Studio 127

Wednesday Open Art Journaling
2025-10-15 11:00 - 12:30, 2025-10-08 11:00 - 12:30, 2025-10-01 11:00 - 12:30, 2025-09-24 11:00 - 12:30, 2025-09-17 11:00 - 12:30, 2025-09-10 11:00 - 12:30, 2025-09-03 11:00 - 12:30, 2025-08-27 11:00 - 12:30 (America/Chicago) and 6 more dates
If you have a journal you’re working in, bring it with you…I also have starter kits here if you want to pick one up.
There is no instruction, just time to work on our journals! If you have some supplies you’d like to bring for a swap, that would be wonderful but not required.

October Creative Latte & Learn:
2025-10-10 14:00 - 15:00
We are going to practice one line ink drawings, which look great over a painted background. This is a wonderful way to draw without worrying about the details. I’ll have painted papers for you to draw on, or feel free to bring your own…or your art journal to draw directly onto your pages.
Your class includes something to sip from Good Company Cafe.
You can choose from the following: (I’ll be in touch the week of the class to get your order)

Cold brew
Ice Tea (Sweet or unsweet)
Mocha Latte
Honey Latte
Bottled water

Fall Silk Flowers
2025-10-04 11:30 - 13:00
Want to learn how to make a simple yet beautiful flower arrangement? I’ll have lots of Autumn colored silk flowers and foliage for you to use to make a Fall themed arrangement. I’ll show you some easy ways of designing the arrangement to suit the container. You’ll leave with something you’ll be proud to decorate your home with or give as a gift.

Stretch Beyond the Page
2025-09-26 - 2025-09-28 | Studio 127 A conservtory for Creativity, 7500 Memorial Parkway South #110, Huntsville, Alabama, 35802, United States
Are you ready to grow your creativity in a big way? If you enjoy art journaling and want to take it bigger, this is for you. We’ll spend the weekend creating a canvas that explores the topic “My Creative Journey.” Maybe the idea sounds appealing but also indimidating. This retreat is designed to walk you through the entire creative process from planning to painting a mixed media piece on canvas – but in a relaxed contemplative way.
Friday, September 26 from 4-6pm with packet pickup, meet and greet, in a “come and go” setting. Attendance to this is not necessary, it’s just an opportunity to get situated. For those who want a jump start, you can make your own name badge! If you can’t make it Friday, you’ll have the opportunity to make your name tag Saturday morning.
Our retreat space is in Studio 127, and we’ll spend most of our time here, except for when we go on our FIELD TRIP.
Saturday, September 27, 9am-5:30pm we open up at 8:00 for anyone who didn’t get their packets on Friday. Grab a cup of coffee or tea, find a seat, and make your name tag if you have not already. We’ll start promptly at 9am. Here’s the schedule:

Class time: 9:00am-10:30am
Break10:30am-10:45am
Class time: 10:45am-12:15pm
Lunch: 12:15-1:30pm
Breakout session: 1:30pm-2:15pm
Break 2:15pm-2:30pm
Class time:2:30-4:00pm
Field Trip to Thrift/Vintage store: 4-5:30pm
Meet for dinner at Luis’s at 6:00pm (on your own and optional)

Sunday, September 28, 9am-12pm

Breakout session 9:00am-10:30
Break 10:30-10:45
Class time 10:45-12:15
Finish up 12:15-12:30pm

Your packet includes:

Hand Made Sketch Book
Notebook
Large Canvas
Art Journaling Primer

Lodging:
If you are coming in from out of town, there are two hotels right next to the studio parking lot. Double Tree Inn and Hampton Inn.
Food:
Breakfast Muffins, fruit, coffee, tea, and juice Saturday and Sunday morning. (Good Company, across from the studio has a fabulous breakfast menu if you want something more hearty. But get there early as they are busy on Saturdays)
Lunch is provided at the retreat on Saturday.
Dinner is on your own, but we’ll have a table at Luis’s Mexican Restaurant (in the same complex as the studio) for those who want to join on Saturday night.
Snacks will be available for those who want to nibble through the day
Coffee will be available all weekend.

September Open Art Journaling
2025-09-20 13:30 - 15:30
The newly EXPANDED Monthly Saturday Open Art Journaling happens one Saturday every month for two hours! If you have a journal you’re working in, bring it with you…I also have starter kits and single art journals here if you want to pick one up.
There is no instruction, just time to work on our journals! If you have some supplies you’d like to bring for a swap, that would be wonderful but not required.
Did you know, you can purchase a pack of 10 Open Art Journaling sessions for $120? That’s like getting 2 free! You can use them anytime, and I’ll keep track with a punch card in the studio.

Somerset Challenge
2025-09-13 13:30 - 15:00
We’ll take one of the projects included in a Somerset Studio magazine and do it from start to finish – together! A week before each class I’ll send out 3 choices in my weekly letter. You get to vote on which project we do, and I’ll have all of the materials ready for us in the next scheduled class. If you are not already on the email list, click here to join.

Paint a Bird in Oils
2025-09-10 13:00 - 14:00
This 6-part class will focus on painting a bird in oils. Learn the basics of using traditional oil paints without using solvents. Bring a color AND a black and white print out of the bird you would like to paint. Be sure it fills an 8.5 x 11 sheet of paper. Each week we will practice basic techniques as we work on your painting. Class includes all materials.

