AuSable Artisan Village

A TWO Day Summer Camp Class

Thursday and Friday, June 26 and 27

10:00am-12:00pm

Open to 11-16 year olds

“FANTASTICAL BEASTS! Book and Illustration”

Tell your tall tale of action and adventure through mixed media art and illustration with book artist and illustrator Lori Taylor.

Focus on your favorite beast or capture many in pen and paint! Explore monoprinting and abstract expression for fantastic backgrounds with a limited palette. Then search for the subject after folding the paper into an eight page book.

Use cool paint pens and techniques to draw and learn composition for a stronger story. Bookmaking! Mixed Media unleashes your creativity by telling your tale or a favorite theme in mixed media. Fold a quick “dummy” on plain paper to plan out your book’s theme or tale and get ideas flowing. Fold watercolor or mixed media paper in half and then into quarters. 

Gather and bring stuff you'd like to use(ephemera), vintage text, sheet music or other themed collage elements to layout.

Next, get into the flow by painting the background. Then, stamp, stencil and collage the elements of the story and create a fun textured cover.

These easy to make small books can hold many big moments experienced in a day. Make and collect editions as a keepsake or a special gift. As with all books, they are meant to be shared. We will have a show and tell refreshment time and pose our books at the end of class.

Lori supplies: stencils, stamps, tempera sticks. These items will be available to share, but feel free to bring your favorite pens, pencils, or decorative items and interesting collections.

Be sure to bring your favorite drawing pens and pencils! Or papers you love.

Jun 26-27

10:00-12:00

Max 15

Use the PROMO CODE sent to Grayling students by the school to reduce the cost.  Enter it on the final payment page in the upper right.  Contact the school or the Artisan Village Gallery.

Full refunds if AAV cancels the class. Refunds minus the processing fees up to seven days before class begins. No refunds after that time.

AAV is handicapped accessible.

AAV takes precautions to provide a safe environment and our instructors are educated in providing options for individual limitations.

Please make your own individual decisions regarding health precautions.