Jone's Garden! Painting Flowers NEW! Online Class Sept 14

Jone's Garden! Painting Flowers NEW! Online Class
Sunday, September 14, 10-11:30am MT
Instructor: Jone Hallmark
Limit: 25 students. All participants must be 15 years or older.
*New Class Format: This new type of class focuses on techniques instead of a finished project. Class materials not included  - see the class materials list below for what to have on hand.

Class Details

It seems like Santa Fe artist Jone Hallmark knows a thousand ways to paint and use flowers. They’re on practically everything she makes! Learn how to create your own in this step-by-step painting class with her. You’ll practice painting special little details and learn how to alter and combine the basic flowers into patterns and borders. The focus is on practicing and developing muscle memory. A huge advantage of this class is that you watch Jone “up close and personal” as she demonstrates how she paints. The camera is literally at her hands. The angle of the brush is important as well as how her hands move. There’s no substitute for closely watching an artist work right in front of you. What’s striking is how simple her method is.

For practice, Jone likes using brown paper bags cut into smaller sheets. They’re plentiful, not too precious to experiment on, and loosely simulate the feel of painting on wood – a perfect warm up for painting designs on characters, creatures, and trees in her future classes. Instead of copying her designs, you’ll be well equipped to spontaneously create your own.

This techniques-only class is useful for beginners and is delightful fun for those with some experience. There’s no final project to complete – just time dedicated to painting over and over to practice the technique and experiment with your own combinations. Jone provides a detailed instructional sheet as part of the class, which you’ll receive as a PDF via email for printing. Soon you’ll be creating a magical garden of your own!

This online class will be recorded and made available to class participants for 14 days after the class.

Class Materials

Please bring the following materials:

• A set of small, very fine brushes for painting with acrylics. Jone recommends buying a set of model brushes, which can be found in the model making section of a craft store

• Acrylic paints. Jone uses Deco Art Americana, which comes in small plastic bottles, but other acrylic paints are fine. The Folk Art brand is comparable in price. At a minimum, you’ll need white, red, yellow, blue, and a light, medium, and dark green. You’ll receive a printable PDF with a list of all her favorite colors; following are the Deco Art Americana paints she used for this project.

  • • Light Buttermilk (off white)
    • Santa Red
      
    • Cadmium Yellow
    • Deep Ochre (yellow brown
      
    • Hauser Light Green
    • Hauser Medium Green
    • Evergreen (dark green)
    • Blue Harbor (medium blue)
• Brown paper bags cut into sizes comfortable to work on. (Substitute any paper, brown or white, because it’s all for practice.)
  
• Water jars for painting
  
• Paper towels
• Optional: apron

Zoom Info

An email will be sent to participants the Monday before the class. Classes with homework may receive pre-class info earlier.  The email includes class date/time, materials list, pre-class prep, and Zoom link/info. No email? Double check the email address you entered when you registered and your SPAM folder. Due to SPAM filters and inbox settings, we cannot guarantee you will see, read, or open these emails. Two Hands Paperie assumes no responsibility for non-attendance of a class. Contact twohandsclasses@gmail.com with any questions and see our Class Policies page for more information. 

Class Refund/Cancellation Policy - Online Class Without Kit

For cancellation made 14 days before class we can either issue a refund or apply the funds to another class. We retain a $10 processing fee for EACH class cancelled. If you cancel fewer than 14 days before the class there is no refund or credit. If Two Hands Paperie cancels a class, we’ll contact you by email and refund the FULL class fee.

Instructor Bio

Santa Fe artist Jone Hallmark, who says of herself, “I tend to work in a two-inch square!”, has created her own little world of magical delights. Each tiny wonder – from the cleverest fox or hedgehog to a charming parade of flower-bearing young girls – is handcrafted from paper clay, wire, wood, and other tiny bits and pieces. Her sophisticated yet simple designs show the influence of both her father’s Scandinavian heritage and the intricate painted miniatures she collected when living in Switzerland. Her affinity for using small, ordinary objects comes from her mom, also a graphic designer and artist. She taught Jone that you can make just about anything you want instead of going to a store to buy it. Jone’s creative life started on the floor of her father’s studio, where she sat as a child surrounded by brushes, paints, and a treasure of paper. Her passion for design eventually led to work developing store displays, award-winning lines of decorated papers, and the beloved Bryce and Madeline stickers. One day, after twenty years of licensing her artwork for other people’s products, Jone realized that she needed to get back to basics and simplify. In that moment, her tiny little world was born. Now she spends her time teaching, drawing, painting, and making huge messes on every available flat surface. Visit Jone's Instagram: @jonehallmark