COLLAGE

Students will enjoy exploring their creativity and self-expression by discovering how to combine different media and materials into their paintings with instructor Kirsten Francis!

The class is an opportunity to experiment with using paper, collage, stencils, paint pens, fabric, thread, found objects and more to create unique and personal artwork.
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Learn new techniques and mediums through class demonstrations, seeing examples of other artists’ work and individualized guidance from the instructor. This class is perfect for those who are interested in trying new things and having fun!

​Supply List ​​(come prepared with a palette of any kind and quality paper towels, like Blue Shop Towels or Viva)

• papers: found images, ephemera, vintage, book pages, old sketchbooks, script, floral, plain, colors, textures, wall paper, tissue paper, corrugated cardboard, deli paper, magazine images…PAPERS!
• paints: acrylic paints, fluid, heavy body...your preference of type and color scheme 
• mediums: soft gel medium, liquid matte or gloss medium, glazing liquid
• brushes: used to apply mediums & paint / color shapers, chip brush
• silicone bowl scraper
• gesso: white (black if you have it)
• substrate: 16x20 canvases (or as large as you’re comfortable with), birch board, gessoed masonite, acrylic painting paper or water color paper primed with gesso hands: don’t be afraid to use your fingers
• scissors or craft knife

Optional Supplies:

• stencils, stamps, acetate or vellum paper (to make your own stencils)
• paint pens or acrylic markers
• sand paper: 100 / 120 grit
• hand sanitizer to remove paint
• mark making tools to add texture…bubble wrap, corrugated cardboard, aluminum foil, bamboo skewers, burlap, etc.

Whatever you have that will leave marks or create texture in your art…bring it! 

​• Cost $199 (6 classes)
• Mondays, 10:30am-1:30pm
• Max 10 students
• Intermediate Skill Level

Be sure to pick up a Student Parking Pass at the front desk when you arrive.

Who should take this class...

• those who enjoys collage and assemblage art
• those who want to apply what they learn with a project

• those who are looking to be inspired by new approaches
​• those who want to put more "play" into their artwork

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About the guest instructor

Kirsten Francis

​Kirsten Francis is a mixed media artist and instructor living in Encinitas, CA. She studied fine arts and figure drawing in high school, and received a BFA in Printmaking from the Pacific Northwest College of Art, Portland OR. A printmaker for many years, she discovered the excitement of collage and mixed media through her children’s preschool cut and paste art projects. Working intuitively with found images and her own drawings, Kirsten creates complex, dimensional artworks that combine everyday life with the fantastical and weird.
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"a great community to find my own artistic expression while learning techniques to enhance my work."

~Ruth Fromstein

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