I've missed being here

Hello everyone,

It has been so long since I have posted and I have missed it. So back into the grove!

Ten of us from the Mixed Media Mavens group met to learn and create.

This was our first attempt at deconstructed screen printing. We all loved it. It was surprisingly easy as a technique but there is so much potential for design.

We decided to try something like an Alisa Burke technique. We all had our own ideas of what that meant to us so there was quite a variety. The important part was to free ourselves up and just paint.

Then one of the ladies, Linda, gave us a quick tutorial on drawing faces. Loved it! Have a long long way to go though.

Next was some stamp carving and building.

Then we painted on our canvas until the end of day.

Just Remember

JUST REMEMBER
JUST REMEMBER
JUST REMEMBER

JUST REMEMBER
JUST REMEMBER
JUST REMEMBER

JUST REMEMBER
JUST REMEMBER
JUST REMEMBER

My gifts from Seth

Last week I received a box from Seth Apter of The Altered Page. I won this a little while ago and I was so excited. Now I need to find a special use for the papers and images and spend some time on my patio with coffee and some good books. Thanks Seth!

I'm back

My life has gotten so busy!!!

An opportunity came up to garden like crazy. An art friend gave me the name of a lady who was going to put her house on the market. She has (had because they are now in my yard) a yard full of flowers that had become somewhat overgrown. Digging up four pickup loads of flowers and many days of putting them in the yard was quite an ordeal. It was so worth it! Next spring will be wonderful.

I love the larkspur.

This area is so sunny with all the yellow.

I love my miniature roses.

I am about halfway through my Photoshop class. It is much harder than I expected but I am learning a lot. We will see if it pays off as time goes bye. I also cashed in my Christmas gift certificate and got a Bamboo pad and pen. I am excited about using it.

I have started two classes on Artists for the Round Table. One based on the book Create Your Own Hand Printed Cloth by Rayna Gillman and the other based on the book The Decorated Page by Gwen Diehn. I am enjoying both of these workshops.

I carved the stamp for the above piece.

These are some of the beginning pages of my new journal.

I am wrapping up a class on Altered Books (AB101) given generously by Elizabeth of the Altered Book Lover blog. I learned a lot in this class which has made starting The Painted Page workshop so much easier. Thanks Elizabeth!

One of the spreads I am learning to make.

First attempt with Photoshop

This is my first attempt using Photoshop as an art form. The individual pieces were created in a Fabric Art Workshop. I took all the pictures from the same distance so I could maintain the proper ratio of each piece, one to the others. This is the final collage piece for the class. The intent was to use a lot of the work we had created over the last few months. I think there are 20 different images in the piece.

Locking Zentangles

I finished this one the other day while I was waiting for a class to begin. I carry a book with drawn circles in it. It keeps me sane when I have to wait.