Making Your Mark In-Store Class Sept 28

Making Your Mark In-Store Class
Saturday, Sep 28, 11:30-4:30pm
Instructor: Fran Meneley
Limit: 6 students. All participants must be 15 years or older.

Class Details

Have you ever heard an inner voice whispering “I’d like to learn to draw” but it just seems too daunting? Then this class, which is for novices, is for you. It’s not strictly a drawing class, however, but more a class in learning how to connect with a piece of paper through sight, heart, and hand. Even experienced artists may enjoy it, since there’s something for everyone to explore.

Local artist Fran Meneley, who’s a devoted journaler and mark maker of long standing, leads the class. She explains what it means to make marks, emphasizing how those of each individual are unique and beautiful. A slide show with a wide-ranging variety of examples illustrates her point and provides inspiration. Most of the class is devoted to working on five exercises, which Fran has created specifically to lead you step-by-step to a finished piece. She also brings in materials from her personal stash for everyone to share. (Those who’ve taken other classes with Fran can confirm she has lots of good stuff!)

This class is an exercise in experimentation, but with a guarantee that you’ll leave with a new way of looking at and connecting with a blank sheet of paper. Just come with an open heart and mind.

An email will be sent to participants the Monday before the class. Classes with homework may receive pre-class info earlier.  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 class questions and see our Class Policies page for more information. 

Class Materials

Please bring the following materials:

• Optional: apron
  
• Optional: water bottle and something to eat during the short lunch break

Class Materials Include:

• Handouts and info
• Paper, pencils, ink, pens and other drawing/coloring tools for experimentation in class
• Ephemera and other art supplies for students to use in class

Class Refund/Cancellation Policy

IN-STORE CLASSES: Cancellations made up to 14 days prior to the first class meeting will be refunded or, at the participant's option, used to pay for another class. Two Hands Paperie will retain a $10 processing fee for EACH class cancelled by a participant. After 14 days, there is no refund or credit. In addition, the fee for a class cancelled within this 14-day timeframe by a participant cannot be transferred to pay for another class. These policies are to ensure that teachers are compensated for their investment in materials and in time spent preparing for the class. We reserve the right to cancel a class if fewer than 3 students enroll 48 hours prior to the scheduled class time. If for any reason Two Hands Paperie cancels a class, students will be called at the phone number on file and refunded the FULL class fee.

Instructor Bio

Fran Meneley is an explorer, journaler, painter, maker, teacher, and workshop facilitator for the Taos Studio Retreat in New Mexico. For 23 years she’s been journaling, writing, collaging, and painting in her studio and on the road. She loves to cook and eat (not in that order), travel and explore (always, anywhere), garden sporadically (and in small containers), museum hop, blog (exploring life, travel, and art – the good stuff), dance (with or without a partner), teach art (big and small humans), and scavenge and collect. Fran is inspired by the intricacies and divine beauty of nature, and is a lifelong learner and experimenter. In a former life she was Associate Publisher of a nationally circulated environmental magazine called Buzzworm. 

You can find Fran’s work in 1,000 Artist Journal Pages by Dawn DeVries Sokol, Beaded Embellishment by Amy Clarke, 500 Beaded Objects by Lark Books, and The Brooklyn Art Library’s Sketchbook Project. She’s also in issues of the following magazines: Studios, Beadwork, and Cloth, Paper, Scissors. To read an interview on the Two Hands Paperie blog about Fran’s creative process and teaching, click HERE. Also visit Fran’s website: franmeneley.com and find her on Instagram: @athandstudio.

Fran lives in Boulder, Colorado, with her husband. She delights in the fact that her grown, adventurous children visit often!