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Welcome to the September/October card making workshop at Spectrum Gallery.  In this unique workshop learn to compose four different layouts, create watercolor backgrounds using stamping and stenciled backgrounds using glitter and Xylon tape.  Become comfortable with Mod Podge as you embellish your Autumn glass jar candle with accent paper painted leaves.  Only supplies to bring are scissors, ruler, liquid glue or glue stick, double sided tape and any other embellishments that excite you. These are the perfect handmade gifts to wish friends and family a joyous Fall season and a Happy Halloween! Introducing Nancy Souza, a teacher, mixed media artist and crafter. Creating unique cards and paper projects using a variety of techniques, colorful cardstock and card layouts including inks, stencils, collage, upcycled vintage items, and more. Souza is a certified teacher, teaching at the elementary & high school levels and graduate level courses at Sacred Heart University Griswold High School campus, including her 6th Year post graduate level. Twenty-six years ago, a teaching colleague suggested Nancy sign up for a local card making class and the rest is history.  It’s been an interesting and rewarding crafting journey both taking classes, sharing with crafting friends and teaching fellow crafters. Souza […]

For many, painting a dark or black subject in watercolor is challenging, but this workshop will put all your fears aside and help you overcome those obstacles. The techniques used to paint this particular subject can be applied to virtually anything dark, like a black dog or someone’s hair or jacket, etc.  Instructor provides reference(s), or participants can use their own, from which a contour (outline) drawing will be made by each participant before class. Instructor shows all steps taken to create a complete painting. A basic drawing ability is helpful but not necessary. Supply list provided upon registration. Bivenne Harvey Staiger is known for her colorful, dramatic watercolors of natural motifs she loves, like birds, other animals and flowers, and is the recipient of many prestigious awards.  Among the most recent is the Silver Medal from the American Watercolor Society’s 152nd International Exhibition (2019).  She is professionally affiliated with many art groups, including but not limited to the Salmagundi Club, American Artists’ Professional League, Academic Artists Association, Connecticut Academy of Fine Artists, Connecticut Watercolor Society, and many others.  Bivenne regularly gives instruction, demonstrations and workshops in watercolor, and in fact has an upcoming weekend workshop, focusing on painting flowers […]