WIP

Been painting alot lately! Let me show you some pictures of my 2nd class homework project after the first 2 steps:

and Step 2:

Keep watching!

Loving, healing thoughts go out to my Dad today. He had surgery today to fix the first of 2 blocked carotid arteries. He is in recovery as I type this and he’ll spend the night in the ICU. We lost my mom 2 years ago, so I am very worried about my dad’s health right now. During the surgery, it was reported that his blood pressure went through the roof. Please send healing thoughts to the hospital in Missouri.

Take care, Carla

Mixed Media painting homework

I’ve mentioned before about Paulette Insall’s mixed media background painting class that I’ve been taking. Here is the progression of the 5 lessons:

My homework canvas above needs some finishing work, but it is almost completed. The collage words on the canvas are a reminder that it is always better to listen than to talk. Hmmm… I do need to work on this.

I am taking one more class from Paulette- one on painting faces. Guess I had better practice sketching faces since you need to draw them in order to paint. LOL

WIP_ I’m also working on a freeform beading bracelet with a peyote base, and also another painting class with a different teacher. I’ll take pictures so you can see the progression on my next set of lessons. I hope to quilt another quilt in the next few days, so keep watching….

Hugs, Carla

Mail Call!

The two mixed media paintings I bought from the etsy shop of Terri Stegmiller arrived safe and sound!! I first saw these while visiting her creative blog, Stegart . They are whimsical and adorable. They sure brightened my day!

Thanks to Terri! She is a creative woman and works in various mixed media forms of expression. If you have time, be sure to visit her lovely blog.

Terri has been taking online painting lessons this year, too. I first learned about the Paulette Insall painting class from Terri’s blog. I also have signed up for another online painting class from Karyn Gartel’s Altered Diva site.

Taking classes from others is a way to learn their style of applying paint or working with a particular medium. Then you need to infuse what you learn with your own style, pattern, etc. I can’t wait!

Other news: I’m organizing an inchie swap right now with a quilting group I belong to. On my “to do” list is to write and create an inchie tutorial today. Keep watching.. When I’m finished, I’ll post it here on my blog.

Regards, Carla