Showing posts with label art workshops. Show all posts
Showing posts with label art workshops. Show all posts

Tuesday, June 16, 2015

Abstract Collage Workshop (using gelli printed papers)

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colorful palette ~ photo by Jane LaFazio
Last Saturday, I taught for the first time at Art on 30th in San Diego. It was fabulous! Great classroom (it's the gallery, so we were surrounded by art all day!) I will definitely teach there again.
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My fabulous students in the light-filled classroom/gallery ~ photo by Jane LaFazio

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student gelli printed pages ~ photo by Jane LaFazio
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students made lots and lots of prints in the morning! ~ photo by Jane LaFazio
teaching at Art@30th
Me ~ teaching
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colorful palette ~ photo by Jane LaFazio
Abstract Collage class (with gelli plate printing)
The classroom is also the art gallery at Art on 30th ~ photo by Jane LaFazio
I taught a new class, for me, clumsily titled "Abstract Collage ~ with gelli plate prints." It's a one day workshop. In the morning, I showed lots of ways to use the gelli plate and then we created oodles of monoprints on tissue.
Then in the afternoon, I showed the students how to select from and compose two collages on 10x10 inch boards.
Abstract Collage class (with gelli plate printing)
student gelli printed pages ~ photo by Jane LaFazio
teaching
I love teaching and inspiring my students! 
Abstract Collage class (with gelli plate printing)
student gelli printed pages  ~ photo by Jane LaFazio
Abstract Collage class (with gelli plate printing)
lots of space and light! the perf location for a class ~ photo by Jane LaFazio
Stay tuned, San Diegans, for more classes from my at Art on 30th
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colorful palette ~ photo by Jane LaFazio
Abstract Collage class (with gelli plate printing)
Student work at the end of the day!! ~ photo by Jane LaFazio
 
students at my Abstract Collage workshop
My students, and their work! 
I'll be teaching this workshop "Abstract Collage" in Minneapolis on September 18 at Art is You and in Stamford, Connecticut on Friday, October 9

Sunday, June 14, 2015

I'm teaching at ART IS YOU ~ art retreats in Minneapolis and Connecticut




I'll be teaching for Art is You in both Minneapolis, Minnesota and in Stamford, Connecticut this year.


My  Sketching and Watercolor: Autumn workshop continues to be my most popular and my favorite to teach. The loose theme for this class is autumn, but it's just a framework to teach people to draw and paint. So often, students will tell me they 'can't draw a stick figure" and that they haven't drawn since 3rd grade. It's absolutely thrilling to me, to watch them learn and then create something in their sketchbook that they are proud of! I feel I'm giving them a lifelong skill that they will always cherish. Giving people the tools to keep an illustrated journal and to really appreciate each moment is priceless! I really feel I'm sharing something important in this workshop. Seriously, learning to draw can be life changing.
Thursday, September 17 in Minneapolis, MN  and in Stamford, Connecticut on Sunday, October 11 

from my sketchbook ~ by Jane LaFazio  
 workshop: "
Sketching and Watercolor: Autumn"
Thursday, September 17 in Minneapolis, MN
My other two workshops are new this year; both are spin-offs of what I love to do. “Felt Like Stitching is instant gratification with colored felt and hand stitching. 
(Saturday, September 19 in Minneapolis, MN and in Stamford, Connecticut Saturday, October 10
 “Felt Like Stitching” example by Jane LaFazio 
Saturday, September 19 in Minneapolis, MN
Student work! from my Abstract Collage workshop.
And “Abstract Collage Using the Gelli Plate”  is about my favorite monoprinting and then creating a finished piece to hang on the wall. It will be exciting to watch students take what I teach and make it their own. I'm always wowed by the creativity! (Friday, September 18 in Minneapolis, MN and Friday, October 9 in Stamford, Connecticut) 
"Pink Berry" 10x10 inches by Jane LaFazio
Abstract Collage Using the Gelli Plate workshop example. 
Friday, September 18 in Minneapolis, MN

Your Totally Original Small Art Quilt We'll be designing and carving our own easy peasy stamps, using them on fabric, and then using the original fabric to make a hand sewn art quilt. (Sunday, September 20 in Minneapolis ) 
detail Your Totally Original Small Art Quilt by Jane LaFazio

