From Victory Road

Painted Gift Wrap
2017-12-09 13:00 - 16:00 UTC | Tessera Fine Art Gallery, 412 E. Douglas, Suite C, Wichita, KS, 67202, United States
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Intro to Art Journaling
2018-01-14 14:00 - 17:00 | Tessera Fine Art Gallery, 412 E. Douglas, Suite C, Wichita, KS, 67202, United States
What is art journaling, why art journal, and how to art journal. Everything you need to know to get started on this stress busting and skill building activity! Start off the new year with art journaling!

Painted Papers
2018-01-20 09:00 - 12:00 | Tessera Fine Art Gallery, 412 E. Douglas, Suite C, Wichita, KS, 67202, United States
Use a variety of techniques to create beautiful papers that can be bound into your journal in the afternoon workshop session, or used for any paper crafting or collage. There will be old and new techniqes to play with. This is honestly one of the funnest ways to set aside the rest of life for a morning and have some art play!

Junk Journal Mini
2018-01-20 13:00 - 16:00 | Tessera Fine Art Gallery, 412 E. Douglas, Suite C, Wichita, KS, 67202, United States
Create a small hand bound junk journal from start to finish in this hands on workshop. Choose from 5 x7, 8 x 8, or other small sized covers to make your chunky book. Use papers painted in the morning session, or ‘junk’ papers from my stash. You will learn how to make signatures, a binding stitch, and more as you build your book! All supplies provided!

Mixed Media Beetles
2018-02-06 18:00 - 21:00 | Dillon Nature Center, 3002 E. 30th Avenue, Hutchinson, KS, 67502, United States
Use encaustic techniques to create this mixed media beetle on a cradled wood panel. You could also opt to do a butterfly, or othere subject of your choice. We will use paint, collage, wax, a paint stick, shellac, and torching in this project!

Musical Easels
2018-02-08 18:00 - 21:00 | Tessera Fine Art Gallery, 412 E. Douglas, Suite C, Wichita, KS, 67202, United States
Fun Introduction to mixed media techniques and fun for the experienced as well. For the experienced it is a good exercise in working quickly, and in letting go. Will complete a collaborative piece on 11 x 14 inch canvas board. You will keep the piece that you developed and finished in the last steps.

A Matter of Perspective
2018-02-17 09:00 - 12:00 | Tessera Fine Art Gallery, 412 E. Douglas, Suite C, Wichita, KS, 67202, United States
Learn how to sketch in one and two point perspective and create an urban scene that can be used as the basis of the afternoon workshop session, or to develop a pen and ink sketch.

Wash Away
2018-02-17 13:00 - 16:00 | Tessera Fine Art Gallery, 412 E. Douglas, Suite C, Wichita, KS, 67202, United States
In this workshop, we will use waterproof india ink over tempera paint to create dramatic images. Perfect to use with the buildings sketched in the morning perspectives class, but can be used with just about any subject matter!

Watercolor in the Mix
2018-03-11 14:00 - 17:00 | Tessera Fine Art Gallery, 412 E. Douglas, Suite C, Wichita, KS, 67202, United States
We will complete a watercolor sampler using watercolor based mixed media techniques. New techniques and materials will be covered!

Color Theory
2018-03-17 09:00 - 12:00 | Tessera Fine Art Gallery, 412 E. Douglas, Suite C, Wichita, KS, 67202, United States
Learn color theory and how to mix colors while creating a colorful, ready to frame mandala!

Drip and Drizzle Flowers
2018-03-17 13:00 - 16:00 | Tessera Fine Art Gallery, 412 E. Douglas, Suite C, Wichita, KS, 67202, United States
Use high flow acrylics to create a drippy floral on a 16 x 20 inch stretched canvas. We will also use needle tip masking fluid, and alcohol blending solution for some special effects.

Explorations 4 Day workshop with the Topeka Art Guild
2018-03-21 09:00 - 2018-03-24 16:00 | Topeka Art Guild, 5331 SW 22nd Pl, Topeka, KS, 66614, United States
This series of eight sessions is a journey through some of my favorite mixed media products, tools, and techniques. We will travel through those in this four day workshop, culminating with pulling it all together in a final project on day 4. I am a firm believer that everyone possesses a creative element somewhere within them, and therefore the process of art should be accessible to all. Both the beginner and advanced artist are welcome.
Class outline here: Topeka Art Guild outline

Featured Artist at Botanica
2018-04-01 - 2018-04-30 | Botanica, Wichita, KS, United States
Featured artist through the month of April at Botanica! Stop by the lobby and take a look! There is no charge if you only want to visit the lobby, but you might not want to miss their month long Fairies and Forts event!

Paint with Paper
2018-04-12 18:00 - 21:00 | Tessera Fine Art Gallery, 412 E. Douglas, Suite C, Wichita, KS, 67202, United States
Hands on workshop to learn techniques for using paper to create painterly collages on canvas or in the art journal.

