Mixed Media

Rock/Paper/Scissors with Peter Anderson

Taught by Peter Anderson

Dates Feb 19, 2027 – Feb 21, 2027
Location Sedona Arts Center, Theatre Studio
Tuition $500.00 Register Now

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About this class

Overview

Rock/Paper/Scissors with Peter Anderson

February 19-21, 2027 | Friday – Sunday | 10 am – 5 pm

Medium: Mixed Media, Printmaking, Collage
Experience Level: All Levels
Materials List: See Materials Tab.
Registration: Each student must enroll individually. Click the Cancellation Policy tab above for more info.
Location: Sedona Arts Center, Theatre Studio.

Rock/Paper/Scissors is a process-driven mixed-media workshop that combines monoprinting, collage, drawing, and improvisation. Participants create large-scale printed papers that are torn, layered, and reconstructed into original works, exploring abstraction, composition, texture, and creative discovery through experimentation and play.

What participants will do:

Create monoprint-based source material
Cut, tear, and recombine elements
Build layered compositions
“Draw out” structure through line and form

What participants will learn:

Use chance as a starting point
Develop structure through process
Build abstraction through layering

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Peter Anderson

Peter Anderson is a mixed-media artist, educator, and workshop instructor whose work explores the intersection of abstraction, music, memory, and landscape through monoprint, collage, drawing, and assemblage. Recently relocated to Arizona from New Hampshire, Anderson has maintained a full-time studio practice for more than two decades, developing a distinctive process-driven approach that combines large-scale monoprinting, torn paper collage, and improvisational drawing.

His work has been exhibited throughout New England in juried and invitational exhibitions, including Concord Art, the New Hampshire Art Association, AVA Gallery and Art Center, the Library Arts Center, and the Newburyport Art Association. His mixed-media work Les Barricades Mystérieuses received the Juror’s Choice Award at the 2025 Newburyport Art Association National Juried Exhibition.

Anderson’s teaching philosophy is rooted in exploration, experimentation, and discovery. His signature Rock/Paper/Scissors workshop introduces artists to an innovative process that combines monoprinting, collage, and drawing to create large-scale mixed-media works. Designed for both representational and abstract artists, the workshop encourages participants to move beyond predetermined outcomes and engage with improvisation, layered surfaces, and emergent composition.

In addition to his studio and teaching work, Anderson has enjoyed a broad professional career that includes international teaching, business leadership, and technology consulting. He spent three years teaching English in Japan, an experience that continues to influence his appreciation for Japanese aesthetics, calligraphy, and gesture. These diverse experiences inform his ability to connect with students from a wide range of artistic backgrounds and skill levels.

Through both his artwork and workshops, Anderson encourages artists to embrace process, take creative risks, and discover unexpected possibilities within their own work. His classes are known for being energetic, supportive, and accessible while providing participants with practical techniques and new ways of thinking about abstraction, composition, and creative practice.

Materials I Will Provide
• A variety of specialty papers for printing and collage.
• One 10”×10” cradled panel for your first combine.
• Larger panels available at my cost (Blick).
• All matte medium needed for collage.
• Studio tools: spatulas, palette knives, burnishers, old brushes.
• Basic graphite, earth-tone pigments, and primary acrylic paints.
• Stencils and materials for making your own.
• All materials needed for preparing monoprint plates.

What You Should Bring
• Apron or studio shirt.
• Disposable gloves.
• A good pair of scissors.
• Any old brushes you don’t mind abusing.
• Lunch, snacks, drinks.
• Optional: acrylic/gouache colors you enjoy.

Most Important Thing
• An open mind about abstract art—and where this process may take your work.

Cancellation Policy

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 January 19, 2027. Remaining balance will be refunded.
There are no refunds after January 19, 2027.
If Sedona Arts Center cancels the workshop for any reason, all payments made will be refunded in full.

Note: If traveling to Sedona, we strongly urge students to purchase refundable airline tickets or travel insurance in case of workshop cancellation due to insufficient enrollment or other unforeseen changes. Sedona Arts Center is not responsible for non-refundable ticket purchases or lodging fees.

Important Message

The Sedona Arts Center is not responsible for providing make-up sessions or issuing refunds, credits, or transfers for courses cancelled or 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.

