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By Roxanne Evans Stout, 76 contributed posts
View all Roxanne Evans Stout's posts. About the author: A mixed media artist, I am inspired by the natural history of the mountains and river lands in Southern Oregon. I love collage and book arts and have shown my art throughout the US and locally at Illahe Gallery in Ashland and Paschal Winery in Talent. I have been published in online collaborations and art zines, nationally in Cloth Paper Scissors, and I'm a featured artist in "The Pulse of Mixed Media" by Seth Apter. I also teach and design art workshops. Please see my listing at the Southern Oregon Artists Resource for all my links and contact information.
My newest Workshop
Thursday, January 20th, 2022
1:30-3:30 PST on Facebook Live
$48.00
Registration Is Now Open
I(f you register after January 19th you will be able to see the recorded version on the FB page!)
The Alchemist’s Shield
Because..
these are the days
for new beginnings…
We need to be creative more than ever! This is the perfect time to offer a New Workshop that I have been planning for weeks!
Do you need time to immerse yourself in making some beautiful and intricate art pieces that symbolize protection during this winter?
If the answer is yes, please join me and create two Alchemist’s Shields that will work as Talismans, giving you protection, guidance, and support and fill you with creative magic.
Together, we will meet for two hours on Facebook Live.
There I will be your guide as you create two unique and gorgeous shields.
It will be as if you are in my studio with me, sitting next to me at my work table. And you can create with me as I work, or watch and create later!
We will start with a scrap piece of wood and a pile of old cardboard pieces and construct, assemble and layer our shield with fabrics and papers and found objects that we love!
We will work with intent so that our shields will hold in them our messages, our hopes, and our dreams for the future. You will be Honoring Your Own Creative Process. And you will love every part of this workshop!!
“Talisman definition: noun [ C ] plural: talismans an object believed to bring good luck or to keep its owner safe from harm”
— The Cambridge Dictionary
The Alchemist’s Shield Facebook Group will be open on January 2nd, along with the Supply List which I will post here as well.
*Please make sure the name you register under is the same as the name on your FB account!!
*We will invite you into the group after January 1st. If you do not get an invitation within a week after you sign up, please request to join and include the name you registered under!
*These steps will ensure you get into the group quickly and hassle-free!
IMPORTANT INFORMATION:
Please consider your Paypal receipt as your confirmation and make sure when you register your correct email is on the form so I can get in contact with you.
You can ask to join the Alchemist’s Shield Facebook Group as soon as it is open. I will have the link here.
You will need to have a personal FB account and make sure you are able to stream live videos on your computer.
Invitations will be sent out as soon as possible after January 1st and I have your payment and FB name.
There will be lots of important guidelines and information in the Announcements section on the Facebook page. Please scroll through!
Sorry, no refunds will be issued for this course.
Access to the videos will be forever, at some point I will move them to Vimeo and my website as well so you can download them.
I am thrilled to be able to share this project with you and cannot wait to see your creations!!
Just $48.00
Supply List for The Alchemist’s Shield
small piece of wood, about 5” x 5” any thickness.
scrap pieces of cardboard about the same measurements
collage papers and fabric, small amounts (Think about different textures and weights)
scissors
straight edge
tacky glue or a heavier glue
matte medium, water, paper towels, paint brush
small nails and tacks
awl
string, thread,
wire: two or three gauges, I like natural colors
wire cutters or sturdy scissors
bent nose pliers (optional)
gathered artifacts or relics- I will be using a small old tin, taken apart, rusty metal pieces, rusty fence wire and maybe a small vintage bottle *Other ideas include old earrings, cabinet locks or keys, buttons, etc.
gathered natural objects- I will be using a feather, and a forked twig. Small stones (To use in a mosaic inside the tin) *Other ideas include seed pods, pine needles, dried plants, seed pods, etc.
