Friday, March 7, 2008

The Fence Project!

In 2006, I was called by a lady in Evansville, asking if I could help her disguise an ugly fence.
Here's what it looked like.
And here's what it looked like when we were finished.
Go here to learn more about the project and the artists involved.

Donna Zagotta

In 2008, I went to Main for a workshop with Donna Zagotta.  I created a slide show of some of the things that I accomplished as well as a scrapbook of the week.  I posted it on line back in September but I thought it would be a good addition to my blog.  So even though it is a little out of date, please enjoy it.  Click here for slide show.

Thursday, March 6, 2008

March Diversions

I mentioned in a previous post that I was starting to hand paint some of the etchings I had done a few years back.  One was "gold leafed" and seen in a previous post.  The one below is my first hand coloring job.  Fun and mind relaxing.


This yellow one is small, 4 x 6.  I'm planning to go to Hobby Lobby and get some nice frames to pop these into, ready for the Spring Art Tour.  I'll post various versions of this same etching when I finish them.The following painting is done on arches hot press using watercolor and guache.  I am playing around with figures and opaque w/c after taking a class with Donna Zagotta.




I picked up a fancy frame, gold leaf, at Hobby Lobby, $20 with glass and gold leaf moulding, size 12 x 40... which makes for an interesting format.  Here's where I went with it.  I really look forward to seeing it framed up.