A blank piece of paper staring back at you is SO intimidating!! Where do you start? What if you’re wrong? Relax, breathe. The basic building blocks of drawing are simply LINES and SHAPES. That’s all. Every drawing begins with a line. Start with a dot . . . the shortest LINE you can make. […]
“My line drawing is the purest and most direct translation of my emotions” Henri Matisse What shall our philosophy of Drawing be? Just as every other field of study has one, drawing is the necessary “base and core” for all Art. Through its clarity and simplicity the viewer can experience the artist’s ideas […]
Let me introduce you to my newest adventure in weaving…this is Penelope! LeClere brand looms are given names by the manufacturer according to style of loom, my is named Penelope, which I think is very quaint. Penelope is a tapestry loom. Though I enjoyed my floor loom weaving, a tapestry seems more my artistic style. […]
Finishing my weaving sampler and taking off the loom was nearly as slow and tedious as getting it started. But here is the finished “table runner”. It demonstrates 12 different weaving patterns, and an extra one I made up myself when I was stepping on the wrong treadle. As in dancing, there are no wrong […]
Since moving to Arizona I have loved learning about the Native American culture and their unique connection to Mother Earth, her gifts and how she provides everything needed to live and prosper. The stories of Spider Woman and how she taught the Navajo to weave intrigued me. So when my sister-in-law , a fiber […]
Another successful day of experimental natural dyeing. This time I was able to focus on the dying materials I wanted to use and collected from my yard, and play with the possible colors. Went through the same preparations of the yarns and silk samples as before; bundle, wash, dry, and mordant the fibers. Then I […]
Gazed, fired, with some gold details added, and my Pet Urn is finished. I was able to place all the ashes of my furry family members ,who have gone on over the Rainbow Bridge, inside their final resting place and sealed it shut. Bitter-sweet moments as I remembered each of these much loved souls. This was […]
A friend of mine, who wants to start drawing, asked me why the sketching pencils have numbers and letters on them. Those are what’s called a Graphite Grading Scale. The scale is a code to tell the hardness and blackness of each pencil. Simply put, the number next to an “H” relays the hardness of the core. The […]
My students, Ryan and Reese, recently moved. Their mom had a large print on stretched canvas that just didn’t work in the new house, and asked if we could do anything with it. By gosh, by golly…YES we can. This old print is getting a new lease on life as an Abstract painting. The girls […]
Master the basic techniques and explore the unique qualities of both Watercolor and Acrylic painting. Participants will experience new techniques and complete an original art work during each session. The sessions are designed to be taken sequentially, as the skills build upon each other. However students can join on a “one time” basis as well. […]