The Workroom's Artisan Market
2018-04-14 10:00 - 16:00 | The Workroom, 150 N. Cleveland St., Wichita, KS, 67214, United States
The Workroom is celebrating it’s 5th Anniversary with an Artisan Market, and I will have a booth there with art, prints, and other crafty wares!

Stamp Carving I
2018-04-21 09:00 - 12:00 | Tessera Fine Art Gallery, 412 E. Douglas, Suite C, Wichita, KS, 67202, United States
Learn the basics of stamp carving and get a kit of tools and materials! So many things you can do! Take a look at this video which covers both Stamp Carving I and II!

Stamp Carving II Workshop
2018-04-21 13:00 - 16:00 | Tessera Fine Art Gallery, 412 E. Douglas, Suite C, Wichita, KS, 67202, United States
Picks up where Stamp Carving I leaves off. Will cover making repeating stamps, tesselations, stamps from photos and more!

Studio Open House and Destash Sale!
2018-04-27 08:00 - 2018-04-29 17:00 | KS
I am doing some deep spring cleaning in my studio and am parting with some of my supplies, projects, and artwork in order to make way for new! This sale will be at my home, so contact me at victoryrd@hotmail.com if you need directions!

Lettering Workshop
2018-05-10 18:00 - 21:00 | KS
Learn how to dress up your own print and script lettering to use in artwork, Bible journaling, art journals, scrapbooks, and more!

Pour it On Workshop
2018-05-19 09:00 - 12:00 | Tessera Fine Art Gallery, 412 E. Douglas, Suite C, Wichita, KS, 67202, United States
Learn a variety of pour techniques and make some of your own pours in this hand’s on workshop! All materials are included.

Mixed Media on the Cheap
2018-05-19 13:00 - 16:00 | Tessera Fine Art Gallery, 412 E. Douglas, Suite C, Wichita, KS, 67202, United States
Learn how to use inexpensive supplies to create beautiful encaustic style art! Choose to make a beetle or a fish. All supplies provided!

Final Friday
2018-05-25 17:00 - 21:00 | Tessera Fine Art Gallery, 412 E. Douglas, Suite C, Wichita, KS, 67202, United States
Final Friday is a fun night out on the town for the art scene in Wichita. Multiple galleries and venues are open for this special night each month. You can almost always find me in the classroom at Tessera Fine Art Gallery (which is also where the music and food are!). Stop by, take a look at some great art, see what I am working on, and visit artists in their studios!

Featured Artist 1st National Bank in Hutchinson, KS
2018-06-01 - 2018-06-30 | First National Bank, 1 N Main St, Hutchinson, KS, 67501, United States
This will be the second time that I will enjoy being the featured artist at First National Bank in Hutchinson, but the last time was around 5 years ago, and my art has evolved since then! The art will be on the wall behind the tellers.

Explorations 4 Day Workshop in Wichita!
2018-06-06 09:00 - 2018-06-09 16:00 | Tessera Fine Art Gallery, 412 E. Douglas, Suite C, Wichita, KS, 67202, United States
The same 4 day workshop that I taught in Topeka in March is now being offered in Wichita at Tessera Fine Art Gallery! This workshop takes you start to finish through my mixed media process. A project will be completed each day while learning techniques that will be combined on day 4 for a final piece of artwork. This workshop will include creating painted papers, layered artwork, painting negative spaces, mixing mediums, Citra Solv and more! So much is packed into this 4 day workshop! Pay early to receive an early bird discount!

Citra Solv I and II
2018-06-16 09:00 - 16:00 | KS

Final Friday Art Crawl
2018-06-29 17:00 - 21:00 | Tessera Fine Art Gallery, 412 E. Douglas, Suite C, Wichita, KS, 67202, United States

Stencil Magic
2018-07-07 09:00 - 12:00 | Tessera Fine Art Gallery, 412 E. Douglas, Suite C, Wichita, KS, 67202, United States
There are so many more possibilities for using stencils than you ever imagined! In this hands on workshop we will explore using stencils in layers, with resists, texture, reduction, and in combination with masks. We will also look at a variety of paints, inks, sprays and other mediums that can be used with stencils for a variety of effects.

Handbound Workshop
2018-07-07 13:00 - 16:00 | Tessera Fine Art Gallery, 412 E. Douglas, Suite C, Wichita, KS, 67202, United States
Learn how to make your own hand bound journal using papers of your choice… plain for a sketchbook, junk for an art journal, or a mix of both! You will also paint and embellish your cover.

Featured Artist Dillon Nature Center
2018-08-03 - 2018-09-30 | Dillon Nature Center, 3002 E. 30th Avenue, Hutchinson, KS, 67502, United States
I am very pleased to have my artwork hanging once again at Dillon Nature Center. My work will be in the meeting room through the months of August and September.

Negative Spaces
2018-08-11 09:00 - 12:00 | Tessera Fine Art Gallery, 412 E. Douglas, Suite C, Wichita, KS, 67202, United States
Learn how to create a piece of mixed media art by painting the negative spaces. This is a technique that I use in some degree in much of my artwork. You will finish an 11 x 14 inch piece of art during the class period.
