Mixed Media Techniques on Collage

Saturday, January 27, 2024

11am - 3pm

Fee: $105 + $10 materials fee

Ages 16 and up

Learn fun mixed media techniques to embellish your collage artwork such as adding texture and patina, mark-making, layering, glazing, and image transfer. This workshop is appropriate for anyone interested in mixed media art, collage, or art journaling. You will have an opportunity to try various art supplies on mini-collage samples provided for you. You are also welcome to bring your own collage to work on. This class is the third and last module in Catherine’s series of workshops which she teaches regularly – 1) collage papers and 2) abstract collage. She will review and demonstrate materials and techniques which you will then practice.

Please note: this is NOT a collage making class.

All materials are provided:

Collage samples, gesso, matte medium, acrylic paint, acrylic inks, water-soluble crayons, oil pastels, brushes and tools, tissue paper, etc.

You may contact Catherine Cruz at beyouartstudio@gmail.com

About the instructor: Catherine Cruz is a French-American artist, whose work is informed by textures and patterns created by the passing of time and the effects of the natural elements on the built environment. She has taught collage and mixed media workshops in the Bay Area and France since 2019, and this is her second year at the Sebastopol Center for the Arts. Her background is in interior design and green building certification. She works from her home studio in Sebastopol, and participates in Art Trails Open Studio.