pastes, Gels and Aggregates PanPastels Pencils, pens, mark making art materials Collage papers, acrylic skins, cutting tools Water container, painting tools, rags, Notebook and pen for notes
Date: September 21st, 2024
Time: 12:00 PM - 02:00 PM
Venue: On Zoom- live from my studio, , ,
Contact: Susan Rossiter
Email: [email protected]
Event Open to Public
https://www.susanrossiter.com/shop/painting-redemption-free-and-live-from-my-studio
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Paint and Paper Assemblage
Friday, August 23, 2024 11:00 AM 1:00 PM Join me live from my studio where we’ll be using our collage scraps to create paint and paper assemblages. These look fabulous framed and make great prints This is just a fun, relaxed summer workshop that was inspired by pieces I made for my solo exhibit. The event will be recorded and available to watch for 30 days after the event. Materials list Collage paper scraps, washi tape, any collage elements you already have. Be on the lookout for interesting food wrappers or any papers that can be repurposed Small square substrates- I’m using Ampersand Claybord and Gessobord 6x6”, 8x8” (approximately 15x15cm or 20x20cm squares) GOLDEN SoFlat colors, Soft Gel Gloss Your brush set- I’m using Silver Brush Ultra Mini’s and Bristlon brushes Water container, rags, palette knife, dotting tool or tiny brush, kabob stick etc.
Date: August 23rd, 2024
Time: 11:00 AM - 01:00 PM
Venue: Online live from my studio, , ,
Contact: Susan Rossiter
Email: [email protected]
Event Open to Public
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Retro Paint and Paper Assemblage
Make something groovy with GOLDEN SoFlat Matte Acrylics, special Fluid colors & collage paper on Ampersand Museum Series Gessobord. You’ll learn about Iridescent and Interference colors and see how they work. All materials are provided and the event is free/open to the public
Date: August 18th, 2024
Time: 01:00 PM - 04:00 PM
Venue: Studios on High Gallery, Columbus, Ohio, United States
Contact: Susan Rossiter
Email: [email protected]
Event Open to Public
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Mid-Century Inspired Painting
Stop by the gallery and try out some amazing GOLDEN SoFlat Matte Acrylics! Learn how to apply the colors for the best results and some techniques for “hard edge” paintings. All materials are provided and the event is free and open to the public.
Date: July 21st, 2024
Time: 01:00 PM - 04:00 PM
Venue: Studios on High Gallery, Columbus, Ohio, United States
Contact: Susan Rossiter
Email: [email protected]
Event Open to Public