workshop adventures

My Zentangle

2011-11-12T00:24:00.000-06:00

Artist Ria Russo conducted a hands on workshop on the art of Zentangle. It is a method of doodling with specific rules.

ink on paper, 2.5" x 3.5"

Create a Monster!

2011-10-09T19:12:00.005-05:00

This mixed media piece was created during an art education national convention in 2000. To participate I had to visit a group of art supply vendors and use designated supplies. When I finished I went back the booth where my journey began. The reps at the booth asked to hang up my work.

mixed media on paper, 5.5" x 6.75"

Path

2011-09-13T18:30:00.000-05:00

watercolor on paper, 8.5" x 11"

Money

2011-08-12T22:16:00.000-05:00

collage on paper, 8.5" x 11"

Petals

2011-06-13T16:30:00.000-05:00

collage, 4" x 5"

Wood

2011-05-14T23:09:00.000-05:00

collage, 4" x 5"

Glass 2

2011-04-13T01:00:00.001-05:00

collage, 4" x 5"

Glass

2011-03-12T22:35:00.001-06:00

collage, 4" x 5"

Garden

2011-02-11T15:51:00.002-06:00

collage, 4" x 5"

Yellow and Green

2011-01-12T18:49:00.002-06:00

collage, 4" x 5"

Red and Blue

2010-12-13T15:30:00.002-06:00

collage, 4" x 5"

Red

2010-11-13T15:21:00.002-06:00

While sorting through some papers, I finally located a group of collages from an Abstract Painting class from Metairie Park Country Day's "The Colony." This is one of eight collages I made under the instruction by Karen Stasny.

collage, 4" x 5"

Concentric Circles

2010-10-11T00:20:00.001-05:00

At a National Art Education Association Convention in Boston in 2004, I attended an “Ice Cream Party” sponsored by Stafford. Around the room there were tables designated for using Stafford products to create art projects. Below is what I made with a coffee filter, Sharpie markers and paint pens. Naturally I gravitated to making a dot piece.

Sharpie markers and paint pens on coffee filter, 7.5 " diameter

Convention Center

2010-09-14T20:24:00.001-05:00

At a National Art Education Association Convention in Boston in 2004, I attended an “Ice Cream Party” sponsored by Stafford. Around the room there were tables designated for using Stafford products to create art projects. Below is what I made using Nu Pastels on top of map images and an illustration of the convention center. I had not used Nu Pastels with water before.

collage, 6" x 9"

Marbleized Paper 8

2010-08-11T12:02:00.000-05:00

enamel on paper, 3.75" x 5.5"

Marbleized Paper 7

2010-07-13T15:34:00.000-05:00

enamel on paper, 3.75" x 5.5"

Marbleized Paper 6

2010-06-12T12:32:00.000-05:00

enamel on paper, 3.75" x 5.5"

Marbleized Paper 5

2010-05-13T01:49:00.000-05:00

enamel on paper, 3.75" x 5.5"

Marbleized Paper 4

2010-04-15T15:18:00.000-05:00

enamel on paper, 3.75" x 5.5"

Marbleized Paper 3

2010-03-26T14:27:00.001-05:00

enamel on paper, 3.75" x 5.5"

Marbleized Paper 2

2010-02-20T14:25:00.000-06:00

enamel on paper, 3.75" x 5.5"

Marbleized Paper

2010-01-19T13:48:00.000-06:00

Since Katrina I have been looking for some marbleized paper I made during a talent visual art workshop. Just recently I came across the pieces. We dripped enamel paint on the surface of water in a metal pan. Janelle Trosclair demonstrated the technique to us. There are eight of these altogether. Many of them look like the abstract paintings I make.

enamel on paper, 3.75" x 5.5"

Red Pulp

2009-12-01T22:59:00.000-06:00

Mixed Pulp

2009-11-10T01:37:00.000-06:00

handmade paper, 9" x 12"

Not So Lucky Bamboo

2009-10-12T23:13:00.000-05:00

handmade paper, 9" x 12"

Grass

2009-09-19T15:16:00.000-05:00

handmade paper, 9" x 12"

Potpourri

2009-08-14T23:09:00.000-05:00

handmade paper, 9" x 12"

Green String

2009-07-22T23:05:00.000-05:00

handmade paper, 9" x 12"

Green Paper

2009-06-28T22:55:00.000-05:00

On Saturday, June 27th, the New Orleans Fiber Artists gathered for a Papermaking workshop. Each of the artists brought materials to place in the blender. The artists also brought a variety of extra items to add to the pulp on screens. Here is the first piece of handmade paper I made.

handmade paper, 9" x 12"

Floral Deconstruction

2009-05-16T21:03:00.000-05:00

In Marct the New Orleans Fiber Artists held a collaboration project workshop. We each brought materials and shared them as we made fiber postcards and canvas cloth images. Here is my creation I made at the workshop.

mixed media, 4" x 6"

Grass 2

2009-04-07T20:16:00.000-05:00

Glitter

2009-03-14T01:59:00.000-05:00

handmade paper, 5" x 7"

Calvin

2009-02-25T02:01:00.000-06:00

handmade paper, 5" x 7"

