Dia de los Muertos or Halloween was the theme of Saturday night’s painting party. Another community event, organized by one of the members, for the neighbors to enjoy and get to know each other. This was quite a lively bunch of ladies.
Happy 15th birthday to this teen!! What a great group of friends that came together to help Delaney celebrate her big day. And the party girl choose a Sloth as the subject of their painting experience. Everyone put their own twist to the final product to make them each unique
What a wonderful and pleasant way to get to know your neighbors. This community organizes activities for the neighborhood to participate in and become acquainted with new friends. This month one member, Angela, hosted a painting party in her home for anyone in the community. We had 9 brave and eager […]
This weekend I got inspired to experiment with applying some basic watercolor techniques to painting on silk. I used some commercial paints, but also included some of my own natural plant dyes from flowers in my garden. Without any specific plan for the design, I found the end results delightfully abstract. When learning […]
I spoke earlier how easy watercolor is. The techniques are not easy, they come with much practice. The ease is in the simplicity of the materials needed, cleans-up with water, and easy to travel with. Here we will discuss the 3 supplies a beginner would need to start in watercolor. […]
” No thinking, emotionally developed person can remain indifferent to literature, poetry, music, theater, or the arts. While philosophy and science tend to draw us into considering our environment rationally, the arts smile upon everything , endowing it with its integrating and colorful imagery.” We’ve all experienced Watercolor, probably as early […]
What a wonderful way to spend your birthday, great friends, a bouncy house , and exploring the colorful, mysterious world of Phantom Fairies! And this group of girls did just that. They learned about blending colors and silhouettes. Everyone came together to celebrate Keegan’s 11th birthday and discover their creative side in acrylic […]
Lavenders Blue Art hosted our 1st “Creativity with Intention” Retreat in the cool mountains of Prescott Arizona this past weekend. After you have been everything to everyone else, what are you going to do for own self care? How will you “sharpen the saw”? How will you re-energize? All you need is inspiration, intuition, and […]
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. […]