Smile and Take a Class

 

Ran across an article that stated the best thing you can do 

for yourself & others is smile. Then had a little fun 

making it stick in my brain by lettering in my journal. 

Good news!  I am slated to teach 2 classes this winter at 

Crooked Tree Art Center in Traverse City.

The first Tuesday January 14th  Make Your Journal Your Own.

I'll be sharing lots of fun techniques for saving ideas, creating page backgrounds.

A good thing at the beginning of the year to help you capture thoughts. 

Next Friday February 28th  Surface Design, Painting Canvas. 

 

Using acrylic and stencils.

It's what I do. 

Lots of options for what to do with your new fabric will be on display.

Sign up and come have some fun!

I hope you will consider joining me on these days. 

 

I'm a Bag Lady

I can't help myself. Paint on fabric that becomes little bags. It's my thing right now.

 

Background layer.

The thought process of what colors, imagery, & in what order is what sucks me in. 

Then the decision of when to stop has to be made. 

Titan Buff ovals were the final layer. 

 This card from a friend was my inspiration.

 

  This little book is so helpful in mixing acrylics to get the color I have in my head. 

Although this book is for watercolor, it points me in the right direction. This is a 2007 edition. 

The link above is for a more current & inclusive edition for oil & acrylic. 

Then this happened.

 A new set of decisions to be made. 

I could have stopped here but couldn't resist the spiral I added seen in the finished bag.