Saturday Workshops
Acrylic & Mixed Media Painting in The Holy Spirit [SOLD OUT]
Time Frame: Saturday, 9-5 pm Facilitator: Aeron & Tracy Brown Skill Level: All Levels Welcome Painting abstractions and from real life using a reference, learning to blend those techniques together to engage with Holy Spirit and walk into life changing encounters with God. Learn to play again, and gain practical skills to add to your creative journey to create one of a kind symbolic and intuitive works of art. Learn to use , acrylic paint, pastels, palette knives, brushes, drips, scribbles and graffiti to convey emotion and story in your artwork. |
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Creating Mystery in Mixed Media Layers
[SOLD OUT] Time Frame: Saturday, 9-5 pm Facilitator: Amy Smith Skill Level: All levels welcome Luke 7:16 (The Message) They all realized that they were in a place of holy mystery, that God was at work among them. Mystery in artwork captures the imagination of the viewer and draws them in making them want to dig deeper and know more. Amy will work with students to help them partner with the Holy Spirit to create layers of vibrant translucent color and pattern with acrylic paints and collage materials to convey that mystery in abstract compositions. We will work on multiple small pieces in order to complete as many as possible in our time together and also to make the work easier to travel home with. Additional Materials Fee: $7 |
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Painting Trees with Confidence [SOLD OUT]
Time Frame: Saturday, 9-5 pm Facilitator: Robin Popp Skill Level: All Levels Welcome Many artists are frustrated when painting trees in a landscape or around architecture. Robin's easy teaching style makes learning how to conquer painting them fun and less intimidating. In this class, students will learn how to makes trees look realistic, sharpen their observation skills, and mix those greens. Robin will be sharing her tried and true tricks for making trees and other vegetation come to life in a painting. Whether you paint plein air, or from photos this class will help you improve your landscape paintings. Students will paint several different varieties of trees and learn what details describe realistic trees to the viewer. Color, patterns, leaf shapes and directional growth will all be discussed. Then students will apply this new knowledge to paint a painting. Additional Materials Fee: $20 |
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Fun with Color [SOLD OUT]
Time Frame: Saturday, 9-5 pm Facilitator: Christine Raymond Skill Level: All Levels Welcome There is so much to know about color! Color can create a mood, convey a feeling, or make a positive impact. On the flip side, if not handled properly, color can create chaos and sometimes become “mud.” Christine loves to teach color theory and color psychology in a fun and entertaining way that may or may not include Disney movies and listening to music! We will work in acrylics so your charts and fun exercises dry quickly enough to take home. Sign up for this color-focused workshop where you will learn:
Additional Materials Fee: $30 |
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Writing the Non-Fiction Book: Idea to a Solid Plan
Time Frame: Saturday, 9-5 pm Facilitator: Diana Flegal Skill Level: Beginner Do you have an idea for a nonfiction book? Have you put off writing it because you don’t know where or how to begin? Join us as Literary Agent, Coach, and Freelance editor, Diana L. Flegal, presents a fun interactive one day course titled, Writing the Nonfiction Book: Idea to a Solid Plan. Each writer will come away with a realistic and achievable plan to complete the book they have always intended to write. Topics the course will cover include: Choosing your Book's Structure, Building your Outline, The “how-to” of Chapter Writing, and Knowing and Attracting your Reader. |
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Photographing and Editing Artwork for Reproductions [SOLD OUT] Time Frame: Saturday 9-5 pm Facilitator: Jacob Daniels Skill Level: All levels welcome I have owned my own Gicleé business Overflow Studios since 2013. It was born out of a necessity to reproduce my own artwork. Since then I have developed a process of image capture, proofing, and reproducing on paper and canvas. Many have asked me to share this knowledge so I am offering a one day class at GOA to do so. I feel art reproduction is an important arsenal for the visual artist to have because it allows for more people to experience and enjoy a piece of art. It is also a great way for an artist to generate income from their work. In this class we will learn 1. What resources and items you will need to correctly take a picture of 2d artwork. (Cameras, lights, tripod etc. ) 2.How to prepare and correctly light a piece of artwork to capture it. 3. How to transfer that image to a computer and use photoshop to edit and compare to the original. 4. I will talk also how i print and sell my gicleés. God tells us to let our light shine before men so that they can give the glory to God, if you're an artist in the Kingdom this means sharing your artwork with the world! I believe this is a very good tool to have under any artist belt and I look forward to seeing you all at GOA 2022. Additional Materials Fee: $10 |
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Dramatic Watercolor Abstracts
