Fearless Faces With Dayna Collins

Dayna’s idea for Fearless Faces started in 2011 when she was discovering her artist voice. With no formal art training, but several years of taking art classes and a strong sense of curiosity and a bold spirit of exploration, she began painting a series of crazy, colorful faces. Fast forward to 2026 and after a month-long residency at the Salem Art Association in September of 2025, Dayna is offering a full day of drawing and painting faces with an emphasis on loose and free, not realistic and precise. No previous experience required!

Using prompts, warm-ups, and lots of art materials, Dayna will guide everyone through loose drawing and painting to create Fearless Faces. This workshop will be a fast-paced, lively day of artmaking, with a focus on color, abstraction, and pushing limits.

We will be working exclusively on 8x8 inch watercolor paper.

Student Supply List:
8x8 inch pad of watercolor paper (or cut watercolor paper into 10-15 squares of 8x8 inches each)
Black Stabilo pencil
2 black Micron Pigma pens (01 or 02 for very thin lines, and 05 or 08 for medium lines)
Acrylic paints in a variety of colors; can be fluid or heavy body. Amsterdam paints work nicely.
Palette paper or paper plates
A few paintbrushes (not expensive ones!): ¼-inch, ½-inch, and1-inch flat brushes; small and medium size round pointed tip paintbrushes (I’ll bring extra brushes to share)
Paper towels or paint rag
Apron or paint clothes
A spirit of exploration and curiosity

Optional:
POSCA pens
Catalyst mini scraper
Stabilo Woodies 3-in-1 crayons in a few colors
Marabu Art Crayons in your favorite colors
Caran D’Ache Neocolor II water soluble art crayons
Journal for taking notes