Open up your creativity and challenge yourself during the Paint Your Own Silk Scarf workshop with Big Island artist Patti Pease Johnson from 9 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Saturday at Volcano Art Center.

Open up your creativity and challenge yourself during the Paint Your Own Silk Scarf workshop with Big Island artist Patti Pease Johnson from 9 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Saturday at Volcano Art Center.

“Learning this fun technique is guaranteed to change the way you look at color,” Johnson said. “Better yet, you might discover your newest passion.”

In this workshop, you’ll paint your own 8-by-53-inch scarf using three colors of your choice, which will create many more colors on the silk. Pick a main color, then, choose the other two after learning about color theory.

You’ll then be ready to mix your desired colors, achieved by pre-mixing the four process colors (cyan, magenta, yellow and black). Students from previous classes have been amazed by what they refer to as “happy color accidents.”

“It’s all about playing with colors,” Johnson said. “This workshop offers you a great way to have fun with colors and dyes and make a stylish personal statement every time you wear it.”

Johnson’s artwork can be found at galleries and shops throughout the state and in collections around the world. She has a designer’s ability to distill natural subjects into their most essential forms and rearrange them in her paintings.

Johnson lives in Keaau with her family and teaches painting at her home studio.

Cost for the workshop is $50 or $45 for VAC members, plus a $10 supply fee per person. Beginner and intermediate artists are welcome. For more information or to register, call VAC at 967-8222 or visit www.volcanoartcenter.org.

Open up your creativity and challenge yourself during the Paint Your Own Silk Scarf workshop with Big Island artist Patti Pease Johnson from 9 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Saturday at Volcano Art Center.

“Learning this fun technique is guaranteed to change the way you look at color,” Johnson said. “Better yet, you might discover your newest passion.”

In this workshop, you’ll paint your own 8-by-53-inch scarf using three colors of your choice, which will create many more colors on the silk. Pick a main color, then, choose the other two after learning about color theory.

You’ll then be ready to mix your desired colors, achieved by pre-mixing the four process colors (cyan, magenta, yellow and black). Students from previous classes have been amazed by what they refer to as “happy color accidents.”

“It’s all about playing with colors,” Johnson said. “This workshop offers you a great way to have fun with colors and dyes and make a stylish personal statement every time you wear it.”

Johnson’s artwork can be found at galleries and shops throughout the state and in collections around the world. She has a designer’s ability to distill natural subjects into their most essential forms and rearrange them in her paintings.

Johnson lives in Keaau with her family and teaches painting at her home studio.

Cost for the workshop is $50 or $45 for VAC members, plus a $10 supply fee per person. Beginner and intermediate artists are welcome. For more information or to register, call VAC at 967-8222 or visit www.volcanoartcenter.org.