I can't believe my "Be Fearless"  Art Journaling series starts next month!  I'm so excited!  This 5-part art therapy series is designed to encourage creative thinking and help you explore your creativity while learning techniques you will be able to incorporate into scrapbooking, cardmaking, and art journaling alike.  Each class has a theme to help you focus your journaling, and is packed with techniques.  To reinforce what you learn, between classes you will be asked to complete at least one journaling page that is your interpretation of the techniques you learned in class.  Classes are every other Thursday from 6:30 to 8:30pm starting September 9th at Memories Galore West in Richmond, Virginia.  Because this class is only offered in the West End seating is limited.  Class fee is only $140 for all 5 classes! 

You can call (804) 565-2000 to reserve your seat.

Class #1- What better way to start this journey than to journal about yourself.  The theme of the first class is "You."  The techniques learned are masking, brayering, using acrylic paint, gesso, crackle paint & Glimmer Mist.  Thursday, September 9th from 6:30-8:30pm

Class #2-The journaling theme is "Friend."  You'll journal about what a friend is to you, and someone special in your life.  The techniques used are acrylic painting, washes, stamping with acrylic paint, gesso, heat embossing resist, and stamping with Stazon.  Thursday, September 23rd from 6:30-8:30pm

Class #3-The journaling them is "Art is…."  You'll journal what art means to you.  The techniques learned are collage, adding texture, brayering, using gel medium, acrylic paint, gold leaf, stamping, and layering to add visual interest.   Thursday, October 7th from 6:30-8:30pm

Class #4-The theme is "Happiness is…."  Journal about what happiness means to you.  The techniques learned are using modeling paste for dimension, brayering, Glimmer Mist, distress ink, stencils and gold leaf.  Thursday, October 21th from 6:30-8:30pm

Class#5-We will bind our books together using the Zutter, and complete the front cover.  We will do the binding at the end so that there is no pressure to create the "perfect" page (whatever that is).  It's okay to make mistakes.  If you don't like a page, just throw it away and start over.  It's all about learning a relaxing art form, and having fun!  Thursday, November 4th from 6:30-8:30pm

"Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep." ~Scott Adam