By Roxanne Evans Stout, 76 contributed posts
View all Roxanne Evans Stout's posts. About the author: A mixed media artist, I am inspired by the natural history of the mountains and river lands in Southern Oregon. I love collage and book arts and have shown my art throughout the US and locally at Illahe Gallery in Ashland and Paschal Winery in Talent. I have been published in online collaborations and art zines, nationally in Cloth Paper Scissors, and I'm a featured artist in "The Pulse of Mixed Media" by Seth Apter. I also teach and design art workshops. Please see my listing at the Southern Oregon Artists Resource for all my links and contact information.
Hello you beautiful friends and artists!
I hope you are well and happy. May this newsletter find you creating magic! I love connecting with you, and I’m so excited to tell you about an upcoming opportunity for us to create together online!
Create mixed-media magic with us in The Illuminated Scroll! Here is the open scroll project I will teach, and Seth and Lisa will make completely different scrolls with you!
Create Mixed-Media Magic With Us In… The Illuminated Scroll!
People have created scrolls to record beauty and magic since ancient times. In The Illuminated Scroll, you will connect with history and the elements as we make three unique mixed-media scrolls on each of the three days. This is a special opportunity with Lisa Agaran-Sand, Seth Apter, and I each teaching for one whole day of the workshop!
I teach the first day and will guide you through your first Illuminated Scroll! Together we will create an enticing piece out of fabric treated with layers of gesso and paint and then embellished with a blend of collaged fabric & papers, stitching, and gatherings from nature. I will also show you how to incorporate an easy weave into your scroll to hold sticks and other found objects.
For a special touch, we will also be using my newest stencil designs! I’m so excited for you to use them. All of my stencil designs are available at StencilGirl Products!
Your majestic scroll will be a stunning work of art both when rolled up and opened to be hung on the wall, revealing your visual stories.
Here is a semi-rolled view of the scroll above, which I will guide you in making on the first day! You won’t believe the beauties Lisa and Seth have in store for you on the other days!
Won’t You Join Us!
The live Zoom sessions for The Illuminated Scroll are Thursday-Saturday, November 11-13. Registration also includes a pre-workshop Meet the Instructors Night event, daily raffle giveaways gifted by the artists, and daily recordings for later viewing. There is also a non-live option! Get all the details and register now!
Won’t you make Illuminated Scrolls with us?!
Here is a sample of the scroll I will teach you to make in The Illuminated Scroll. Seth and Lisa will teach their own secrets and techniques on their days!
Sending you blessings of creativity and joy!
Won’t you join us for The Illuminated Scroll, live on Zoom Nov. 11-13?! Or join us for the non-live version!
By Roxanne Evans Stout, 76 contributed posts
View all Roxanne Evans Stout's posts. About the author: A mixed media artist, I am inspired by the natural history of the mountains and river lands in Southern Oregon. I love collage and book arts and have shown my art throughout the US and locally at Illahe Gallery in Ashland and Paschal Winery in Talent. I have been published in online collaborations and art zines, nationally in Cloth Paper Scissors, and I'm a featured artist in "The Pulse of Mixed Media" by Seth Apter. I also teach and design art workshops. Please see my listing at the Southern Oregon Artists Resource for all my links and contact information.
A Facebook Live Workshop
Notebook Journeys Is nOW open for self study
On Sale for $50.00
(was $60.00)
Join me for a new kind of workshop designed just for you.
This will be different than my other online workshops, Because I filmed this live on Facebook, it will seem like I am really there, teaching you in person, unedited and unscripted!
I will gently be your guide as you create in a spiral watercolor notebook in exciting and fresh ways and fill it with your marks, your symbols, your collages and your stories.
This will not be a step by step workshop, where you need to follow along and do everything just as I do. Instead it will be like all my newest online workshops where you are free to go at your own pace and create in your own way.
Together we will paint, draw, stitch, attach and write in your notebook like you have never worked in before.
Each video session is about 1 1/2 hours and the videos will soon be available here as well as on the private Facebook page for you to view at your convenience !
