I told my neighbor Colleen, when asked, that I wasn’t making any Christmas gifts. Well, sorry Colleen, I fibbed. Alyice has done these wonderful bottles on her website – alyiceedrich.com. I read her information about the process. Of course, I am a bit behind and didn’t have any glass containers. I did, though, have some leftover… Continue reading Christmas Creations
With an online group, I am working my way through Mary Todd Beam’s Celebrate Your Creative Self. The portion we were working on this month was to add tissue paper to an illustration board or canvas and then paint it. The workshop leader was so smart and decided to break this into three weekly parts to… Continue reading Canvas with Tissue Paper
In our (a group of artists online) neverending way to work our way through Mary Todd Beam’s Celebrate Your Creative Self, we have been working on some white space in paintings. I understand the need for white space but I have trouble keeping it in creations. One method discussed in the books is wax resist.… Continue reading Wax Resist
Okay – so as part of the Triple 8 Reading Challenge and as a year long workshop, I am reading Celebrate Your Creative Self by Mary Todd Beam. I have been patiently awaiting the mail delivery of my book and have had a friend tell me the basic concept. Unfortunately, one of the promises I… Continue reading Creative Self
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