Wednesday, July 23, 2014

"Getting Plastered" Workshop - Student Work

Deborah Middleton-Hope, Bird Project

Close up
I have been truly inspired by my student's work from my online "Getting Plastered"  workshop.  This  is one of my favorites from Deborah Middleton-Hope. 


I am delighted to see many of my students take the techniques they learned in the workshop and use them as a joyous expression of their own unique voice.  

Nancy Walker, 12 x 12 plaster on burlap

More beautiful student work!  This final piece really demonstrates the use of the Micheal's burlap canvas.  It has such a professional finish once the final painting is revealed. 


Once you see the luscious textures you get with painting on plaster, I think Nancy and Deb would agree that it gets addicting.  Bravo!






Saturday, May 3, 2014

Daybreak

I'm having so much fun over at Artful Gathering greeting new students and getting to see all the faculty's work and profile pages. I am so grateful to be part of this site and group of talented teachers.
"Daybreak", 12" x 16"  plaster on burlap painting

The workshop registration is open for anyone wanting to see how I do these plaster paintings. Hope you'll join me.

Tuesday, April 29, 2014

Artful Gathering Treasure Hunt

The Artful Gathering treasure hunt is going full blast. Be sure to stop by this page to gain more clues. Gather the words, put the quote together, and win prizes! Each artist donated wonderful prizes for you!!


To play the game, just visit Artful Gathering here.

Saturday, April 19, 2014

A Quiet Place





This was painted from my imagination.  I painted this on a light weight wood box, so it can easily sit on a shelf.  Although less colorful than most my other paintings, I just love the dark emotion and the sweep of the brush to this piece.

 

Saturday, April 12, 2014

Mother's Day Giveaway

How about kicking off the weekend with a giveaway? This one is for the special MOMS in your life!! Mother's day is just a month away!

Enter on behalf of a Mom that you know who deserves a big stack of gifts on Mother's Day!!! (p.s get your friend or hubby to enter YOU!)  You might have a chance to win my floral notecards!




 www.bestofthislife.com/2014/04/mothers-day-gift-guide-giveaway.html






Just pop over to The Best of this Life to enter and win!

Wednesday, April 2, 2014

Birth of a Workshop



I am so grateful to be asked to share my talents as one of the group of artists on Artful Gathering.  Fortunately, I was given plenty of time to develop the workshop projects for my plaster class, so I really stretched my creative skills to come up with 3 distinct projects. 

Registration is open and when signing up, you can win many different prizes including a print of my crow painting.