Registration is Open!!
Price: $50.00
(Was $60.00)
**It is very important that you
message me on Facebook
as soon as you register.
You will also need to give me the name you registered under so I can confirm who you are. That way I can invite you into the group right away!
Important Information:
At this point the Live Video Sessions are completed. You can view these videos at your own convenience. They are all in the Announcements section on the private Notebook Journeys FB Page.
Please consider your Paypal receipt as your confirmation and make sure when you register your correct email is on the form so I can get in contact with you.
Please Message me on FB here immediately after making your payment! And you can ask to join the Notebook Journeys FB Group here
You will need to be have a personal FB account and make sure you are able to stream live videos on your computer.
Invitations will be sent out as soon as possible after I get your payment and FB name.
There are lots of important guidelines and information in the Announcements section on the FB page. Please scroll through!
Sorry, no refunds will be issued for this course.
Access to the videos will be forever, at some point I will move them to Vimeo and my website as well so you can download them.
I cannot say how excited
I am about this new class!!
Supply List:
Spiral Watercolor Journal: I ordered this one: Spiral Watercolor Journal but any journal with spirals about 6”x 8” will work!
Acrylic paints ( Watercolors can work if you don’t own any Acrylics!)
By Roxanne Evans Stout, 76 contributed posts
View all Roxanne Evans Stout's posts. About the author: A mixed media artist, I am inspired by the natural history of the mountains and river lands in Southern Oregon. I love collage and book arts and have shown my art throughout the US and locally at Illahe Gallery in Ashland and Paschal Winery in Talent. I have been published in online collaborations and art zines, nationally in Cloth Paper Scissors, and I'm a featured artist in "The Pulse of Mixed Media" by Seth Apter. I also teach and design art workshops. Please see my listing at the Southern Oregon Artists Resource for all my links and contact information.
Please Join Me for
STUDIO MOMENTS
MY NEWEST
ONLINE OFFERING
Let me invite you into my world!
A world that is woven together with sunlight and moon glow.
A world of textures and colors, rich with imagination and love.
A world of ups and downs,
feelings and stories that are wanting to be expressed and told.
I am so excited about this project want to share a new kind of workshop with you!
Do you ever long to delve deeper into an online workshop,
and hear more about what the artist is thinking and found out why…
Why does she use that color,
why is her work brighter on one day and darker and deeper on another…
What is her art process when she makes more complicated pieces
and she is not teaching…
Would you like to see a little more,
a revealing
of how I actually work
and what my “studio moments”
are really like?
I WOULD LOVE TO SHARE MY CREATIVE PROCESSES
WITH YOU!
Gather with me in my studio and watch as I share my projects!
THESE ARE THINGS I WILL BE SHARING WITH YOU:
How I work with my whole heart.
I will share with you how nature inspires me and enriches my life
How I experiment and love to use my intuition
How collage plays an important role in my art…..
How I use color with paints, papers and fabric.
Observe how I create multi-layered backgrounds.
and use symbols and mark making in my processes.
Discover and watch me use my favorite materials and tools…
Observe how create multi-layered backgrounds
using plaster, gesso, white acrylic paint and gel medium.
How I embellish and tie together my project and give you ideas for presentation.
And so much more!
THIS IS WHAT YOU WILL RECEIVE
DURING THE 10 MONTHS OF STUDIO MOMENTS
Forever access to 10 sessions and over 12 hours of videos,
all professionally filmed in my home and studio
A Facebook Community for sharing art making and art stories
My techniques, thought processes, ideas and inspiration from my toolbox of experience
You will sit beside me as I create unique projects from my heart
you will gain endless inspiration and insights into your own processes and work towards developing your own style and meaningful art
You will watch and listen as I explore, experiment and use my intuition all the while guiding you through self discovery
A list of materials compiled for each months session
You will be encouraged to be your own alchemist, taking a blank piece of paper and turning it into a work of art
Connect with your inner muse and other like souls
Learn new techniques in background surface design including symbols, mark making, adding a mystical language to your own art.
