Oh...what a glorious day !
you know what's so great about retirement??!! You get to sit and play for an entire day and feel entitled to it !!
Andrea Matus deMeng (yes...Michaels wife !) taught the most amazing class today. She is a FABULOUS teacher...thorough, patient, kind, considerate and fully prepared.
Some of her work...
from 10-5 we followed Andreas' instruction on how to Collage the Translucent. We began with matte medium and worked our way to paint, collage and the main imagry...here's the start of mine - which - when we're done at the end of the day - may look NOTHING like what it began as...!
Andrea instructs
we listen !
proceeding...
(BTW...I used Ver-Day paint on my middle layer which everyone loved. It has an almost immediate faux finish result ...and my mat board looked just like rusty iron!)
Andrea explained the concept of sandwiching layers of mica, transparency, imagry...etc
My beautiful table mates work
break for lunch
back to work....and seeing how everyones originals were completely transformed.
transforming....
(mine)
The internet is giving me a bad time tonight at the hotel...so..I'll save more for tomorrows blog..
be sure and come back !!
Beautiful projects, what a fantastic workshop xx
Posted by: snazzyoriginal | October 08, 2012 at 10:08 AM
Retiring means leaving what is required to do what you love. Looks like fun.
Posted by: Lori Hudson | October 07, 2012 at 04:17 PM
INspiring! and I just ordered the verday paint and cloth :)
Posted by: Laura Spano | October 07, 2012 at 02:23 PM
Stunning, each one 'speaks' to you. Lucky group of talented artists!
Posted by: becky jeffress | October 06, 2012 at 05:42 PM
All looking fabulous
Posted by: Kathy Gledsdale | October 06, 2012 at 03:45 PM
Loved it! I always check in here daily and live vicariously through you. It really looks fun and glad you are blogging and sharing with us. Off to get my fingers inky!
Posted by: SusanK12 | October 06, 2012 at 11:30 AM
That looks awesome. love how it is really 3D. Looks like a fun class to take.
Posted by: Renée Bekking | October 06, 2012 at 04:31 AM
Wow Suze amazing. I love the collage technique and loved that you used Ver-Day. It looks like a really fun class .
Posted by: Ken Oliver | October 05, 2012 at 09:11 PM