Artful Gathering is Open for Registration

Registration is open for summer 2012. Premiere workshops by well known artists in many genres. Together for two exciting sessions of never before seen art workshops by international and nationally known and published artists! ArtfulGathering.com

The Joy of Journaling

Cristina Zinnia Galliher

A mixed media workshop where together we will create our own book, assemble it, collage, stencil and stamp! Lots of techniques and creativity.

Workshop includes video guided steps to assembling your book, creating bottle caps, and utilizing pages for techniques demonstrated in the class. Great for both beginner and intermediate levels.

A Rose for You


Elizabeth G. Johnson of Creative Pencils



A beautiful pink rose bud is a wonderful way to express love and affection for the one you love.
Elizabeth will show you how to hand draw a budding rose in detailed step by step video instruction.

You will learn how to draw this delicate flower using watercolor pencils so that you can achieve the right depth from the shading and rendering. This class. Great for creating your own Valentine's Day cards, tag art, and book marks.$25.00
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New Group! Tins of Art, open to all members. Join today and have fun swapping, trading, and connecting with art friends. Each new trade will showcase a new theme. Hosted by LisaKay.

Journal Journey Opens for January 2012 .

The 2012 Journey is a self guided Journal Group, host by Cristina Zinnia Galliher. Participants make this a wonderful and amazing experience by sharing, learning and growing in skill, confidence and technique.

A creative journey, it is not a workshop. No fee to join.

The Memory Keeper's Treasure Box is a wonderful online video class that involves a variety of art techniques that you will learn to do as you create a personal treasury that will hold your cherished and beloved memories and objects. We'll start off by applying mixed media art techniques to decorate the outside of your keepsake box using beautiful images and papers. But this is not all!

Next we'll journey inside the box creating a beautiful decorative paper lining and vintage looking handmade file folders that we will size to fit right into your box.

Then we'll make a handmade book so that you can use it to contain your photo memories, special writings, and notes. Video instruction is very thoroughly presented with rich detail.

A class for beginners or advanced.

$20.00

Vintage Make-do

Create beautiful pin keeps, brooch displays, and shabby chic make-dos.

Step by step we go through the fun and wonder of making vintage make-do hearts. Basic sewing skills are just enough to make these beautiful hearts. We will make a few different styles, enough to get your inspirations soaring.

Get Yourself Free is a video guided workshop where I will take you step by step through the exciting process of creating an accordion style collage book.

In total there are 14 pages! The book follows a specific theme, which I will show you how to thread together as we explore basic collage techniques and some advanced ones as well.

Join me in this really fun paper mache class where we will take a journey in to mixed media collage for Mardi Gras, or Carnivale! Lot's of great inspiration and fun techniques.

We'll make mask molds out paper mache, lots of applications will make for a great artistic touch.

$20.00

Domino Mania begins the moment you find out how fun these are to make!

See how you can create beautiful domino pendants using a variety of different methods. This is a thoroughly detailed class that is video guided with full explanations. I take you through each of the steps of my process, from beginning to end. See how I transform ordinary game dominoes into wearable art.

Techniques include how I apply and seal my images, how I apply interesting details and embellishments, and how to apply stamp work and inks!

Fun and easy. Once you get started making the first few, you will want to make more and more.

I'll show you how to stamp over and seal your game pieces so that they last for years.

Join me for this fun and quirky mixed media class where we will create pennants using fun images and papers, and then I'll show you how to have fun with stencils and paint before you weave your triangles together to make an awesome art work. Many themes ideas can be applied to this, possibilities are endless.

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Bella Donna This is a fun workshop where you will learn how to collage over wood, and then I will take your through the steps I use to combine pastel with wax.

A unique twist with lot's of fun and embedded goodies!