Mélange Painting Workshops

Hi!   My name is Mary Schannen and I used to be a stay at home mom with a desire to make
my house and surroundings beautiful. I have had no formal art training, however, through experimentation, I have taught myself how to create beautiful pieces of canvas artwork.  This led to the creation of Mélange Designs http://melangeonline.com/.  These pieces became so popular that they are currently sold in stores throughout Texas, Louisianna, and Oklahoma via my agent at the Dallas World Market.   Locally, Mélange artwork is being sold in various retail locations including Hemispheres, Anderson's Furniture, Stacey's Furniture and Acanthus in Mckinney.

Due to the growth of the business, I have trained many artists to recreate my designs on canvas.   Many of these artists have had no formal art training.  Quite often, my artists were Stay at Home moms with a desire to paint and learn how to create their own artwork.   Through this process, I have learned that I enjoy teaching others what I know, and it's pretty easy to learn!

Take my workshop and you will:

Discover how rewarding it is to create a beautiful piece of art yourself!

Learn my secrets on how to create any Mélange piece.  Through experimentation, I have developed new tricks and techniques not used by anyone else.

I will provide you with step by step instruction so you can create your version of ‘Prayers for Katrina’ as shown in these photos.  I encourage you to bring your creativity and we can incorporate changes to suit your style and taste OR you can create exactly what you see.

Requirements:

A desire to learn and paint!  That's all!

Details:

Price  -Price includes all materials (apx. $100 value) to create this piece.

4 or more students:  $225 per workshop.
2-3 students:  $300 per workshop
Individual session: $400

15 hour workshop.  We would schedule either two Saturdays with homework in between or three days during school hours. 

Bring a Friend and you will recieve a 10% discount.

If you are interested in learning more, please contact me at melangeonline@gmail.com or call 972-998-5321.  I am in the process of creating future schedules and locations.  Once I receive a commitment  from enough people to create classes, I will let you know the schedules.

Look how fun!

Different Versions of 'Prayers for Katrina'

Here are some photos of different variations for the painting we complete during the workshop.  I encourage you to bring your creativity and style to make it yours!  However, you are more than  welcome to do exactly what I have done in the original version.

(Double click on the image to enlarge). 

I am currently in the process of setting up a schedule and location for future workshops.  If you are interested in attending a workshop, or would like some more information, please either email me at melangeonline@gmail.com or call 972-998-5321.  I look forward to hearing from you!