Sunday, August 3; 11am – 3pm

Instructor: Catherine Cruz

In this engaging workshop with French-American artist Catherine Cruz, you’ll explore the exciting world of mixed media, combining acrylic paint, markers, inks, oil pastels, and gesso to enhance your paper collages. You’ll learn how to build texture and depth by applying gesso to create unique surfaces and then layering glazes for vibrant, expressive effects. 

The workshop will guide you through various techniques for creating contrast and bringing your art to life. As you experiment with these materials you will discover how to push the boundaries of traditional collage, adding dynamic marks, texture, and energy to your artwork. This class emphasizes experimentation over creating finished artworks.

You will learn:

- Methods using different types of mixed media

- Strategies for adding visual interest

- Techniques for making your art cohesive

- Skills for refining your composition

Prerequisite: You must bring your own collage artwork to work on, either on paper or on panel. Supplies provided by the instructor are acrylic paint, markers, graphite, acrylic ink, oil pastels, house paint, brushes, and tools. 

Catherine Cruz is an artist whose work is informed by the textures and patterns created by the passing of time and the effects of the natural elements on the built environment. She has taught collage and mixed media in the Bay Area and in France since 2019. Her background is in interior design and green building certification. She works from her home studio in Sebastopol, CA, and participates in Art Trails Open Studios.  

Website:   www.beyouartstudio.com

Fee: Members $115; Non-members $125

Materials Fee: An additional materials fee of $20 will be paid to the instructor

Where: Marin Museum of Contemporary Art, 1210 Fifth Avenue, San Rafael (at B Street)