Walk as if you are kissing the Earth with your feet.

 We worked with this Thich Nhat Hahn quote in my calligraphy class with Carol DuBosch. I really like stacking letters in an abstract way.  The words are painted with earth-tone water colors. The quote makes me want to get outside and walk.

Happy Valentine's Day

Finished Painting Inspired by Sandrine Pelissier

Last week, I started playing with Sandrine Pelissier's  mixed media techniques. Here's the final painting. It includes acrylic paints, inks and collage elements. I like adding line with the ink and pointed pen. My next painting will be more open- with more negative space and line drawings.

Playing with Sandrine Pelissier's Mixed Media Paintimg Techniques

Ever since I saw Lenall Siebenaler's floral paintings from her Sandrine Pelissier online class, I've wanted to create paintings with these techniques. Here's my first attempt, now to add more color and ink drawings.

Nick Bantock Composition Exercise

Yesterday, friends gathered to play with an exercise from Nick Bantock's book The Trickster's Hat - a mischievous apprenticeship in creativity. We chose to work with exercise eight- composition.  These almost look like eye charts. At first, I wasn't too keen on doing this, one letter glued to a 6x6 inch paper. I actually enjoyed the exercise and see possibilities for combining calligraphic hand made letters with varieties of type set letters.

Creating Beauty and Restoring Soul

Stitched Journal

It's great to start the New Year with a finished journal. Robin Olsen taught our art group how she makes her hand stitched journals. We used fabric scraps and Kantha stitch variations with different colors of embroidery thread. This may be my next travel journal.