Experience: All Levels of experience are welcome in this workshop.
Registration: Each student must enroll individually. Click the Cancellation Policy tab above for more info.
Medium: Acrylic, Mediums, Crayon
Materials List: See the Materials Tab below.
Location: Sedona Arts Center, Theatre Studio
We will explore how to build depth, emotion, and visual intrigue through the intentional combination of materials and techniques. I will guide you through the process of developing your own visual language while emphasizing composition principles such as contrast, balance, color, line, rhythm, and more. Through demos, guided exercises, and personal exploration, you’ll love playing with layers. Whether you are new to abstract art or looking to deepen your practice, this course will help you embrace spontaneity, discover new techniques, and bring fresh energy to your work.
Dina’s colorful, expressive style is anchored by her design hallmark, the creative use of white space. Her personal, organic design aesthetic strikes a balance between “artsy” and “classic”.
Dina is a mixed-media artist and teacher. She loves everything about art: creating it, thinking about it, looking at it, and teaching it. She has been scrapbooking since 1995, stamping since 1996, and art journaling since 2004. She believes in writing yourself down, expressing yourself, and making your mark on the world. As a Ranger Signature Designer, Dina designs a line of mixed-media art supplies that includes acrylic paints, mediums, brushes, rubber stamps, stencils, and more.
Dina lives in Arizona with her husband and 3 boys (affectionately termed “the fellas”). With a love of teaching and traveling, Dina travels the world to teach and share her art passion with students on every continent.
Dina is an Open Water Scuba Instructor, affiliated with the wonderful Phoenix Scuba.
Materials List
Acrylic paints in your favorite colors (include white and black)
Soft gel medium or your favorite matte medium
Paint brushes, water container to clean brushes in, rags, baby wipes, large paper or mat to protect table.
Scissors
Water sprayer
Favorite mark making tools like Stabilo All pencils, crayons, oil pastels, Posca paint pens, etc.
Watercolor paper pad for exercises and studies (9×12 is fine, student grade is fine). I like to use Canson XL for this, 30 sheets to a pad and very economical.
Larger sheets of watercolor paper or canvases or panels if you’d like to work larger on the last day. Any size you are comfortable with is fine.
Any favorite stencils, instructor will have plenty to share.
Collage materials like old book paper, tissue, deli paper, etc. Instructor will have plenty to share.
Your art journal for mopping up paint, etc.
Instructor will bring to share: small gel plates, stencils, collage papers, glosses.
Cancellation Policy
Registration and Cancellation Policies
Registration
Each student must enroll individually
Students may register online or by calling the Sedona Arts Center’s Administrative Offices in the Art Barn, toll-free at 888-954-4442 or locally at 928-282-3809
Visa, MasterCard, Discover, or American Express are accepted or student may pay with cash or check by registering in person during office hours at the Art Barn
In-Person and Online Workshops
Payment in full is due upon registration, or a payment plan can be put in place by the student upon check-out through Sezzle.
There is a $125 Cancellation Fee for any cancellations made before March 9, 2026. Remaining balance will be refunded.
There are no refunds after March 9, 2026.
If Sedona Arts Center cancels the workshop for any reason, all payments made will be refunded in full
Important Message
The Sedona Arts Center is not responsible for providing make-up sessions or issuing refunds, credits, or transfers for courses missed as a result of illness, emergencies, or other events beyond our control. There are absolutely no refunds after the cut-off date for any reason, unless the Sedona Arts Center has to cancel the workshop, then all fees paid will be refunded in full.
