Collage class video

As promised, here is a video I made from the collage class I held at Library Allard in St. Georges MB. I think everyone had fun, I sure did. 

Can you believe Christmas is less than two weeks away! I can't. xo

Mixed Media Encaustic

Well, it has gotten cold here and it is pretty much impossible for me to do the encaustic painting. I just don't have decent ventilation. One thing I did do however, since it is just one little pot of wax to warm, is to wax one of my old unfinished watercolors and engrave details into the wax. I used a raw amber paint to rub into the engravings to bring out the detailing. It was really fun.

 And here is a close up of the detailing on the trees.

 We started Christmas decorating last night. I find it so hard to get into the spirit when the weather has been so weird. We really don't have much snow and that is not really the norm. I remember one Dec 5th the weather getting so warm that the snow began to melt but, we must have had about a foot and a half of snow already! I have said it before and I am going to say it here. I think that the tsunami's and the earthquake in Japan.... the earth has shifted or something and the axis is different and has changed the seasons. Our fall lasts longer, spring takes longer to get here. Just weird.

Hope everyone has a lovely weekend.

xo

Here is another video I just finished, I have another to post, I just have to upload it first. The second one is the actual workshop that I did and the participants work. 

The video is a bit shaky, I have a board suspended from my ceiling which is what I rest my camera on but I usually wait for it to stop moving before I start to paint. Not sure where my mind was that day, anxious to finish I guess.

Hope you enjoy, stay tuned for the class video.

xoxo

I made a little video of the painting I did a while ago, "All Her Dresses". Here it is as promised.


Still trying to work on my encaustic course which I am two weeks behind on, ouch. Will post some work if I get some done.

Hope all are well.

xo

My first encaustic painting!

Don't laugh. This is harder than it looks. I keep thinking what the heck did I get myself into! My first lesson (a week ago), and I am a week behind, was excavation. I um.... keep mistakenly calling it excretion. Yeah, really not the correct word in so many ways. At least I get a good laugh at myself every time I do it.

I am so not sure if I like it and it totally did not turn out the way I expected but I guess that is the point. Usually you learn through trial and error. 

It is called excavation because you put layer upon layer in different depths and then scrape some of the surface away to reveal the colors underneath. Cool and frustrating all at the same time. Oh well, will get the hang of it I am sure by the time I am ready to move on! hahah!

Hope your weekend is going great.

xo

Pssst....

I have some candy posted over at my stamp blog. There are some stamps and ink pads and other goodies that could easily be incorporated into a canvas. Go and

CHECK IT OUT.

Have a great weekend!

Me 'n' dresses...

So, anyone who really knows me knows that... I don't wear dresses. Nope. I just feel silly in them. Not that I don't love them, not that I did not love making them for my daughter. Love them! Just not on me. My mom had this little pant suit for me to wear at church on Sunday's because I refused to wear a dress, little tomboy that I was.

This is a little study I did for  a collection I am working on. Actually, it is one thing I want to mention while I am here. I am working on some new stuff, really exciting, and I am going to be starting an online encaustic class on the 17th with Judy Wise. I am so excited about it but I am also realizing that I need to reorganize my studio so I can actually work in it. sheesh. This means unfortunately that I wont' be here much. I did video the work I did on this piece and I am going to try to get it edited and posted. Other than that, I will be MIA. Hope you stay with me till I am back. XO!

the fairy!