Friday, July 20, 2012

Bloom True to You!

Today is the third day of the CREATE retreat in New Jersey.  I have taken amazing classes with Cindy WunschJoanne Sharpe, and Jane Davies.  I have learned so much, and have been in classes with so many talented people.  It has been very inspiring.  Here are a few pieces I created in the past two days!

Bloom True to You was created in Cindy Wunsch's class.   Her technique is to first cover the entire canvas in collage:

Next step is to draw your image on top of it, and then de-clutter by painting away parts of the collage to reveal your image:
 
Until the final image reveals itself:
Cindy was a warm and encouraging teacher, and I'm so happy with how this turned out.  I am linking her up to Artists in Blogland's Enchantment challenge.  The garden is a place of enchantment for me -- it's where I most feel the magic of the divine.

Joanne Sharpe had a very different technique.  We had 5 mini canvasses and pieces of paper and card stock.  The first part of class was painting all of these surfaces with acrylic paint and sprays, using stencils, stamps, our fingers and brushes.  Then, we ripped up our papers and glued them on our canvasses.  Finally, we added words, paint, and pens to create a mini canvas journal with inspirational words and phrases.  Here are two of mine -- the others still need a little work! 
 

While both Cindy and Joanne had completely different approaches, their styles were wonderfully organic and free. They both encouraged finding the perfection in your imperfections, and letting mistakes transform into opportunities.  I loved both of their styles and classes.

With Jane Davies, we worked on various techniques to create background collage papers.  But I haven't taken pictures of them yet so I will post later about her.  But she was great, and had fun stories about the chickens she raises for eggs.  Quite colorful!

The Diva's challenge this week was to use the interlocking circles from the Olympics to create a design.  Here's my work in progress (the interlocking circles are supposed to read "PEACE"), which I hope to finish this weekend.


I've got to run -- time for Julie Balzer's stamp carving class!

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25 comments:

  1. I love the different tangle patterns you used here.I never saw the one up top that has "eyes" and "pumpkins". What is PEA...oh I see it now. I couldn't figure out what the overlapping letters were at first! I thought it was pqecc

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  2. That's a cool zia. It doesn't look unfinished to me. It's lovely just like it is.

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  3. i liked seeing the process of what you learned. :) your Olympics logo impresses me. fantastic design, & message.

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  4. fun techniques. I really like the second stage of the top flower when the background is showing though. I would have stopped there. But I can see you got a totally different look by continuing on. So interesting deciding where to stop. HPPF.

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  5. All of your pieces turned out great!!These sound like great classes. I am a big Jane Davies fan and would love to take a workshop from her sometime. I've seen her chickens paint in a video tutorial she posted at her blog. Funny lady!

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  6. I love this because it's so different from everyone else's. Great job!

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  7. They sound like fantastic classes. One day I will take an in person workshop. These pieces are fantastic. Great work.

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  8. Wow! You have been busy and prolific!
    Love seeing all your images and reading about all you've learned recently!!
    Excellent variety!
    Especially love your first image of the flower. :)
    ♥♥♥
    Happy PPF!!
    Mary
    Mixed-Media Map Art

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  9. Those collages look like a lot of fun to create. They all turned out beautifully. Your Olympic challenge piece is on its way to brilliance!! Happy PPF

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  10. What an original idea working PEACE into your ZIA! I also love that torch!

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  11. It was great to meet up with you at CREATE! Your Olympic work in progress sure looks like it would make a great as hand carved stamp. Just saying...

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  12. it looks as though you have gotten a huge amount out of the workshops... and thanks for sharing it all with us...xx

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  13. Seems like you are having lots of fun, I wish I was as prolific! Good work!

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  14. How beautiful! So glad you're having a wonderful time!

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  15. i love your flower collage painting!! Love the colors you chose, and of course, the flower's face. :-) thanks for sharing. xox

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  16. oh lucky you to be able to take those classes! I love the projects you have created!! I'm especially fond of Jane Davies art and actually did my AJED post about her along with my journal spread.

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  17. Great design work--very impressive with all that detail.

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  18. Dang, that sounds difficult. I love how it came out. Beautiful flower. Blessings, Janet PPF

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  19. Very nice! Thanks for sharing your process!! Love them all, so much detail and depth!!


    Hugs Giggles

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  20. Wow, you must be on a total creative high right now!

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  21. Oh how fun! This will really get the creative juices flowing!

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  22. Beautiful painting, inspiring indeed!

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  23. You must have had a wonderful time at the workshop. Thank you so much for sharing what you did. All of your work is beautiful.

    Glen Ridge is not too far from where I grew up - West Orange. It's been a long time since I have lived there but NJ is still special to me.

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  24. your colors and details make these creations a joy, fun!

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  25. Love all but the olympic circles are divine!

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