Gia Whitlock next to her large-scale painting “Caddy Shackin'” at the Dimensions Pop Up Show, September, 2025.
Gia Whitlock earned an MFA in Visual Studies from Pacific Northwest College of Art in 2025. Dream journaling is a staple in Gia’s emotional life and her graduate thesis research centered on five of her dream journals from 2024. Gia’s large-scale mixed media paintings often feature interior spaces loaded with dream content blended with nostalgic objects. Play is essential to Gia’s work and life in general. This class aims to inspire participants, giving them an opportunity to play with found objects, writing, drawing, printmaking, and painting in a fun, casual atmosphere.
Supplies List
The first session of this class we will be getting to know each other a little bit, playing with inspiration and working mostly in our notebooks. Be prepared to paint and print on paper starting in Session 2.
Definitely Bring To Class 1
- Notebook – this will be where you keep your ideas, your writing, and drawings for your painting so make sure it’s big enough for you to spread your wings 🙂 at least 5×8
- Graphite pencil with an eraser
- Ballpoint pen
- Basic set of colored pencils or pens
For Classes 2 – 5
- Any recycled paper you wish to gel print – preferably recycled
- (ideas: junk mail, catalogs, newspaper, it’s all going to get covered in paint!)
- 1-2 Canvases – no larger than “18×24”
- Gel Plate – 8×10 or larger
- Brayer – 2 inches or larger
- Palette knife for mixing
- Plastic palette or palette pad- can be small
Acrylic paints –
I recommend a 4 oz tube or larger of the following:
- Cadmium Yellow Light or similar
- Yellow ochre
- Cadmium Red Light or similar
- Quinacridone magenta
- Pthalo Blue (any shade is fine)
- Raw umber
- Titanium White
A Basic set of paint brushes