I'm a natural extrovert, so chatting and laughing and teaching fuels me. I love meeting new people, especially when we are all such like-minded, artistic souls, who've come together for the pure pleasure of 'making stuff!' I'm so looking forward to Art is You, Minneapolis, Minnesota and in  Art is You in Stamford, Connecticut, October 7-11, 2015. 
Me ~ teaching
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Connecticut: 



Thursday, June 11, 2015

Back to the garden ~ last week's workshop

from my sketchbook
Landscape in progress ~ by Jane LaFazio
from my sketchbook
from my sketchbook ~ by Jane LaFazio
I taught a one day workshop, last Saturday, in one of my favorite Southern California locations. It's one of the most beautiful gardens ever! One and a half acres, tended carefully over the past 30 years, by its owner.
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welcome to the garden ~ photo by Jane LaFazio


California Center for Creative Renewal
the labyrinth ~ photo by Jane LaFazio
Sketching and Watercolor Workshop
a fabulous outdoor classroom ~ photo by Jane LaFazio

from my sketchbook
from my sketchbook ~ by Jane LaFazio
California Center for Creative Renewal
photo by Jane LaFazio
California Center for Creative Renewal
photo by Jane LaFazio
California Center for Creative Renewal
photo by Jane LaFazio
succulent flower from my sketchbook
from my sketchbook~  by Jane LaFazio

California Center for Creative Renewal
photo by Jane LaFazio
Can't make it to California for a day? Sign up for my online Sketching and Watercolor: Journal Style workshop. It starts July 3.

Thursday, December 13, 2012

3 day retreat in Maryland with Lesley Riley and Jane


Blue Mountain Retreat Center, in Maryland

BLUE MOUNTAIN NATURE JOURNAL Nature Sketching & Journaling in a Handmade Book with Jane LaFazio & Lesley Riley of The Red Thread Retreat

May 17-20, 2013 in Knoxville, Maryland This is one 3-day workshop where each day builds upon the next.
Day One: With Jane, we’ll wander outside, enjoying the beauty of our
 surroundings. We’ll gather flowers, fallen leaves and anything from
 nature that attracts us.
Jane will teach you (even beginners!) to confidently draw and paint in 
watercolor, as you chronicle your collection of nature. Then, we’ll look at
 our drawings and choose one to simplify and create a stamp.
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Day Two: We’ll continue with our nature theme, using our flowers, leaves, sticks, and gatherings to do some monoprinting on to our pages and then a bit of collage. We will monoprint on cloth for the covers of our journals.
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Day Three:  Lesley will lead you in creating a unique, expanding book structure in the morning. After lunch, we will continue with our nature theme, using our flowers, leaves, sticks, and gatherings to do some monoprinting on to our pages and then a bit of collage. We’ll compile our nature journals, weaving in twigs and rocks as we wish, and using red thread (of course!)we’ll bind and complete our Blue Mountain Nature Journal.
Day three

Tuesday, March 27, 2012

Upcoming workshops

on the road
Packing up to go on the road and teach and sell my wares.
Pink & Orange recycled circles
Recycled Circles ~ in cloth
April 9, one day workshop in San Diego. Recycled Circles. Details click here.
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CREATE mixed media art retreat in Irvine, California 
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May 31: Sketching & Watercolor: Journal Style   
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June 1: Recycled Circles ~ in paper and cloth on paper
more vines ~ in progress
June 2: Free spirited Free motion  
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June 3: Sketch and Stitch  
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Sunday, June 17: Animal Portraits on Cloth

marmalade greenhouse ~ detail
Monday, June 18: Monoprinting on Cloth or Paper
 You can see the rest of my teaching schedule by clicking here.

My new DVD
can't make it to a workshop? order my workshop dvd.
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brush holders
brush/pen holders 

Scoop: The zippered bags (first photo) are made from my small art quilts and the brush/pen holders above are made from my spoonflower fabric. Totally cute, huh? I didn't sew them (I don't do functional) but the talented Judy Applegarth over at her etsy shop did all the sewing for me.

Wednesday, March 14, 2012

Watercolor Sketchbook: Designs from Life


 I've got a  new online class starting on March 29 called "Watercolor Sketchbook: Designs from Life." I'm pretty excited about it!
Each week, you’ll draw, watercolor and create designs and you’ll be given optional methods to use and leverage that design in your own work. 
This is a great workshop for anyone interested in improving their drawing skills to create original designs for surface design on paper or cloth. At the end of the workshop, your sketchbook will contain a treasury of original images, your own unique visual vocabulary. 
Hope you join me! register now.


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