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Thursday, January 8, 2015

Pastel Workshop Opening

Panda In Pastel Video Workshop with Elizabeth Johnson

I am very excited to announce the opening of Panda In Pastel on January 15. This online video workshop is for students at any level. Even beginners can have fun with this cute guy. I used Derwent Pastel Pencils but any brand of pastel pencils can work.

I created the original panda drawing for a gift. A friend wanted a panda for her new baby's room. But when my local students saw it, many asked me to create a workshop teaching how they might create their own panda friend.

And so, here you go. You may enroll in Panda In Pastel at CreativeWorkshops.me. Enrollment will remain open so you may sign up when it works best for you. And, as always, you may ask me questions or show me your work for positive and helpful critique. I hope to see you there.

Here is a little teaser......

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Creative Pencils - Online Drawing Lessons

Sunday, June 17, 2012

Older Kids to Create Pen and Ink Designs

I mentioned in an earlier post that I will be teaching some local kids classes in July. The older kids, ages 11 - 15 will be working in pen and ink creating elaborate designs in black and white. I have been creating this kind of design since I was 13. So this class is a perfect age for it. We'll have lots of fun. This kind of "doodling" has become quite popular in recent years. But, actually it has been around for hundreds of years in various ancient art forms. My sister is a quilter and she says these kinds of designs are even used in quilting.

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Thursday, October 27, 2011

Dancing Swan, Finally Finished

A while back I posted the unfinished version of this Dancing Swan. At the time I thought I would finish her in the next few days. However, I've had several curves thrown into my schedule since then. But she has been gracious and patient as she waited beside the drawing table. I did hear her feet tapping a few times. But I don't think that was impatience. Rather, I think she was longing to get up and dance to the music I was playing that day. I hope you enjoy her.

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Sunday, February 14, 2010

Mattie Rose and Her Drunken Night in the Catnip Tin

I have been very busy lately preparing examples and lesson plans for the art classes I teach. Some of the classes I teach are local and then there will soon be some classes online. Keep watching here for more information about online classes.

Since I don't have any new art or creations to share with you, I'll share some funny pictures. I thought about posting these for Wordless Wednesday. But I decided they definitely needed some words of explanation.

Mattie Rose found the catnip tin lying in the studio and the lid was off. She is a small cat so she just promptly crawled right in and had herself a party. She ate it, she rolled in it. She wallowed in it. She turned around, back and forth, and upside down. Then, as you can see in the last picture, she finally just fell asleep right in the middle of it. The pictures pretty much tell the whole story.

Saturday, August 8, 2009

Toby

Toby is a Norwegian Forest Cat. They are unusually large and quite smart. Unfortunately, at some point in his life Toby ended up living in a shelter - Felines Inc., located in Chicago. At the shelter Toby met Ingrid, a photographer who sells photographic portraits of cats to raise needed funds for the shelter. Eventually Toby's beautiful portrait was posted in 9livesPhotography on etsy where 50 - 100% of the profits of sales goes to fund either Felines Inc. or Animal Care League, both in Chicago. When I first saw Toby's photo I was captivated by his whole look. He looked almost wild and yet gentle. What I really wanted to do was to drive up to Chicago and adopt him. But since that was impossible, I was so pleased to discover that Toby had been adopted in April of this year. So with Ingrid's permission, I have drawn a graphite pencil portrait of Toby. I will be creating cards and more with this image and 15% of the profit will go to the shelter that helped Toby, Felines Inc. Also, because I find Toby's image so inspiring, I will be using it in more artistic ways in the future. And will always make a donation to his shelter out of the profits from his image.

If you are interested in having a portrait done of your precious cat or maybe even your special dog, check out my portrait website. You will find much information there and can contact me if you have more questions. You will want to start the process soon if the portrait is to be a Christmas present. Wind and Honey Creations

And don't forget the great Weekend Deal Sale for the Melange Team - only 2 more days left!

The ETSY street team "Melange" is having a WEEKEND DEAL of 15% off all or many things, excluding shipping. Melange is a group of Mixed Media Artists, many of whom have been published. Each shop may also have additional sales of their own. The following is a list of active, participating Melange members who are participating in the WEEKEND DEAL from August 7th, through the 9th.

After the item is purchased and paid for, a refund will be issued for the total discount via Pay Pal or other methods in which the payment was made. It is currently not possible to make the adjustments at payment time. Every shop has their own set of policies in place, so please make yourself familiar with each new shop.

We hope you enjoy "Melange" as much we do!"