Workshop Information

Thur. Feb. 21st Stabapalooza!
Create 3 Japanese Stab Bound Books with DJ Gaskin
1:00 til 3:30 $45. All supplies included.
You may have seen Japanese stab-stitch bookbinding. We’ll take this method to a whole new level in this workshop. You’ll make three books in three different stab-stitching patterns. It looks a little fancy but is so much easier than you'd think. And, you’ll take home a detailed instructional handout with clear sewing diagrams for each pattern.
No experience needed. Supplies provided!

Fri. Feb. 22nd - Crazy Cooped Up Chickens Watercolors with Miriam Hughes
Miriam will guide you in creating crazy & colorful chickens and other birds that will delight & tickle your fancy.
Single birds, flocks of birds, angry birds and love birds. Dancing birds, and drinking birds. All in watercolor.
Bring your watercolor paints, brushes & a black pen (or more). We will be using 140lb watercolor paper. You can purchase a full sheet paper on the day of the class or bring your own & you'll be able to get a whole flock out of one huge sheet of paper! 1-3:30pm $45.
Miriam will guide you in creating crazy & colorful chickens and other birds that will delight & tickle your fancy.
Single birds, flocks of birds, angry birds and love birds. Dancing birds, and drinking birds. All in watercolor.
Bring your watercolor paints, brushes & a black pen (or more). We will be using 140lb watercolor paper. You can purchase a full sheet paper on the day of the class or bring your own & you'll be able to get a whole flock out of one huge sheet of paper! 1-3:30pm $45.

Thurs. March 7th
(2) Twig Bound Books with DJ Gaskin
1pm - 3:30pm
$45. (all supplies included)
Join nature-loving book artist DJ Gaskin on March 7 for Random Arts' next bookbinding workshop, with a little help from Mother Nature. We'll create two books in different binding styles using handmade mulberry paper, with a rustic twist -- weaving a naturally beautiful twig into the spine stitching.
This journal-book makes a lovely hand-crafted gift for your favorite nature lover, or a nice journal for garden or hiking notes, or a simply splendid place to record your thoughts and dreams.
No experience needed, and all supplies are provided, including the twigs (unless you have a treasured twig or two of your own you'd like to use).
Thursday, March 7, 1 to 3 p.m. $45.
No experience needed. Supplies provided!

Friday, March 8th "Gouachie" Succulents with Miriam Hughes
This exciting new workshop will have you looking at the world from a whole new view. Using your images as references (and then putting them away so your creativity can flow), we will create unusual and microscopic views of the world using opaque gouache watercolor. This medium lends itself to more vibrant and flat colors, with unusual mixing opportunities. We will create mildly abstract images, adding pen and ink, markers and even a little acrylic paint. Watercolor or painting experience is not required, but the ability to explore and have fun as you create is! 1-3 $45.
This exciting new workshop will have you looking at the world from a whole new view. Using your images as references (and then putting them away so your creativity can flow), we will create unusual and microscopic views of the world using opaque gouache watercolor. This medium lends itself to more vibrant and flat colors, with unusual mixing opportunities. We will create mildly abstract images, adding pen and ink, markers and even a little acrylic paint. Watercolor or painting experience is not required, but the ability to explore and have fun as you create is! 1-3 $45.

Fri. March 29th Mixed Veggies Watercolor
with Miriam Hughes 1-3pm $45.

Story Tellers with Fonda Clark Haight
Sat . April 13th & Sun. April 14th
(This workshop is filled - wait list only)
Storytellers is a mixed media workshop teaching a process…not an end result. When you draw that beautiful face, landscape, or animal…and you look at it and think something is missing….what’s missing is you! Your feelings, your truth in the moment, your experience as a human being, these are the things that help you create a style, a call to the viewer, a healing experience. This is a process about learning to be truthful. About answering the question….”what was my truth today”? The more you show up and listen, to that story that is wanting to emerge, the more you are working from your deep inner truth, the more your style will begin to emerge. We all have stories that need to be told. The world needs our stories now more than ever. I hope you will join me in allowing those stories to be told!!!
2 full days of instruction, including all supplies. $200. For more information about Fonda, click HERE.

Friday, April 26th Come away with me...
Abstract Painting & Collage Landscapes with Wan Marsh
Have you ever dreamed of traveling to a fabulous world or place that doesn’t really exist? Well, come and allow Wan help you create a magical world you would love to visit with paint, snips of paper and imagination. Create a landscape of a distant memory, an exciting futuristic city or maybe just a serene place of calm. Let Wan be your tour guide. This workshop is fast paced, full of fun and all that is required is an open mind and willingness to “let GO”. Get ready to take your art to the next level! 10 am till 4pm $150.
Abstract Painting & Collage Landscapes with Wan Marsh
Have you ever dreamed of traveling to a fabulous world or place that doesn’t really exist? Well, come and allow Wan help you create a magical world you would love to visit with paint, snips of paper and imagination. Create a landscape of a distant memory, an exciting futuristic city or maybe just a serene place of calm. Let Wan be your tour guide. This workshop is fast paced, full of fun and all that is required is an open mind and willingness to “let GO”. Get ready to take your art to the next level! 10 am till 4pm $150.

Saturday, April 27th Excavating your Truth ...
Intuitive Abstract Painting and Collage with Wan Marsh
(this workshop is filled - wait list only)
In this class of creative play, we will explore many aspects of overcoming the fear of facing the blank canvas and beginning an abstract collage. We will learn composition and color choices for successful paintings. These tools may be used over and over in all types of mediums. The paintings will be done in stages. Color will be introduced in glazes and color washes. This is how we will achieve interest and depth. We will be experimenting with paint and also learn techniques that will encourage creative energy flow. I will be sharing all my secrets!You will complete at least one mixed media collage to take away and enjoy!
10 am till 4pm $150.
Intuitive Abstract Painting and Collage with Wan Marsh
(this workshop is filled - wait list only)
In this class of creative play, we will explore many aspects of overcoming the fear of facing the blank canvas and beginning an abstract collage. We will learn composition and color choices for successful paintings. These tools may be used over and over in all types of mediums. The paintings will be done in stages. Color will be introduced in glazes and color washes. This is how we will achieve interest and depth. We will be experimenting with paint and also learn techniques that will encourage creative energy flow. I will be sharing all my secrets!You will complete at least one mixed media collage to take away and enjoy!
10 am till 4pm $150.

Sunday, April 28th Fantasy Florals
Flora & Fauna Abstract Painting & Collage with Wan Marsh
(this workshop is filled - wait list only)
With paint and paper, you will create fabulous floral paintings that are out of this world! There is no end to the creative fun we will have in this class. With quick brushstrokes Wan will inspire you to paint fearlessly tapping into your own imagination and intuition. Emphasis will be on finding your Style of painting. Come on the journey of endless possibilities and let’s get wild!
10 am till 4pm $150.
Flora & Fauna Abstract Painting & Collage with Wan Marsh
(this workshop is filled - wait list only)
With paint and paper, you will create fabulous floral paintings that are out of this world! There is no end to the creative fun we will have in this class. With quick brushstrokes Wan will inspire you to paint fearlessly tapping into your own imagination and intuition. Emphasis will be on finding your Style of painting. Come on the journey of endless possibilities and let’s get wild!
10 am till 4pm $150.