Months and Months

Okay, it's been months and months since I last posted, and I promise I'm going to learn how to do this, so here goes. To my friend in California, I'm going to try to post some of my artwork here so you can see what I'm up to, until we can meet again & see each other's work in person. To anyone else who stumbles across this blog, well, I'll try to make it not so boring.

I'm very excited about some of my art travels coming up. I will be going to the Valley Ridge Art Studio in April to study with DJ Pettitt. I'm very excited to do this, and have seen the sample on her blog of what I'll be making. I love her way of painting on canvas and hope I get to see some of the things she has posted in person.

In August, I'm going to be going back to Art Unraveled. Confirmed, I will be in the following classes:

1. Sumptuous Sumi by Jill Berry


2. Ravishing Ribbons by Olivia Thomas


3. Texture Texture Everywhere by Donna Engstrom


4. Wonderful World of Color Theory by Kelly Kilmer (I'm so excited to get to take this class, finally!!!)


5. Figurative Fabric by DJ Pettitt


6. Drawing out the Inner Artist by Raina Gentry


7. Painted Mixed Media Journal by Judy Wise

I'm so excited to get to take all of these classes -- Kelly's class is one I had to forgo the last time she offered it so I am SO happy to get the opportunity to take it this time. This is the first time I will have two day classes, and I have 3 of them -- a two day class, and two two-night classes. But, if I am going to go to Arizona to take these amazing classes with these amazing people, I guess I'll dive right in and sleep later!!

I thought I'd show you one painting I have worked on - I'm not sure how much really shows up in the picture, but I used layers of sheet music (I sure have a lot of that around!), other pieces of paper, and some milking machine filters -- I love how they absorb the paint in funny ways, and add this amazing texture. I like to layer them together on top of each other. I have another similar painting that I'll post later.

Happy Easter!

On my Way Home

I'm on my way home from Art Unraveled, and I have a four hour, yes FOUR HOUR layover in this little tiny airport just an hour and a half from my home, and home airport.
But... the ticket was cheaper this way, and so, I'm catching up on emails, eating in the wonderful restaurant here (yes, it really IS one of the BEST restaurants around, no joke!!!) and I'm going to watch Traci Bautista's video that I picked up at the AU Shopping "Extravaganza" while I wait. The time really IS going by rather quickly.

But... in the restaurant, they have a little trivia booklet, and freezer paper on the tables with crayons to draw all over the paper. I LOVE this, and love the fact that when I'm on my way home from AU, I have one little last "gasp" of art before I re-enter "real life."

So, I sat down, ordered my glass of wine and proceeded to draw where the plate would go, where the wine glass would go, etc, etc, and then doodled over most of the paper. Great, right? Yup, until I picked up the little laminated brochure they had on the table, which also had a bunch of cool trivia - one section was quotations. Well, anyone who knows me, knows I LOVE quotations!! Here are my favorites:

"Delay is preferable to error." -Thomas Jefferson

"All that we are is the result of what we have thought." - Buddha

"Gravity cannot be held responsible for falling in love." - Albert
Einstein

and my favorite of the evening-----

"Few things are harder to put up with than a good example." - Mark Twain

What great journal pages these will make!

Till next time!

I have just spent the most amazing 5 days at Art Unraveled. To all of my new friends and all of my renewed friendships, thanks for making the time together so much fun. To all of my teachers, thanks for helping inspire my creativity & helping me to see things in a new or different way. What a wonderful time together! Until next time!

What a spring

What a spring it has been, and here we are now in the middle of June. It's good to see sunny weather, warmth, and have time to enjoy it! Now that I am learning how to do this "blog thing" I hope to post more than once every six months! LOL! We'll see where this heads, and see if I can keep up with an occasional blog post, and maybe even post pics like my friend in CA!

Starting on a new idea

I've wanted to have my own blog for as long as I knew they existed. I guess I'm a "gadget gal" and I really do love anything like this. This will be a new venture for me to try to keep up with semi-regular posts, and give me a place to post my art work, cool quotes I find, and other thoughts from daily life.

It's been snowing non-stop all day today, and I'm sure when I look back and read this in the middle of summer, I won't believe how cold & snowy everything was today. And how little I really accomplished today, but how good that is once in a while. I'm ashamed to say that we still had our Christmas tree up, and it has finally been put away for the year. I just love seeing it up, and hate to see it put away, but I guess it's time now!

Well, I'll see where this venture leads -- here's to a blog of my own!