Art and Soul and Journalfest

I just found out I will have a busy Fall. I will be teaching my Block Party class at Art and Soul. The classes are available for viewing now. Registration starts February 1, 2011....

And Pencil Dreams at Journalfest...registration is not up yet, I will let you know...

New Year, New Directions

I was honored to be chosen to show some work at the local theater. I have been to plays there and thought it would be fun to do large panel "people" to hang on the walls, as if they are watching the play also.
I cut some canvas into panels and made pockets for dowels on the top and bottom to hang the pieces with. Then I went to town with gesso, texture and collage. I used anaglypta wallpaper also. I did a random free hand ink drawing and picked up the panel so the ink would run in odd ways. Here are the initial panels....

and a close-up of the face.

Here are the finished panels.....

I am hooked on these, love to work large!

Happy New Year!

I have been super productive during the holidays and wanted to share some of my sketches to start out the new year. I enrolled in the "Sketchbook Project," and have been working in my book. The goal is to fill it and get it in the mail by 1/15/2011. I am not sure I will make it, but at least it has me working in it!

I am enjoying the sketching, but am not in love with the book. The pages are thin and you can see the images through the pages. I am limited to pencil, conte crayon and ink. I do like the monochromatic look though....