Terri, Maynard MA

Upon seeing an exhibit of Peter Anderson’s beautiful artwork, I was eager for the opportunity to participate in his collage workshop. Peter’s 2-day workshop was educational, inspirational, and really fun. I appreciated Peter being organized to ensure the class was well paced and allowed as much hands-on time as possible. The principles that Peter shared at the start of the class enabled a real freedom to explore and experiment over the 2 days. Peter taught us his unique approach to collage then coached and encouraged us as we worked individually and collaboratively to create our collages. Peter has an easy-going style, he enthusiastically shares his passion for learning and art making, and it’s obvious that he enjoys teaching. I’d definitely take another class with Peter.

Maryellen Sakura, NH

Taking a class on printmaking and mixed media with Peter was a wonderful experience. Peter introduced his process with clear explanations demonstrated by his prints, plates, collagraphic materials, papers and inks. The class transitions quickly to making a shared collagrphic plate that is quite large. Emphasis was on exploration and a myriad of materials were shared with the group. Peter is very generous in the use of his materials and the materials reflected in the supplies in the students fees. The morning of day one focuses on building the collagrphic plate. He seamlessly interjects the work of artists that is relevant. His feedback at this and every subsequent stage is supportive. The afternoon of day one was spent printing the plate which dried during lunchtime. Printing in the afternoon was again a joint eﬀort. This was wonderful because one is not burdened by doing it right but focused on experimenting. I loved the sharing process. Ownership of product was less important than developing process! Very large shared prints were pulled followed by large and small prints by each student. Day two, the shared prints were torn by the group and shared followed by an overview of mounting the collage prints on a variety of surfaces. The rest of the second day was spent creating those prints. Here, Peter, worked with individuals on the principles that make for a good composition and ways to embellish with other tools (paints, drawing tools, brushes large, small, rough and soft).

Barbara Sorce, NH

Peter's studio workshops are an immersion into personal creativity. Allowing yourself to relinquish preconceived goals and savor the process was the key for me. We painted large plates and printed a myriad of paper types, dried them, then tore, cut, or crumpled them. After which we chose and layered the papers with medium, creating a magical storytelling with color and forms that spontaneously happened! Peter is a master teacher, though he calls himself a guide in the process. He is so generous and supportive with his knowledge, including both failures and successes, in using these mediums. He holds nothing back as he gently supported my personal process and outcomes. I highly recommend engaging in this highly creative process. It validates how transformative art can be!

Ellen Dokton, Weare , New Hampshire

I saw a piece of Peter Anderson’s work at the New Hampshire League of Craftsmen exhibit and was totally drawn in. I had not seen anything like it before. Intrigued, I asked if he gave classes, got his card and a couple of weeks later my friend and I were at his studio. Peter has taken several years to develop his process of print making and collage art. The two day workshop began with teaching us to how to enhance various printing surfaces with colors and textures. Using a variety of paper types including tea bag, medical, tissue and more, we laid our blank papers on our prepared plates and rolled, rubbed and tippled until we were moved to lift the papers off the plate, exposing our extraordinary designs. By the end of our first day we had many many different patterned papers drying on clips on his walls. Day two began with dividing the papers we had made between us, requiring us to randomly rip the prints into pieces, then laying the pieces on a canvas or board to begin our images. We ended our first two day magical experience with scraps of paper and three pieces each of our own wonderful unexpected art. Peter says he is not a teacher, but a guide. His artwork hung everywhere and the Bach Goldberg Variations provided inspiration and rhythm as we learned about Peter’s approaches to add colors and textures, initially without paint, and saw the effects on all the different types of paper. Peter’s essential message is “Let Go. Let the mind disappear and the sense of ‘why not’ guide you.” Barbara and I wanted more. Peter set up a second two day workshop for us at our request a couple of weeks later . Again, we learned about colors and mediums and canvas and boards and essential tools and materials to have at home to continue the creation of this simple but complex process that is filled with truly delightful surprises. Peter is a gem. An inspired creator of the beautiful. My husband saw his work and agreed we needed his art in our lives. We bought three of his pieces including the one I saw at the League’s show. His work is large. It almost needs to be because it has so much to say. It is rhythmic and exciting. Since the classes, I have continued to “play” with his teachings.