Join in on this hands-on workshop designed for both beginners and experienced artists. Create beautifully textured paste papers using colorful paint mixtures and an array of texture tools. These one-of-a-kind papers will serve as the foundation for your own imaginative collage compositions. Through cutting, layering, and arranging designs, you'll explore the principles of composition, pattern, and visual balance.
This workshop is equal parts creative play and artistic skill-building—perfect for anyone looking to loosen up creatively or refine their eye for design. All materials will be provided, including paper, mounting boards, texture tools, brushes, adhesives, and handouts to support your process.
Throughout the workshop, handouts and demonstrations will be provided to guide you through each step of the process. Students are asked to bring their own materials from the class supply list.
There will be an hour break for lunch.
Instructed by Nan Rumpf
Nan Rumpf grew up in a small Iowa town on the banks of the Mississippi River, where she spent much of her childhood exploring the outdoors on her bicycle and daydreaming under a lilac bush. She graduated from the University of Iowa with a B.A. She currently lives in Wellesley, Massachusetts.
She has studied watercolor painting with Susan Swinand, Jane Goldman, Paul George, Charles Reid, Miles Batt, and Cheng Khee Chee. Her paintings have been exhibited at The DeCordova Museum School Gallery, The Danforth Museum, The Art Complex Museum in Duxbury, The Attleboro Arts Museum, The Wellesley Free Library (First Place Award), The Center For The Arts in Natick, Art on the Common in Needham (First Place Award), The Clinton Art show (Best In Show), Post Road Art (First Place Award in the Abstract Show), The Wellesley Community Center (Margaret Fitzwilliam Award for Excellence in Watercolor), The New England Watercolor Society Show in Cotuit (Woodruff Art Center Award) and her painting Soaring was awarded by George Nick in Concord Art’s Juried Members show.
She is a member of the Concord Art Association, the Wellesley Society of Artists, The Rhode Island Watercolor Society and is a signature member of the New England Watercolor Society. She was chosen as one of the two art judges for The Amazing Things Summer Juried Art Show in 2012.
Class/Program/Workshop: 250718 Paste Paper Collage Workshop
Date: Saturday, July 12, 2025
Time Frame: 10 am - 4 pm EDT, 12-1pm lunch break
Location: Garden at Elm Bank, Putnam Building
900 Washington St. Wellesley MA 02482
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