Mixed Media Field Notes Workshop with John Kennedy

Discover how a simple and inexpensive “Field Notes” notebook can become a deeply personal art object and tool for self-reflection. In this hands-on mixed media workshop, you’ll learn how to quickly and easily transform blank pages into expressive, layered mini-canvases using vintage ephemera, book pages, images, papers, textured scraps, and your own personal notations, quotes, or wisdom as the centerpiece of each spread. We’ll explore techniques for:
- Building simple rich backgrounds with aged and visually interesting papers, or our own painted backgrounds we will create in the workshop.
- Creating visual harmony and thoughtful composition using collage and layering
- Using personal journaling, memories, notes, quotes, and small written fragments of your life to add emotional
depth
- Combining text and texture so your words become part of the artwork
- Developing a cohesive visual language across your notebook
By the end, you’ll leave with a beautifully started Field Notes journal filled with meaningful pages—part
sketchbook, part diary, part artifact of your own creative voice.
Perfect for beginners, seasoned artists, writers, and anyone craving a tactile, reflective creative practice.

A small field note journal will be provided with class.