Discover how I use different surfaces and substrates including wood, canvas, watercolor paper, metal and vintage book covers
YOU WILL LOVE
EVERY PART OF THIS EXPERIENCE
all the while honoring your own creative process
and what feels right in your soul.
Won’t you join me?
The Cost Is Only:
Before December 30th, 2018
$180.00
Just $18.00 a month!!!
Regular Price – $220.00
Studio Moments goes live January 3, 2019
“Great offering 🍂I always feel so inspired by spending time observing and listening to other artists and their process! I love watching you and your creations of beauty using multiple mixed media and assemblage techniques ♥️”
— Shellie Lee
Come and Join me at
River Garden Studio for
Studio Moments
IMPORTANT DETAILS:
These videos will be available forever and will be downloadable.
This workshop will go live on January 3rd. You will be notified of this via email.
Every month after that sessions will go live the first Thursday of every month.
(except October when it will be the second Tuesday.
During this workshop you are free to create using what you have learned or the videos can be for your viewing pleasure.
I really believe that watching me work will lead to your own self discoveries!
High Speed Internet is advised. I am not a computer expert,
if you don’t know how to use the internet you will need to get help on your end.
This workshop is non-refundable.
In purchasing Studio Moments you agree to honor me and my work and not share the course login or downloaded videos.
Please refer to my book Storytelling with Collage for my favorite mediums, tools and materials!
By Roxanne Evans Stout, 76 contributed posts
View all Roxanne Evans Stout's posts. About the author: A mixed media artist, I am inspired by the natural history of the mountains and river lands in Southern Oregon. I love collage and book arts and have shown my art throughout the US and locally at Illahe Gallery in Ashland and Paschal Winery in Talent. I have been published in online collaborations and art zines, nationally in Cloth Paper Scissors, and I'm a featured artist in "The Pulse of Mixed Media" by Seth Apter. I also teach and design art workshops. Please see my listing at the Southern Oregon Artists Resource for all my links and contact information.
There is something about a window that is almost magic to me…
Maybe it’s a tattered lace curtain or a piece of worn fabric attached with a thumb tack to the window frame.
Or Maybe its the light. How it changes through the hours. Through the seasons.
What Rains Thundered against the window panes?
and what child watched the snow fall through the milky white Glass?
It’s the way that Sometimes the light comes from the inside, and sometimes from the outside.
From Dark to light and light to dark.
What stories are there, within the walls of a window that frame it so securely?
What stories are There, outside on the streets or roads that people travel upon?
And Why did these windows call to me that I had to stop and photograph them?
By Roxanne Evans Stout, 76 contributed posts
View all Roxanne Evans Stout's posts. About the author: A mixed media artist, I am inspired by the natural history of the mountains and river lands in Southern Oregon. I love collage and book arts and have shown my art throughout the US and locally at Illahe Gallery in Ashland and Paschal Winery in Talent. I have been published in online collaborations and art zines, nationally in Cloth Paper Scissors, and I'm a featured artist in "The Pulse of Mixed Media" by Seth Apter. I also teach and design art workshops. Please see my listing at the Southern Oregon Artists Resource for all my links and contact information.
Blue is like a beach stone,
I put in my pocket to remind me of this day.
It is the color of the ocean village reflecting in the bay,
By Roxanne Evans Stout, 76 contributed posts
View all Roxanne Evans Stout's posts. About the author: A mixed media artist, I am inspired by the natural history of the mountains and river lands in Southern Oregon. I love collage and book arts and have shown my art throughout the US and locally at Illahe Gallery in Ashland and Paschal Winery in Talent. I have been published in online collaborations and art zines, nationally in Cloth Paper Scissors, and I'm a featured artist in "The Pulse of Mixed Media" by Seth Apter. I also teach and design art workshops. Please see my listing at the Southern Oregon Artists Resource for all my links and contact information.
