Live (in-person) Workshop

Upcycle an old book to create a 12-month custom creative journal for the new year. 
This adaptable journal may be the missing piece for keeping track of our multi-passionate creative lives.

This journal holds 12 individual folios with maximum customizability. 

 In-Person Sessions:  

  - San Jose Studio: January 25, 4-8 pm    

  - Cost: $127 (includes all supplies)

Pre-Recorded Session: $97 Purchase Here.

Create your vision board book for 2025 and start a practice that you continue into the coming year and beyond

Creative co-working time is what this is all about.  I will be on hand to demonstrate the use of tools and supplies.  You are welcome to come empty handed or bring a journal along to work in.  If you want to work in the journals I teach out of consider attending the "daily creative" journal making workshop here.

Create a richly layered mixed media background to feature a printed and altered image of your furry friend.

Sunday, January 26 (10a-1p) A Work of Heart Studio - San Jose

Pulling prompts and seeing what happens is one of my favorite approaches to mixed media art making (or at least starting) This time together will expose you to a collection of mixed media techniques you can try time and again in alternating order to achieve different and exciting results each time. You will leave class with a deck of richly layered cards ready for future artwork, art journaling embellishment, card making, affirmation cards, wisdom cards and more. The process and the finished product are pure joy and engaging to the viewer.

Take your watercolor experience to the journal learning how your colors mix and play with one another. Add a quote or phrase or fill the whole page with colorful shapes and designs. This sort of watercolor play has you learning more about colors, color mixing, brush and water control.

Friday, January 24th from 6-8pm at A Work of Heart Studio, 176 Race Street, San Jose, California.

Making personal art in a journal is so enjoyable. My art journal is a place to explore mediums and materials, techniques and flavors of artist I admire. This session is dedicated to actually "living in" your personal art journal, handmade or otherwise. Bring it along and together we can explore mixed media techniques and supplies to make stunning spreads.

this month we are focusing on Proximity and Surface Design.

Working on a cohesive series is the focus of this workshop. You will be provided with 6 panels and we will curate papers (painted and printed) and other ephemera, paint and marks to create a series of collage that is harmonious

We start with a parent sheet, richly layered with paper, paint and marks. A bit of folding, cutting and glueing to turn your parent sheet into a complete journal with pages ready to continue to create on.

We will experiment with a variety of flora (I.e eucalyptus, roses) using different mordants (i.e. tannin, iron, copper) and different types of fabrics, ribbon, & dollies. We will explore rust dyeing techniques using metal objects and stencils.  We may overdye some pieces with natural dyes of avocado, black walnut, or tea.

We will experiment with several rust dyeing options as well.

When you leave class at the end of class you will have a nice pile of dye printed fabrics to use in all types of mixed media projects ~ books, jewelry, clothing adornments, fabric flowers, whatever your imagination conjures up!

Come as you are and we will create some beautiful watercolor backgrounds. Cut down into individual cards these backgrounds will be added to with a variety of mixed media supplies like writing and coloring tools, tapes, collage and even a bit of stitching and fibers for texture. Your finished cards can be mailed, shared or framed as art.