Discover the magic of pen‑fun and watercolor flow. Combining pens, inks, and watercolor opens up a wonderfully expressive world of mixed‑media art. In this workshop, we’ll explore how these materials can work together to enhance your pages, strengthen your compositions, and bring extra personality to your art journaling.
Ink is a powerful partner to watercolor — it can define shapes, deepen darks, clarify perspective, and draw the eye to areas you want to emphasize. It also invites playful mark‑making, loose sketching, and creative experimentation. Best of all, there are no rules here. This is a technique that thrives on curiosity, discovery, and brings extra personality to your art journaling.
You’ll create small studies and journal pages as you explore what feels most natural and expressive for you. Whether you are brand new to mixed media or already love combining materials, this workshop will help you expand your toolkit and develop a more confident, personal style. Bring your curiosity, your favorite pens, and your sense of play — it’s pen‑fun time! As seen in the Summer 2026 issue of Somerset Studio Magazine!
Materials Fee $15 paid at beginning of class includes:
Black gesso
Artist tape
Acrylic paints
Acrylic inks
Different papers to try
Flair pens
Stabilo pencils
White Gouache
Supplies Needed to bring for Class:
Top quality watercolor paints (See suggested colors below) and palette
Watercolor brushes in a variety of sizes such as Princeton Brush & Co. Series 4050: round #3, round #8, and
Arches cold press watercolor block 9 x 12 inches or watercolor journal
Drawing pencil and eraser
Bring all your favorite pens! Make sure to have a permanent black ink pen, Sakura Gelly Roll Glaze pen – black, and a white Uniball Signo pigment ink pen or another white pen.
Small cotton cloth or washcloth
A few photos that you would like to paint, printed on an 8x11 piece of paper.
Small spray bottle
A note about my favorite watercolor paints: The brands I like include Daniel Smith, Winsor Newton, Sennelier, and Holbein. These are my favorite colors: Cobalt blue, cerulean blue, French ultramarine, permanent magenta, permanent rose, French vermilion, quinacridone red, permanent orange, new gamboge or Indian yellow, Hansa or lemon yellow, quinacridone gold, and sap green.
Optional: Bling Pearl colors such as Coliro, gold and/or silver pens such as Pen-Touch, Gelly rolls, Slicie by Pentel.
To pre-order supplies, click on this link for Cobblestone Creek Studios.