Taking a Line for a Walk with Dayna Collins
Rescheduled to Saturday, January 31st, 2026 | 11:15 am - 5:45 pm
Taught by Dayna Collins
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Ages 16+
Join me for a day of playing with paint and drawing lines into and on top of our abstract painted surfaces. Using 8x8-inch squares of watercolor paper as our substrate, we will paint a series of abstracted landscapes or just loose and free abstracts using acrylic paint. We will then go into our paintings and draw a variety of lines: thick, thin, straight, stuttery, arching, and curvy using various mixed media materials (crayons, pens, markers . . . . .). We will work fast, we will work slow, we might even close our eyes and let ourselves get lost in our lines. Color is the name of the game but so is pushing ourselves to move beyond our first impulse, making lines and marks that are both familiar and unfamiliar. By the end of the day, you will have a series of delightful small paintings ready for an 8x8-inch frame.
"A dot is a line that went for a walk." -Paul Klee
- 8x8 inch watercolor paper (I use a pad of Fabriano 1264; 8x8 inch140 lb.); or bring at least 10-15 pieces of 8x8-inch watercolor paper.
- Acrylic paints in a variety of colors; can be fluid or heavy body. Amsterdam paints work nicely.
- Palette paper or paper plates
- 1-½ inch flat paintbrush
- Caran D’ Ache Neocolor II water soluble art crayons in colors you love
- Marabu Art Crayons in your favorite colors
- Stabilo Woodies 3-in-1 in assorted colors
- Sakura Solid Markers in your favorite colors (get several colors to play with)
- Water container
- Paper towels
- Apron
Optional:
- 1-inch white painter’s tape (if you want to tape off the edges of your paper)
- Paintbrushes in several sizes, i.e., 1 inch, 1-½ inch, and 2 inches
- Posca pens
- Catalyst mini scraper
- Oil pastels
Instructor provides:
- Acrylic paints to share
- Stabilo Woodies, art crayons, & solid markers to share
- Spray solvent
- Fine Line Applicators
- Squeegees and scrapers to experiment with