Week 1: Overview of the materials and tools, base color, image transfer
Week 2: Mixing colors, and blocking in values
Week 3: Colors and textures
Week 4 Glazing
Week 5 Highlights
Week 6 Final details

Artist Trading Cards Autumn Make & Swap
2025-09-06 11:30 - 13:00
We meet, make as many 2.5×3.5 (the official size) Artist Trading Cards as we can in 1.5 hours, then swap or keep them. You can paint, draw, or do mixed media on your cards, which we will then trade with each other – or keep, whatever you choose!

Art Journaling 101
2025-08-30 11:00 - 13:00
If you have been wanting to try Art Journaling, this is for you.
What is Art Journaling? It’s the same idea as a written journal or diary, but instead of writing everything, we use paint, pieces of colored paper, scraps from book pages, tissue paper…and the list goes on. You can write in your art journal…or not. It can have a theme…or not.
In this complete introduction to Art Journaling, you’ll learn some great techniques and have plenty of time to work in your journal. This is a 2-hour class.
Includes a mixed media, lay-flat journal, a deck of writing prompts, art supplies to use in the class and a “to-go bag to take home. You don’t need any experience with art journaling! Be sure to stop and get a treat from Good Company Café just across the way from the new studio. This is going to be awesome!

Abstract Painting in Monochrome
2025-08-22 14:30 - 16:30
We’ll paint in one hue with just white and black to create different values. You pick that one color and we’ll paint with acrylics. The theme is “The One Thing I can Count On.” Having a theme is very helpful with abstract when you are getting started, I’ll help you plan out your painting and coach you along so that you’ll finish with a painting you’ll enjoy looking at long after you leave the studio. This class is good for beginners to those who have experience. You’ll work at your own pace. All materials are supplied.

August Open Art Journaling
2025-08-16 13:30 - 15:30

August Creative Latte & Learn: Image Transfers 2 Ways
2025-08-08 14:00 - 15:00
We are going to practice doing image transfer using two different methods. 1) Gel Medium. We’ll transfer an image from a magazine or laser printer directly onto a page or paper you can use in a journal or mixed media. Method 2) Packing Tape. We’ll transfer an image from a magazine to packing tape, which you can later add to your art journal or mixed media. Two methods = double the fun!
Your class includes something to sip from Good Company Cafe.
You can choose from the following: (I’ll be in touch the week of the class to get your order)

Cold brew
Ice Tea (Sweet or unsweet)
Mocha Latte
Honey Latte
Bottled water

Paint an Animal in Oils
2025-08-06 13:00 - 14:00
This 4-part class will focus on painting an animal in oils. Learn the basics of using traditional oil paints without using solvents. Bring a color and a black and white print out of the animal you would like to paint. Be sure it fills an 8.5 x 11 sheet of paper. Each week we will practice basic techniques as we work on your painting. Class includes all materials.

Week 1: Intro to the materials and tools, image transfer
Week 2: Mixing colors, and blocking in
Week 3: Working in details.
Week 4 Glazing

Vintage Vibes - A Junk Journal
2025-08-02 13:30 - 16:00
We’ll make a junk journal using vintage papers, coffee stained papers, and ephemera. I’ll have a good supply of unique materials to give your pages that charming, timeworn look. This workshop is 2.5 hours long so we’ll have time for painting and layering onto the pages once the book is made. You are welcome to bring any old papers you would like to include in your journal as well. This is a great class for any level of experience!

Art Camp for Adults
2025-07-31 09:00 - 16:00
All materials are supplied, including lunch.
9:00am: Tape, Tags & Gelli Rolls. During the morning part of camp you’ll have 3 stations to choose from. You can do all three or hang out at just one..your choice! The 3 stations are:

Tape: Using tape to make a grid on watercolor paper, you’ll use paints and different mark making tools to create a full page of colors-and when you remove the tape you’re left with 9 individual paintings!
Tags: make creative gift tags for Christmas (or another occassion) or just decorate them to use in a mixed media project or an art journal.
Gelli Rolls: I’ll have gel print supplies out as well, so you can print up some papers for your art stash.

11:30am: Break for lunch in the studio, provided by Good Company Café. Your choice of Avocado Toast, Veggie Wrap, Pimento Cheese Sandwich, or Chicken Salad Salad.
12:30pm: We’ll head over to a thrift store close by (tbd) to find one item to use in a project.
2:00pm: Meet back at the studio and spend the rest of the afternoon using your found treasure in a project. We’ll spend the first few minutes sharing what we found and coming up with a plan for it. Coffee & tea provided.
4:00pm: All good things must come to an end, and we’ll end our day in the studio at 4pm.

July Open Art Journaling
2025-07-19 13:30 - 15:30

Abstract Art Workshop
2025-07-12 13:30 - 16:30
This is a three hour class where we’ll create an abstract painting using acrylics and a bit of mixed media.
This workshop will give you a chance to create an abstract painting on canvas incorporating a bit of collage. The theme is “A Favorite Place.” This will be a thoughtful painting that will hold meaning for you when you look at it later. I’ll send an email to everyone who signs up with questions and prompts to consider before the class begins. Suitable for ages 12 and up, and any level of experience. All materials are supplied.
