Spring and Summer Creativity Courses with Shary Bartlett
Mixed Media Photo to Fine Art
July 6 - July 10, 2020 – 5 Day Intensive - ONLINE
Red Deer College, Red Deer Alberta
Explore your creative spirit and the amazing possibilities of paint, collage, mixed media and photographs. You’ll create layered, textured and evocative mixed media paintings and art books; hand-alter images using acrylic, inks, plaster, pastel, watercolour and cold wax; and print on a variety of surfaces. This class will strengthen your understanding of composition and design and stimulate the creative artist within in a fun and supportive environment. Suitable for new and experienced artists alike. (Please note: this class does not include encaustic techniques.)
Register Here: ONLINE OFFERING
FLOW: Fluid Mixed Media Exploration
May be offered online Summer, 2020 – 7-day retreat - ONLINE? stay tuned
Metchosin Summer School for the Arts
Metchosin, BC, (near Victoria on Vancouver Island)
Delight in the fluidity of your creative spirit while exploring a multiplicity of liquid mixed media materials, techniques and creativity exercises. In this five-day workshop, we’ll play with fluid paints, inks, rust, verdigris, botanical printing, Suminagashi marbling, cyanotype, molten encaustic wax and more. You’ll be enchanted by the joyful collaboration that emerges between fluid media and your spontaneous artistic voice, creating stunning paintings and art books in this fun and supportive workshop. Suitable for both new and experienced artists. (Note: This class offers a “taste” of encaustic techniques among a wide variety of mixed media approaches and materials.)
The MISSA campus is located in a British Columbia rain forest, on the West coast of Canada. The campus is sheltered among old-growth trees, perched alongside the Salish Sea. The beauty of the natural environment makes for a magical place to gather almost 400 artists every summer to live and work in community and be inspired.
Registration: CANCELLED DUE TO COVID19 - MAY BE AVAILABLE ONLINE- STAY TUNED
