“Kansas Complexities” This piece celebrates my home state of Kansas in all of its diversity. The sunflower is the state flower so I used all kinds of elements to create a textured, dimensional sunflower on a 12 x 12 inch … Continued
I had four holiday themed workshops in December… all in the same week! In Arlington, I had an ornament painting workshop hosted by the Arlington Community Center and held in this fun little vintage and handmade shop called Wistful Whimsy. … Continued
This last week I taught a couple of classes on hanmade ornaments, and thought I would share some of the fun with you as well. Here are some quick and easy ideas for handmade ornaments to dress up your tree … Continued
Tis the Season for fun Holiday themed workshops! December 5th starts the lign up with an ornament painting workshop in Arlington: On December 7th will be “Christmas Memories” where we will create a vintage themed canvas and try our … Continued
Creating a dimensional assemblage on an old book cover
I love collecting random little treasures, bits of jewelry, rusty metal, any kind of little trinket or hardware. This week I am holding a workshop where we will use some of my accumulated treasures in a project that uses an … Continued
Lots of fun coming up at Tessera Fine Art Gallery in August! First of all, on August 5th from 9am to noon, we will be turning children’s books into an art journal. We will learn different ways to use … Continued
Time to introduce the April Mixed Media Art Parts pack!. These are themed monthly packs that have all kinds of goodies perfect for mixed media creating of all kinds. The theme for April is Sewing and has all kinds of … Continued
Last week I taught a “Tangible Textures” Workshop where we made these textured, dimensional canvases. We achieved both visible and tangible texture with surface materials like corrugated cardboard and lace, with mediums like modeling paste through stencils, and by adding in … Continued
