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Announcements Classes/Workshops

Upcoming Show, Workshops & More!

April 30, 2022 – 8:03 pm

Come to Cheekwood on May 7, and learn how to make a watercolor tunnel book! This simple structure folds flat and then expands into a pop-up theater. For inspiration, we’ll view part of the new COLORSCAPES exhibition in the gardens before heading to the studio. Find more details and sign up here: https://cheekwood.org/learn/adult/

Learn how to use the natural world as your inspiration for abstract painting! Hope you can join me on June 25 for Natural Abstractions at the Franklin Recreation Center. Here are the details for this Saturday workshop: https://apm.activecommunities.com/wcpr/Activity_Search/natural-abstractions/18713

This is Symbiosis III, and you’ll have the opportunity to see it at the Association for Visual Arts in Chattanooga! It’s part of the Tennessee Watercolor Society 2022 Biennial Juried Exhibition; the show runs from May 18 – June 24th. Learn more here: https://www.avarts.org/

It’s an honor to be part of the Tennessee Arts Commission’s Creative Aging Teaching Artist Roster. You can see my profile here:

https://tnartscommission.org/creative-aging-teaching-roster/elizabeth-sanford/

This program supports sequential arts learning opportunities for older adults, and grants are still available. The deadline is June 15, and you can find out the details on their website:

https://tnartscommission.org/news/creative-aging-ii-teaching-roster-update-grant-opportunities-still-available/

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Announcements Classes/Workshops

Exciting News & New Work!

July 31, 2021 – 5:03 pm

I’m happy to announce that I’ve found a new location to teach classes, starting in the fall! Since it’s near a park, we’re also discussing the possibility of offering a Forest Bathing workshop. We’re still working out the details, so more specific information will have to wait until next month. It’ll be great to be teaching again!

My latest tunnel book is called We Are Not Alone. It’s inspired by walks in the woods and stories of the kinds of interconnections found there. What you see depends on your point of view, and each panel tells part of the story. Notice how different it looks from the other side:

And here’s a trip back in time featuring just the panels without the accordion sides:

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Mystery Technique

Mystery Technique #105

July 20, 2021 – 7:30 pm

Painting these roots was fun! Next month you can find out what special techniques I used if you’ve signed up for email updates!

ANSWER TO MYSTERY TECHNIQUE #104:

Consistent measurements are so important when you’re making the hinges for a tunnel book, and this mini spring divider makes it easy to be precise! Once you set the distance between the 2 points, you can repeat it over and over again. I started by drawing a template for the hinges, using a scrap of blue card stock for visibility. After carefully lining it up on top of the selected fold, I used the points on the divider to punch through both layers of paper at once, making small holes. After removing the template, the holes served as a guide for my craft knife to cut 2 sides of a triangle for each hinge. When you look inside the tunnel, you can’t see the hinges; so the inner panels appear to float with no support. You need to reverse the template to make the hinges for the left side, as you can see below:

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