Transfer Technique

transfer techniques
APRIL 24 th 10am-4pm
$50 All Levels Welcome
Call 509-327-6622
The space is limited only a couple of spaces left!


Learn a variety of interesting techniques for transferring pictures from magazines and color copies into your artwork using a mix of common products. In this class you will learn to create skins from acrylic paints, transfer pictures on laminate and polymer clay, use polymer gels to easily transfer pictures and understand solvent transfers.
Do bring a few toner based copies and favorites magazine pictures if you like. or just bring yourself and use MaryJo's stuff.
Do bring a notebook and an apron

pastel

I have been working in my sketch journals lately in pastels (chalk)and enjoying it way too much. It certainly is messy (especially sitting in bed)but so much fun! The amount of instant color is incredible. This is a journal that we started trading at stamp club (some of you may recognize the shape) but I have since been using it as a conceptual workbook for some acrylic paintings.

ITS COMING something NEW for Spokane.
Building on creating a fun place to hang out with other artists I hope if you are in the area you'll Join us (at SAS DT) from May through September on the first Wed of each month for our new Visual Journaling Group.
Each month our classroom will be open to anyone and everyone that wants to expand their creativity with new media, techniques, exercises and ideas from a variety of local artists who use sketchbooks and visual journals as workbooks, diaries and more!
STARTING May 5th at 5:30pm

Spring 2010

Today is a rather grim beginning certainly not the sunny gorgeous day we had yesterday. I was really looking forward to opening the windows again today...so far I still have the heater on so maybe not.
I looked at this painting I have been working on.....Its been on the wall 6 months I should be ready to varnish. I think I am almost done. Take a picture look at it again.
Very Green, I know, thinking about a series of these. I will keep you posted

So this week much to do. Better get to i.
Next Sat March 27 Encaustics at Creative Element very limited class size only 2 spaces left. $50 give us a call for more info 208-667-0813

encaustic mop heads from this weekend

I have since add copic markers posterman and buffed to heck out of these and they will most likely look different the next time you see them.

the weekend....

was great I am still getting things done but it is distracting outside, 60 and sunny and so much needs to be done.So much that I never get done in the fall. I need to move rocks and rake up just about every square inch of the yard.
It has not been a hard winter but a wet one so everything is mucky,grimy and muddy.
I have not really touched the garage since my series of sales so that is another job for the sunny spring days.
Meanwhile the bulbs are coming up so I am happy and the first little spring wildflowers are popping up which is a true bright spot in my weekend!

As for classes and such this week Wed is Stamp club at 5:30 -7:30pm and I want you to all to bring a small canvas to work on.
I am also doing another encaustic workshop at the CDA store Creative Element the last Sat of this month March 27th 11-4 $50 call for details 208-667-0813

Crack pics

Studio Play this wed at 5:30pm

Join me at the DT SAS for Studio Play our mixed media try it night. For $10 come and try Crackle Paste as a faux mosaic

This weekend and next March 6&7 March 13th&14th

The next 2 weekends at SAS (Spokane ArtSupply) will be Mixed Media Madness 2 weekends in a row with myself and my friend Linda Malcolm (of Lost Coast Designs)teaching workshops.

Mine, this weekend,is a technique oriented workshop featuring fabric,paint and a variety of distressing methods like the ones I use on portrait pieces. Also working on paper and fabric surfaces.

Linda's is a small scale collage as self portrait, really fun & very cool a perfect class to get your feet wet if you have ever wanted to try mixed media collage!

Altered books in the valley today!!! 4:30

Bring your scissors we will be cutting big heads, doing a monchromatic collage and poetry words.

OMG .......check out the largest stampstore !

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMR5eWt9WZ4

stainglass in the Valley Friday (tomorrow)

This is the beginning of the stainglass project next an acetate layer. I am teaching this in the valley tomrrow at 4:30 $20 everything is provided.

Mixed media class coming very limited space

Hey all,
March 6&7 I am teaching a mixed media class combining fabric,paint, and distressing techniques. I will be showing the methods I use to create many of the mini potrait pieces like the header of this blog. We will focus on dry media addition to painted works and fabric collage on paper and other surfaces. If you are interested please Contact the store ASAP as there are only a couple of spots left. This will be a very intimate class so plenty of personal instruction on your art!It is a 2 day workshop for $100 call for details.509-327-6622

Michelle from REno had a great Altered book question

Why books after 1949.
Michelle I have found that books from the world war II era specifically 1939-1947 are some of the first done on recycled paper or simply just cheap paper. When you are just starting out working at altering books it is important to choose books on paper that can take the abuse ....inks, paints,gesso,glues,glazes, etc. You want porous but not too porous or even slick but not too slick. Books prior to 1920 are excellent or books after 1950. I like novels from the 70's-80's with cheesy titles!

Alcohol inks today in CDA

We start at 10am if you are up and want to learn about what to do with those alcohol inks you have sitting there. Join us! we will make a little bracelet and a bunch of cards in this 3 hour class.

tomorrow night ALTERED BOOKS & visual journals

Club on WED. Don't forget you books!!!!!!
Any type of book will work but the easiest is 2 inch width with a hard cover and published after 1949. If you want to bring some personal collage material and scissors that is good too! see you at 5:30pm

Upcoming stuff

Still no video from CHA. It was a bit messed up on the MAc so I turned it over to Ken at the shop to see if he could make something out of it. Time will tell.
Meanwhile this week we have Studio Play at the Downtown store using Watercolor Crayons and WC pencils. This is a great intro to water media so join us at 5:30 pm for only $10.

The big Encaustic Class is this Saturday Feb 13th which I am looking forward to since this is my favorite media. It is so immediate and yet changeable. Finding enough heating trays skillets etc has been a challenge I think I have it covered after this weekends thrift store foray. There are still 2 spaces open.

Next week we have CLUB on Wed. Fat books.... I am determined to get one done for everyone so be there to see if I make my goal. BTW we have things trickling in already from CHA Lots of new Stardream paper and the new COREdinations paper which is excellent for distress techniques, staining and sanding. It has a nice canvas like texture. I am hoping for the new distress ink colors to show up... so far every place I have ordered has them back ordered. Lots of new Pergamano tools too if you love paper piercing.

See you in Spokane!

hoping to post some video of my trip soon

Ken is working on it as we speak so check back for a preview in the next day or so!
GREAT News Magdalena Muldoon is coming to teach for our September show. I cannot wait for you all to meet her and take her repose metal classes!