Word of the Year with Mixed-media Watercolor

Word of the Year with Mixed-Media Collage

A Creative Workshop to Inspire Your Year

DEC 28, 2024

Saturday

12p - 2p PST (check your timezone)

Join me for my annual Word of the Year workshop—a creative and empowering alternative to traditional New Year’s resolutions.

Instead of fleeting goals, we’ll focus on choosing a single word that will guide, inspire, and ground you throughout 2025.

In this LIVEstream workshop, I’ll lead you step by step to create a unique mixed-media collage that beautifully showcases your Word of the Year. Using watercolor paint, collage materials, and other expressive mediums, you’ll craft a one-of-a-kind artwork that reflects your hopes, intentions, and dreams for the year ahead.

Why Choose a Word of the Year?

Resolutions often fade, but a Word of the Year serves as an anchor—a reminder of who you want to be and how you want to grow. Over the years, participants have chosen words like Expand, Brave, Trust, Soar, and Surrender. Whatever word speaks to you, this workshop will help you bring it to life in art.

What You’ll Learn:

• How to isolate a meaningful word that resonates with your goals and aspirations

• Mixed-media collage techniques to create layers, textures, and depth

• Tips for combining colors, shapes, and imagery to reflect your chosen word

You'll create an expressive artwork showcasing your Word of the Year to keep it in your visual field for inspiration all year long

Details:

• Format: LIVEstream Workshop

• Duration: 2 hours

• Who Can Join: This workshop is perfect for beginners and experienced creators alike.

SUPPLIES YOU WILL NEED:

• Canvas panel or mixed-media paper or watercolor paper (9x12 or larger is ideal)

• Round or angle paint brush, size 4 or 6 is recommended

• Watercolor paint palette with colors you prefer

• Pencil (regular or Stabilo)

• Glue stick

• Collage paper elements (magazines, old maps, sheet music, scrap book paper, old book pages, etc... any kind of paper you like)

• Small spray bottle

• Paper Towels

• OPTIONAL: a variety of mixed-mediums such as rubber stamps, stencils, charcoal pencil, white gel pen, pastels, art crayons, etc...

• Word of the Year ::: you can print it out in any kind of font and size you like, or if you have a rubber stamp alphabet you can stamp it... or use the Ransom  Note method and cut letters from magazines to create your WOTY

  
  

Cancellation Policy

This is a non-refundable workshop. Due to the nature of what I offer, I am unable to provide a refund or credit to a future workshop. You may transfer your spot to another person if you are unable to attend. Just let me know so I can add their name to the roster.  In the unlikely event that circumstances beyond my control warrant canceling the event, students will receive a full refund.