This is another exercise from the class I am taking with Traci Bautista. We had to collage a sheet of paper with varios ephemera we had, then cover with paint. Once dry we were to doodle and write words about ‘who we are’. I honestly was really scared to cover the collae I made with […]

Wow, I actually have blogged quite a bit this week. I think taking the online workshop has been helping me loosen up and get back into making art. This is the 2nd exercise in Traci Bautista’s workshop. We were supposed to look for imagery that had patterns or shapes and try to create our own […]

I am taking an online course with one of my favorite artists, Traci Bautista, author of Collage Unleashed. This is week one and the first exercise. (There are several exercises which I’ve not completed yet.) Week one is all about ideas and inspiration. The idea was to chill out and randomly write our thoughts on […]

I’m taking an online painting/collage course with artist Karen Gartel over at Altered Diva Online Workshops. The 6 week course is called “Softly Spoken” and is supposed to help us make our own painted backgrounds and teach collage composition. I honestly took this class because I wanted to MAKE myself set some time aside and […]