# Event Details - **Event Name**: Mark-Making and Abstraction Techniques - **Event Start and End Date**: Tue, 30 Jun, 2026 at 10:00 am – Tue, 30 Jun, 2026 at 01:00 pm - **Event Description**: Art Exploration is a series of mixed media workshops that are suitable for all levels of experience! Free to attend with registration.About this EventEach week Alison will lead through presentations and prompts with emphasis on designing and painting abstracted artworks on canvas. New concepts and techniques will be added weekly.This week will focus on creating a painting with mark-making and abstraction techniques. By using a wide variety of materials like oil pastels, markers, pencils and paints, we will first practice different mark-making on paper. Unique marks can be made with each, and expanded on with more unusual tools such as bubble wrap, sponges, wax paper, and even sticks. After the experimentation, mark-making will then be used on the canvas to design and create an abstract painting.Painting processes will all start with quickly drawn sketches that serve simply as a guide to begin. Precision is absolutely not necessary, as folks will be asked to work intuitively and abstractly in producing their individual artworks. Then the paint, papers and marks will be used to build up the painting. The basics of color selection, composition and other art principles will be discussed. Subject matters will include still life florals, landscapes and purely abstracted compositions too. All subject ideas are welcome and will be explored. At the end of each workshop each attendee will have a unique, colorful, and completed painting to take home. This is a time for trying new techniques and to explore and create freely!About Alison!Alison Press is a visual artist whose work captures the spirit of the Blue Ridge mountain region through bold abstraction and vibrant color. After painting for more than 20 years while working a corporate career, she retired in 2022 to pursue art full-time. Today, Alison is a painter, collagist, and printmaker creating and showing her original contemporary art from her studio at the Asheville Cotton Mill — a historic building in the River Arts District recently reopened after the flood damage of Hurricane Helene in 2024.Her original abstract artwork invites collectors to experience color and form in unexpected ways. Alison’s work has been described as vibrant, joyful, and alive — art that transforms both walls and moods.Along with her working art studio and gallery space, Alison also participates in monthly curated exhibitions, with new shows opening each First Friday at Resurrection Studios Collective in downtown Asheville. Her work was recently selected and featured in the River Arts Resilience Project curated by ArtPlay in Asheville. Beyond exhibiting, Alison shares her love of art through teaching — leading workshops at both Resurrection Studios Collective, ArtPlay, and the Community Hub at White Horse Black Mountain.Learn More about Alison and her work HERE at her website. - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/black-mountain/mark-making-and-abstraction-techniques/100001988176876558 - **Event Categories**: art, fine-arts, workshops, exhibitions, first-friday - **Interested Audience**: - total_interested_count: 0 - **Event Highlights**: - Duration: 3 hours - Location: Quietude - Languages: English ## Ticket Details - **Ticket Price Range**: min: 0, max: 0, currency: USD ## Event venue details - **city**: Black Mountain - **state**: NC - **country**: United States - **location**: Quietude - **lat**: 35.63451209999999 - **long**: -82.3157461 - **full address**: Quietude, 1130 Montreat Road, Black Mountain, United States ## Event gallery - **Alt text**: Mark-Making and Abstraction Techniques - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events6/banners/c470aed2e46e05d109cb3f5ebaad574d47f8f51ef6e3a748fc49db6d2183bcdf-rimg-w1080-h1080-dcedd8a8-gmir.jpg?v=1778190182 ## FAQs - **Q**: When and where is Mark-Making and Abstraction Techniques being held? - **A:** Mark-Making and Abstraction Techniques takes place on Tue, 30 Jun, 2026 at 10:00 am to Tue, 30 Jun, 2026 at 01:00 pm at Quietude, 1130 Montreat Road, Black Mountain, United States. - **Q**: Who is organizing Mark-Making and Abstraction Techniques? - **A:** Mark-Making and Abstraction Techniques is organized by White Horse Black Mountain. - **Q**: Who is this event for? Is it right for me? - **A:** Mark-Making and Abstraction Techniques is ideal for curious learners, students, and skill-builders looking to gain hands-on knowledge and practical expertise in a focused, interactive setting. Whether you're a first-time attendee or a longtime enthusiast in Black Mountain, this event is thoughtfully curated to deliver a standout experience worth every moment. 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