It’s that feeling,
the one that you’ve loved forever
the feeling of splashing in puddles
and floating hand-made boats down the street gutters,
during a rainstorm
and the feeling you have when you take a walk in the rain,
just because you love the cool air
and the way the roads turn black and shiny.
That is the feeling of Dancing on Raindrops.
““I believe that we all have a special light, and to help someone’s light shine brighter, is one of the most important gifts of all.”
— Roxanne Evans Stout, Dancing with Raindrops
Dancing on Raindrops
I wrote it for those moments that we savor.
The moments when we stop and pause
and really look at the world.
Dancing on Raindrops, title page, on my desk with flowers…
“There is something meditative about turning these pages and seeing the beauty that awaits you in every photograph.”
— Seth Apter, Dancing on Raindrops
What does a new day bring for you? From Dancing on Raindrops.
“As an artist, Roxanne’s work has always read like poetry to me and it’s so wonderful to see this rich collection of images available as an interactive journal.”
— Tonia Jenny, Dancing with Raindrops
Does it ever feel as if the mountains are singing? A page from Dancing on Raindrops.
“I am also mindful of the need to share and to bring my art to life, This is where I feel my deepest connections to mankind.”
— Roxanne Evans Stout, Dancing on Raindrops
Worktable with Dancing with Raindrops.
“Do you trust your own path? Where do you take refuge and where is your sanctuary? Your map is written in the sky, do you see it?”
“This second book is a great companion to Storytelling with Collage in that the first book teaches you Roxanne’s hands-on techniques for working with found objects and Dancing on Raindrops is actually meant for capturing your own visual stories—this time more two-dimensionally—right inside the book! ”
By Roxanne Evans Stout, 76 contributed posts
View all Roxanne Evans Stout's posts. About the author: A mixed media artist, I am inspired by the natural history of the mountains and river lands in Southern Oregon. I love collage and book arts and have shown my art throughout the US and locally at Illahe Gallery in Ashland and Paschal Winery in Talent. I have been published in online collaborations and art zines, nationally in Cloth Paper Scissors, and I'm a featured artist in "The Pulse of Mixed Media" by Seth Apter. I also teach and design art workshops. Please see my listing at the Southern Oregon Artists Resource for all my links and contact information.
Creating with me
Spring has come and gone here in the Pacific Northwest, and now we are deep in the midst of summer. After a very hot spell, trees are already shedding a few yellow leaves, they sprinkle them on the grass and seem ready for the Autumn rains and cooler nights.
River Garden Studio
Late in May I taught a beautiful workshop with Tonia Jenny, here at River Garden Studio called Archetypal Expressions. This photograph was taken in the garden under our Maple Trees in late May.
Susan Lehman’s art in progress.
For two days we worked and played outside learning and creating symbols that were meaningful in our life. We worked with cement, wood and paper writing, drawing, carving and printing.
Joan Madden’s art in progress.
Tonia Jenny’s art in progress.
Last weekend I taught two workshops in Arizona at Art Unraveled.
My first workshop was called The Alchemist’s Book of Treasures and my student’s work was thoughtful and creative! I love teaching this workshop because of the stories each creation tells.
Student Artwork from The Alchemist’s Book of Treasures
Art by Jan.
Susan’s artwork.
These are some of the books made by my students in A Book of Trees, one of my favorite workshops and subjects! My students were lovely, so creative, and I love the way we all bonded from the very first moments, trusting, laughing, sharing and joyfully creating.
Student Artwork from A Book of Trees.
Deb’s pages.
Amy’s pages.
Now I am happily nestled at home, moving from studio to garden and enjoying my world… there is time for everything again.
