2026 Yearlong Class — Everything Jane Davies!

Class Description

2026 Yearlong Class — Everything Jane Davies!
A Year of  Mixed Media Drawing, Painting & Collage
Instructor: Jane Davies
20 Lessons 
Begins January 8th

Hello!

I am Jane Davies, and I’m delighted to be offering my first yearlong class! This will be a year of learning, growing and having fun together as we make lots of art.

Each month we’ll focus on elements such as shape, line, pattern, texture, color, value, scale, and more, through a series of playful exercises and monthly projects. Paint, paper, and drawing materials are our main art supplies, but we’ll include a few other materials as well. 

Just a few of the projects include: 

• Tissue paper collage to study value, scale, and transparency
• A playful heart collage to study scale and contrast in pattern (and this is a key to why our pieces become too busy sometimes)
• A project focusing on shapes in all their multiple permutations
• Improvisational drawing to focus on the language of line
• Timed exercises for practicing ease and flow, building confidence in your intuitive choices
• And more!
• Then, we’ll end the year with a folded book project in which you are free to use anything we’ve done in the previous lessons.

A big part of the year will be working in series. We’ll be making several pieces for each assignment which will give us the chance to experiment and explore the possibilities.

Be prepared to be challenged and have fun as you paint, draw, glue, cut, transfer, fold, stencil, spatter, stitch, and more, for this year of mixed — drawing, painting & collage!

Jane

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Jane is a prolific teacher and artist. Here is some of her wonderful artwork:

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Here’s what you get in 2026:

• 10 Recorded Lessons.
Each Month, starting in January,  Jane will upload videos for that month’s demonstration, project and assignments (with December and August off for vacation and catch-up! ). Each lesson consists of warm-up exercises and a main project.

• 11 Zoom Sessions
Once per month Jane will continue the theme with a 1.5-hour Zoom session two weeks after the video lessons (Thursdays at 10amPT)… your chance to meet others while working on another assignment and with sharing time at the end. (If you need to miss the live Zoom sessions, they will be recorded and available within a day.) In December, we’ll have a special Zoom party to share and reflect on the year!

• Community Forum. We will have a private forum via CLUSTER to share our work and be inspired by the work of others. (If you don’t know Cluster, don’t worry! It’s simple to learn and is the platform Jane uses for all of her online classes.) Jane will check the forum regularly for uploaded work!

• Forever Access to all of the above!

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And this year’s calendar:

Print a copy here:
everythingjanecalendarsmall

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Nuts & Bolts

• The Lesson Videos will be pre-recorded and be available in your class account by 1am PT each scheduled lesson day. Once the video is up, you can access it on your own time schedule.

• No art experience necessary… really! Just jump right in.

• We have kept the price the same since 2014 because we want this class to be accessible to everyone! That said, we understand hard times and don’t want you to miss out if finances are truly an issue. We have a limited number of scholarships available and you can apply  HERE.

• Thank you for being here and I hope you can join in!

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More Jane pieces and some student testimonials!

 

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For a full list of the supplies you will need, see the tab titled “Supplies” located just under the video screen above.