Classes
THE EASY WAY TO PAINT WATERCOLOR FLOWERS
with Tasneem Arif
Saturday, August 8 , 10AM – 12PM (Ages 16+)
This beginner-friendly class is designed for students who are curious about watercolor but may have little or no previous experience. Students will learn foundational watercolor techniques including brush control, water-to-paint ratios, color mixing, washes, layering, and creating texture.
The class will be taught step-by-step in a relaxed and encouraging environment. By the end of the session, students will have a better understanding of watercolor fundamentals and will complete a small painting to take home.
All skill levels welcome, ages 16 and up.
Students will provide their own supplies.
Required materials:
- 24 Color Watercolor Set (Kuretake GANSAI TAMBI recommended)
- Long Round Brushes (Sizes 0, 2, 4, and 6; Princeton recommended)
- Watercolor Block
- Palette
* Tasneem can provide students with supply recommendations and purchasing links prior to the class.
ABOUT TASNEEM
Tasneem is a watercolor artist based in Nashville, Tennessee. Her work is inspired by a love of flowers and the belief that beauty has the power to uplift and heal. Using professional watercolor paints on handmade paper crafted from recycled cotton rags, she creates luminous floral paintings filled with color and softness. After years of study, experimentation, and practice, Tasneem continues to share her passion through her artwork and watercolor classes, helping others experience the joy and peace that art can bring.
BEAUTIFUL BLUES: INDIGO & SHIBORI
with Jan Quarles
Saturday, August 22nd , 10AM – 4PM (Ages 14+)
Indigo is an enchanting natural dye! In this one-day workshop, you’ll learn about the indigo plant and its fascinating global history. You’ll use an organic indigo vat and learn how to make a small indigo vat for home use. We will study several techniques for producing patterns on your fabrics, including wrapping, folding and clamping and other traditional and contemporary mark-making processes. You’ll have plenty of fabric to practice with and everyone will leave with two hand-dyed tea towels, a bandanna and scarf. Wear clothes you do not mind getting dye on (indigo can be a messy process).
All skill levels welcome, ages 14 to adult.
All materials provided. Kits includes all fabrics, gloves, and notes, and the class includes extensive use of Jan's indigo tool library! You may bring one additional small natural fiber item to dye at the end of class.
ABOUT JAN
Jan Quarles is a long-time fiber artist who works with the beauty of the natural world. For more than 30 years she’s been a dyer, weaver, knitter, seamstress, and spinner. Today, with her small business of What Nature Leaves, she is a botanical printer, natural dyer, and a practitioner of shibori and katazome who deeply loves the magic of indigo. Quarles had a solo show of her indigo and botanical prints in Nashville and currently has work in Arrowmont’s summer gallery shows. She has studied with many teachers at Arrowmont, Penland, John C. Campbell and other craft venues nationally and internationally. She is a former journalist and professor of mass communication in the United States and overseas who has always practiced her fiber arts in the hours that were her own.
Ocean Textile Landscapes
with Roberta Bell
September 17, 18, and 19, 2026
Students will paint a dimensional ocean landscape with fibers, textiles, beads, and embroidery. Each participant will develop a 6” or 8" square unique ocean-themed design they will render in fabrics, beads, yards, and other materials. They will learn fabric manipulation techniques, basic beading and simple hand embroidery stitches, and be guided through creating a unique dimensional ocean landscape. The workshop is beginner-friendly and offers time for experimentation and creativity. Everyone will leave with understanding how to paint a dimensional picture with fabric and a completed wall hanging ready for framing.
FULL DESCRIPTION
Students will start by learning the basics of landscape design in fabric from composition to dimensional effects that fabric can create. They will learn how to manipulate fabric to create movement in their design and build elements that add extra dimension to their work, such as beaded buttons and fabric stones. They will also have the opportunity to embellish a sea creature for their piece. Once everyone has decided on their design, in collaboration with the instructor, students will learn how to create beaded, stitched, manipulated fabric items that will be attached to the landscape via stitching or gluing. Next they will be guided through putting each piece together in the proper order with hand-embroidery stitches. After their composition is completed, they will learn how to mount their artwork on foam board, but they will learn several other ways to mount textile artwork so that when they leave they will be able to frame it as desired.
TIME
3 Consecutive Days: September 17, 18, & 19 (10am to 4pm, break for lunch), $245 per person.
SUPPLIES
Roberta will provide all textiles, batting, yarns, beads, threads, needles, natural materials, and foam board mounts. She will also bring an iron, ironing board, scissors, sewing rulers, thimbles, fabric markers, fabric glues, fabric scissors and thread snippers.
Students do not need to bring anything, but if you have a favorite thimble, scissors, or a particular fabric or yarns you would like to use, you are welcome to bring those things. You may also bring a frame you would like to use for your wall hanging (6” or 8" square frame).
ABOUT ROBERTA
Roberta Bell is a textile-focused mixed media artist. With a fantastical and hopeful perspective, she explores landscapes she treasures, which are in crisis due to climate change and other human-generated pressures. Using primarily reclaimed materials, she gives ‘second life’ to the beauty still living in them.
HOMESCHOOL AND PRESCHOOL GROUP PIANO
Sheri Morris is now enrolling group piano classes and lessons.
Mini Musicians Preschool Program (45 minutes weekly)
Ages 3 - 5
- Piano readiness and music exploration
- Low-to-no home practice
Group limit - 4
Partner Piano Lessons (45 minutes weekly)
Ages 6 and up, two students learning together
Advantages over solo lessons:
- Peer motivation
- Ensemble playing opportunities
- Music theory games - better together
Group Piano Lessons (45 minutes weekly)
Ages 6 and up (bring your own keyboard)
- Note Reading
- Improvising
- Group playing
- Music games
Group limit - 6
Sheri is also offering private lessons.
For more information and to get signed up,
please contact Sheri Morris at songbirdsheri@comcast.net
About Sheri Morris:
Sheri has enjoyed teaching piano for many years. She loves discovering each student’s
personality and style, and tailoring their lessons to provide them the best music learning
experience. Professional development is an ongoing part of Sheri’s teaching career, which
provides her students with the highest quality education.
Students in Sheri’s studio have fun becoming:
- Music explorers, discoverers, and creators
- Skilled note readers
- Comfortable group players and performers
- Lifelong lovers of music
