Spring Classes @ Studio 408

Here is the line up for spring! FMI go to my website.

Young Artists Classes
Young Artist Sampler
This round of artistic adventures will include drawing, painting, mask-making, collage & construction, as well as student choice. Inspiration will come from our favorite artists and illustrators.

Who: Ages 5 and up
When: Thursdays @ 3:30 - 4:30 pm

8 weeks: March 7 - May 9
(School Vacation: No class April 11 & 18)
$ 110*

Comic Book Creations
Let your imagination fly as you create your own comic book characters - in 2D and 3D. Comics, anime, mythical creatures and more will inspire us as we draw, paint, sculpt and collage our characters and their worlds. (Low temperature glue guns and simple tools may be involved.).
Who: Ages 9 and up
When: Thursdays 5:00 - 6:00 pm
6 weeks: March 7 - May 9
(School Vacation: No class April 11 & 18)
$ 85
*10% discount for 2+ from same family. *Registration Ongoing

Evening Workshops for Teens, Adults & Families
Painted Scarves

Using a non-wax resist and a beautiful selection of fiber reactive dye paints, design and paint your own beautiful 6” x 72” rayon scarf! Learn to hand paint with fiber reactive dyes while creating a beautiful scarf to keep or give!!

Who: Teens and Adults
When: Thursday, March 28 & April 4 @
6:30 - 8:30 pm
$50 (includes all supplies) Registration deadline: March 19

Seaweed Marbling
Marbling takes its name from the way designs on marbled fabric can resemble the veins and ripples in marble stone. A seaweed extract called carrageenan is used to create a thick syrupy water that the paint is floated on. Thus, the name, “seaweed marbling.”

In this workshop, students use various objects such as forks, chopsticks, toothpicks or corn holders to create their own design in the floating paint, then make their print by placing fabric on the paint-covered surface of the water. We will print on both fabric and paper.

Who: Older children with an adult, teens and adults are welcome
When: Thursday, April 25 @ 6:30 - 8:30 pm
$25

Registration deadline: April 18 

Tie Dye Night
I will provide the dye and equipment; you bring items you want to transform: cotton t-shirts, scarves, tote bags, pillow cases... any natural fabric. We’ll spend the evening folding, twisting, tying and dyeing to create colorful accents for your apparel or home.

Who: Older children with an adult, teens and adults are welcome
When: Thursday, May 2 @ 6:30 - 8:30 pm
$25
(Register 2+ together for just $20 pp) Registration deadline: April 29 

Next Step: Painting with Dyes

There are two ways to color your fabric: Paint the dye on or dip the the fabric in a vat (bucket) of dye.
Today's post features painting on the dye.

Here is the waxed fabric before I start to paint.





I have started to paint with yellow paint that I will mix with some blue to create green.







Adding some green paint now to fill in the leaves.









Now I am painting the back ground with the bright blue paint.









Here is a close up of the finished piece of fabric. After drying for 24 hours I will rinse it out with hot water to remove the soy wax and excess dye.










The finished fabric.

Next post -Vat Dyeing!

Art Escape March 19, 20 & 21

Like the idea of immersing yourself in art for three days? The weekend of March 19-21, I am very excited to be teaching a Silk and Dye Painting Intensive at Artascope Studios in South Portland. We will spend 3 days (Fri. 6-9, Sat. 10-6, Sun. 10-2) creating beautiful fabric projects with wax and dye paint.

Here is the description : "In this class you’ll use traditional and non traditional dyeing techniques to create multi-layered, one-of-a-kind art fabrics. Learn about wax resist techniques, while choosing from a gorgeous palette of paintable dyes. You’ll develop color palettes and use patterning to create fabrics that can be used to make a statement in any project from home decor to clothing." The weekend is designed to be fun and give participants a chance to really explore and learn the process of painting with wax and dyes.

If you would like to see the process check out my blog entrys from last spring.

For more information check out at the art escape web site.

See you on the 19th!

Thank You Art Quilts Maine

This past Saturday I had the pleasure to conduct a batik workshop for members of the Art Quilts Maine quilting group in Augusta, Maine. During the two hours we had together, they quickly learned to paint with wax and dyes. The results were beautiful!

Painting with Dye

Back to work now that spring vacation is done! Spring has arrived so I can work outside!
Here are the photos of the next steps of the batik process. I am painting on the dye today. Here is the waxed fabric before I start to paint.





I have started to paint with yellow paint that I will mix with some blue to create green.







Adding some green paint now to fill in the leaves.









Now I am painting the back ground with the bright blue paint.









Here is a close up of the finished piece of fabric. After drying for 24 hours I will rinse it out with hot water to remove the soy wax and excess dye.










The finished fabric. More steps to come soon!

Easter Eggs

As the sunny days increase and spring begins to take hold I realized that Easter is close!

As a child and then as my kiddos grow/grew up, my favorite activity of the season is decorating Easter eggs! This week I came up with a new way of decorating my eggs , on paper in a painting! I am hooked! This is my second and have another started with an idea for another!

Hope this inspires you to go out and get your eggs, gather your children, their friends , your friends, your family and decorate some eggs!
Happy Spring!

Doing a Demo!

Next Saturday I will demo how to batik and paint with dyes. Join me Saturday March 14th from 10am to 1pm at Artascope Studio's monthly Open House event! Hope to see you there!

March Classes

Here are the dates of the classes I am teaching at Artascope Studios in March! I am really excited to be teaching a 3-day weekend workshop, Dye Painting / Batik on March 20,21,22! We will be painting with soy wax and dyes, and focusing on the batik process.

Also, I will be starting a Dye Painting 6-week artist series March 19. Both are great opportunities to really immerse yourself in the waxing and dyeing process!

The Intro Marbling Fabric on March 31 is a new class; the process is fascinating and fun!

For more information about cost and how to sign up go www.artascope.com or call 799-5154.

Hope to see you there!

Class Tomorrow!

I am teaching a great class tomorrow called Silk Painting at Artascope studios from 2-6. Students will learn about painting with wax and dyes and create their own beautiful scarf. Call 799.5154 to sign up.