If you love the art that you see here, and want to learn how to incorporate found objects into your art…
By Roxanne Evans Stout, 76 contributed posts
View all Roxanne Evans Stout's posts. About the author: A mixed media artist, I am inspired by the natural history of the mountains and river lands in Southern Oregon. I love collage and book arts and have shown my art throughout the US and locally at Illahe Gallery in Ashland and Paschal Winery in Talent. I have been published in online collaborations and art zines, nationally in Cloth Paper Scissors, and I'm a featured artist in "The Pulse of Mixed Media" by Seth Apter. I also teach and design art workshops. Please see my listing at the Southern Oregon Artists Resource for all my links and contact information.
Abundant Art
Life is good here at my River Garden Studio… and this year promises to be filled with an abundance of Art and Creativity
And Teaching My Art.
“I have discovered that when I teach, it is not just my processes and techniques that I want to share… but for me to guide you in becoming more creative, and embracing the stories that you share in your art making.”
— roxanne evans stout
I taught a wonderful workshop at The Art Department in Salem, Oregon called A Book of Trees. My students were Exuberant! Here is a book created by Kathy Gottfried. Isn’t it stunning?
I will be traveling to some of the places that I love, and exploring new places that I have always dreamt about. I will be collaborating with friends, both in my teaching and in special art projects that you will hear about soon.
This winter has had it’s ups and downs. I am sure everyone feels that in some way. And for those of us who live in Oregon on this side of the Cascade Mountains, it is not over yet.
But I have loved my days, my transition into my new studio… and ever watchful of the changing light.
I have two big retreats coming up in just a month, and lots of projects to design, create and refine.
They are back to back so I will be gone from home longer than I have been for ages.
A Case of Curiosities is a workshop that I teach with a dear friend, Seth Apter of The Altered Page, in Taos New Mexico in March. If you can’t make this workshop we will be teaching it there again in October.
The magic at Mabel Dodge Luhan House is unmistakable and something that is felt by everyone who visits there. We have just one or two spots left in March, and October is filling up quickly!
And Art and Soul is a wonderful retreat in Portland, Oregon. I taught for Glenny at Art and Soul last year, in Virginia Beach, and was so warmly welcomed that I can’t wait to see everyone again!
I will be teaching three wonderful workshops there, and registration is still open. Below is a photo-collage of some beautiful student work from The Alchemist’s Book of Treasures.
In the SPRING I have two very special events…
a workshop here at River Garden Studio
when it is the most beautiful.
We will create outside under the Maple Trees, with a backdrop of a Pine Forest and the sounds of Song Birds singing their garden songs.
I am teaching with the lovely Tonia Jenny and this unique workshop is called:
Don’t forget to check out the Itinerary, our days will be filled with exploring, art making, collecting and gathering and all sorts of delightful endeavors!
Please email me if you have any questions and don’t forget about my online workshops, especially if you can’t attend a live one!
Also, I will be having two artist books shown at the Relics and Ruins Show at Atelier 6000 Gallery in Bend, Oregon. The opening is Friday, March 3rd and I would love to see you there!
By Roxanne Evans Stout, 76 contributed posts
View all Roxanne Evans Stout's posts. About the author: A mixed media artist, I am inspired by the natural history of the mountains and river lands in Southern Oregon. I love collage and book arts and have shown my art throughout the US and locally at Illahe Gallery in Ashland and Paschal Winery in Talent. I have been published in online collaborations and art zines, nationally in Cloth Paper Scissors, and I'm a featured artist in "The Pulse of Mixed Media" by Seth Apter. I also teach and design art workshops. Please see my listing at the Southern Oregon Artists Resource for all my links and contact information.
December comes quietly this year.
Soft rain and snow.
The ground is still not frozen.
Today there is a pause in the wind.
A sigh.
In the quiet I think about the last year.
So much amazingness.
So much to be grateful for.
Mostly that my book, Storytelling with Collage, was published by North Light Books and I think people are loving it as much as I loved working on it.
My Pathways and Wanderings online workshop was a huge success and I am now working on another one called
