Happy Earth Day!
I can’t think of a better day to celebrate Earth Day than by playing around with some Citra Solv and National Geographic magazines! I just had a workshop on it at Tessera Fine Art Gallery in Wichita last weekend, and … Continued
Leather Painting Workshop
Another of the workshops that I did in Illinois was a leather painting workshop. Everyone did three projects, a leather key fob, a pouch, and a cuff. For the key fob and the cuff, we painted first, then … Continued
Mixed Media on the Cheap
One of the workshops I held this last weekend in Jerseyville, Illinois was Mixed Media on the Cheap. To try out some cheap alternatives to expensive art supplies we made some darling fish on our pine boards using some fun … Continued
Image Transfer with Citra Solv
I am excited to include an additional aspect of using Citra Solv concentrated cleaner to my upcoming Citra Solv workshops…. image transfer. We will be transferring an image to be framed with a Citra Solv altered magazine page covered wood … Continued
Dollar Store Art Supplies
This is the haul of mixed media art supplies I brought home from the dollar store yesterday! Can you figure out what everything will be used for? fly swatter cotton swabs paint brushes (at least you should get this one!) … Continued
Jerseyville Mixed Media Weekend
I am starting to get excited about a whole weekend of workshops coming up in Jerseyville, Illinois. We will kick things off on Friday night with “Mixed Media on the Cheap” full of tips and recipes for inexpensive mixed media … Continued
Stamp Carving Workshop
I thoroughly enjoyed the two classes of stamp carving that I taught over the weekend at Tessera Fine Art Gallery. We tackled six projects starting with super easy craft foam, and ending with a more complex carved repeating stamp. Everyone … Continued
Weekend Workshop Fun
Last weekend I taught a workshop for a bunch of art educators (and one brave English teacher!) who had asked me to tell about how I create my art, and also to take my musical easels class. They asked … Continued
Coloring Party
Last night I had a coloring party/workshop inspired by The Coloring Studio. True to form I totally forgot to take pictures during the class, so here are shots of the table afterward! We used all kinds of pencils, markers, paints, … Continued
Stencil Magic
Last weekend was my Stencil Magic workshop at Tessera Fine Art Gallery. We whizzed through 17 different techniques (and a few variations) in just a few hours, trying them out on tags. We sprayed, scratched, and sponged a variety of … Continued