[SOLD OUT] Time Frame: Saturday, 9-5 pm Facilitator: Jill Williams Skill Level: All Levels Welcome Welcome to Dramatic Watercolor Abstracts! I’m Jill Williams, watercolor landscape artist, full-time traveler, and nature enthusiast. I’ve blended the best of my instruction on watercolor, abstraction, personal expression, and experimental techniques into one workshop that enables you to create inspiring and emotive watercolor abstracts that explore nature and landscape themes with subjective color and visual textures. About the Workshop:
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Painting Plein Air with Ease
[SOLD OUT] Time Frame: Saturday, 9-5 pm Facilitator: Gabriel Stockton Skill Level: All Levels Welcome The course will touch on drawing for watercolor, value scale, color & brush work. We will focus on managing the time it takes to paint, finding subjects and composition. Receive a critique on your work. |
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Fiber Fun [SOLD OUT]
Time Frame: Saturday 9-5 pm Facilitator: Karen Mayne Skill Level: All Levels Welcome I will be holding an "open studio" concept. I sense that this is a year to play, have fun, relax and most importantly breathe. We will explore different techniques from appliqué, quilting, embellishing, and more. I will provide a kit of fabrics as well as bring thread, trims, inks, and such. I encourage you to bring things that have meaning to you, ie grandmother's hankie, cards, buttons, etc. We will use all of the above to create a personal piece of fiber art that reflects what the Holy Spirit is speaking to you during your time at Gathering. I anticipate that this year will be a year of healing as we journey with Him together. Additional Materials Fee: $35 |
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Creating Beautiful Resin Bowl & Coasters with Ease [SOLD OUT]
Time Frame: Saturday, 9-5 pm Facilitator: Sandra Lett Skill Level: Beginner I will teach everything you need to know about resin including safety, the nuances of the resin and how to manipulate it to whatever you imagine it to be (with an open mind!) Additional Material Fee: $20 |
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Worship in Color [SOLD OUT]
Time Frame: Saturday, 9-5 pm Facilitator: Sandy Hall Skill Level: All Levels Welcome Looking to fan the flames of intimacy with God and having that translate to an increased flow of freedom and creativity through you? Then please join me in this workshop. I will teach a very simple Biblical meditation model that will enrich your devotion time and aid in your creative process. You will make a prayer journal to take home. You will spend time enriching your conversation and communion with God, joyfully expressing worship with paint on a canvas, and receiving fresh activation and impartation. You will walk away with renewal, a 'Worship in Color' prophetic canvas painted by you in the class, and a plethora of encouragement for your soul and spirit. Additional Material Fee: $10 |
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Saturday: Annual ‘Come to Leicester’ open studio event! [SOLD OUT]
Time Frame: Saturday, 9-5 pm Facilitator: Sherry Masters Skill Level: All Levels Welcome See an often-missed gem of the region! Saturday conveniently coincides with the annual open studio tour, west of Asheville, in the Leicester community. Typically, over 25 artists participate. I’ll curate our time to see a variety of the most interesting stops and we’ll visit as many studios as possible! Included will be a wood-fired ceramicist who uses wild-clay, a 2nd generation broom maker, and 2-D arts! |
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Live painting as a "visual scribe"- posture, prayer, and the prophetic [SOLD OUT] Time Frame: Saturday, 9-5 pm Facilitator: Bryn Gillette Skill Level: All Levels Welcome Since 2005 Bryn Gillette has been regularly painting live during church services, special events, conferences, weddings, and even funerals. He has come to describe the role as being a "visual scribe": being in tune with the Holy Spirit and documenting the real time unfolding of God's presence in visual form. "In the course of the many hundreds of live painting experiences I've had, I have come to see the consistent importance of our posture during the process of live painting; our posture to the Lord, to those we are serving, to the Body of Christ serving alongside us, and to our own work and materials." Live painting often requires setting aside preconception and working fast, drawing upon skills that have been honed ahead of time. With that in mind, this workshop revolves around both a substantial firsthand experience of live painting (privately in our group first and then optionally in the larger conference) as well as a series of skill developing techniques isolated key elements of (fast) paint mixing, color theory, paint application techniques, and drawing human figures quickly and accurately. "I was once asked by a pastor to join him on stage to paint as I was inspired by the Spirit, and despite NO experience seeing or experiencing this process, I said yes. I look back and see that as the genesis moment God took my artistic loaf of bread and fish and multiplied it 1000 fold. I pray this is a moment of awakening for others who long to paint live AS an expression of worship." |
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