What's Coming in 2017!

My calendar is beginning to look pretty booked up for 2017.  Starting in January, I will be traveling to a few places I haven't been too in several years,  January through October, I will be teaching several classes & workshops that I am really looking forward to.  Subjects include: Watercolor, Screen Printing, Paper Collage, Abstract Acrylic, Gelli Printing and more!  Plus I will be taking a few workshops this year as well. I love to learn new things.  It's going to be a fun, productive year!

Image is of a gelli print I made a few years ago. These make the most awesome backgrounds for greeting cards, art journals, ATC cards, etc. 

January Monthly Book Technique

We officially started our monthly mixed media art techniques today over at The Latest Trends in Mixed Media and Arttechniques yahoo groups. 
Here is a sample of a finished textured panel that I made using the instructions from Mary Beth Shaw's book of the month, "Flavor of Mixed Media".  If you would like to join us, the link to LTT is at the bottom of the left sidebar and the link to AT is in the post below.  Please come and join us for a whole year of fun mixed media techniques. 

Workshop-Retreat

Starting in February I will be offering fee-based month long workshop-retreats! These workshops will consist of several assignments and will be combined into one art project. These workshops are designed to teach you how to use your digital camera, altering software programs, like PhotoShop Elements and incorporating materials & supplies into your artwork. Each month you will learn new things, incorporate new supplies, try out some new techniques. I will be posting more about these fun, learning experiences in the near future, as signups will begin in December. I have already created a private, by invitation only group and have begun loading files & photos for the first assignment, which is learning how to take a landscape photo in sharp focus. Notice that everything in this photo from the smallest leaf to the grain of the wood beside the feed bin is all in sharp focus. This is the first assignment and I will be teaching you how to achieve this during the "Out in the Field" lesson. I hope you will join me for an artful journey beginning in the New Year 2009!