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
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
I have a whole rush of workshops coming up in the Hutchinson area and I am really looking forward to them! First up, on Jan. 30 from 1 to 4pm at the Hutchinson Art Center is Stamp Carving. This is … Continued
Last weekend I taught one of my favorite techniques, reverse painting, at Tessera Fine Art Gallery in Wichita . Making the background is loads of fun, but painting in where the images aren’t can be confusing and tricky! … Continued
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
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
Last week I taught a workshop on collage and paint for our art journals. We all worked with butterflies and women cut from magazines, but it was fun to see all the different directions the artists took it. This is a … Continued
I have been having so much fun getting ready for an upcoming 52 card pickup workshop. I have been cutting and snipping and sorting all kinds of fun papers so that we will be able to decorate a full deck of playing … Continued
This is one of the examples I have been making for an upcoming collage art journal workshop. I love the idea of taking existing images and patterns and putting them together in new ways, adding some paint, and making something … Continued