Bird Seed & Weeds

2009-01-02T19:54:00.001-06:00

handmade paper, 5" x 7"

Onion Skin

2008-12-16T01:06:00.002-06:00

Grass

2008-11-22T01:29:00.001-06:00

handmade paper, 5" x 7"

Bird Seed

2008-10-20T19:47:00.003-05:00

handmade paper, 5" x 7"

Torn Ticket

2008-09-26T23:20:00.001-05:00

handmade paper, 5" x 7"

Multi-Colored Pulp

2008-08-13T02:15:00.000-05:00

handmade paper, 5" x 7"

Weeds

2008-07-10T03:38:00.004-05:00

A little over ten years ago I participated in a papermaking workshop sponsored by Marks Paper and the Art Directors Designers Association. We took turns playing with various colors of pulp and embedding unusual items in our pieces of paper. Here is a piece of paper I made during the workshop.

handmade paper, 5" x 7"

Lighthouse

2008-06-03T03:33:00.000-05:00

gouache on paper, 3.375" x 3.5"

Woods

2008-05-22T03:31:00.000-05:00

gouache on paper, 3" x 5.125"

Sailboats

2008-04-19T03:25:00.000-05:00

gouache on paper, 2.1325" x 3.875"

Carousel Horses

2008-03-01T03:23:00.000-06:00

gouache on paper, 3" x 4.375"

Landscape Studies

2008-02-20T03:19:00.000-06:00

gouache on paper, 3" x 3.875"

gouache on paper, 2.75" x 3.875"

Asparagus Studies

2008-01-15T03:16:00.000-06:00

gouache on paper, 4" x 5"

gouache on paper, 4" x 5"

Japanese Woman

2007-12-10T03:03:00.001-06:00

gouache on paper, 3.94" x 4.5"

Pastel Landscape

2007-11-22T22:51:00.000-06:00

These were completed in during a hands on program conducted by Glinda Schafer following a meeting of the West Bank Art Guild. She briefly demonstrated the use of pastel and then let artists paint on their own.

pastel on mattboard, 6" x 6"

pastel on mattboard, 6" x 6"

pastel on mattboard, 6" x 6"

Mosaic with Vine

2007-10-02T20:35:00.000-05:00

This piece was completed in a mosaic workshop two Thursdays before Katrina. Gila Rayberg walked us through the process of creating a mosaic. The workshop was put on by the Jefferson Parish Talent Visual Art Program.

Layered Borders

2007-09-02T20:54:00.000-05:00

This piece includes watercolor pencil, oil, cold wax and crepe paper. It was another one I made during Chris Guarisco "Techniques Workshop" at "The Colony" at Metairie Park Country Day.

mixed media, 11" x 14"

Contact Paper Paintings

2007-08-02T22:30:00.000-05:00

Two years ago I made this in a Chris Guarisco "Techniques Workshop" during "The Colony" at Metairie Park Country Day. It was a couple of weeks before Hurricane Katrina.

Run, mixed media, 17.5" x 22.75"

Bleed, mixed media, 17.5" x 22.75"

Strata, mixed media, 17.5" x 22.75"

Mixed Media Workshop

2007-07-18T14:09:00.000-05:00

mixed media on watercolor paper, 7" x 11"

mixed media on watercolor paper, 7" x 11"

mixed media on watercolor paper, 7" x 11"

Raku

2007-06-21T20:55:00.000-05:00

The Jefferson Parish Talented Visual Art Program organized a workshop with Pat Bodine on "Raku Firing." Here are some bowls I made and then fired during two different workshops.

Book

2007-05-08T21:00:00.000-05:00

This was a printmaking project organized by Janelle Trosclair. We first printed the pages individually. Then we stitched them together with cover pages in a book form. I simply rotated the direction of my printing block and varied color.

2007-05-08T20:38:00.000-05:00

2007-05-08T20:13:00.000-05:00

ink on paper, 5.5" x 10"

Whirlwind

2007-04-18T22:30:00.000-05:00

After a presentation by Barth Brothers, the Mardi Gras float builders, a group of us art teachers set about constructing scupltures from brown paper with adhesive. Below is the one I built.

glue and brown paper

Paths

2007-03-08T07:50:00.000-06:00

At a Gwen Impson "Monoprint Workshop" I printed these three pieces. This was a workshop sponsored by the Jefferson Parish Talented Visual Art Program.

Two Paths After Image, ink on paper, 15" x 22"

Two Paths, ink on paper, 15" x 22"

Many Paths, ink on paper, 15" x 22"

African Violets

2007-02-06T07:45:00.000-06:00

In this "Value Paintig Workshop" lead by Mae Niolet, we worked on building values in watercolor. She instructed us in detail each step of the way. The workshop was held by the Jefferson Parish Talented Visual Art Program.

watercolor on paper, 15" x 22"

Mask Decortating Workshop

2007-01-11T23:58:00.000-06:00

Tonight I participated in a pastel workshop with members of ARTinA. Below is the painting I created. Pic journal has additional pictures from the workshop.

This is how my mask turned out. I used phosphorous acrylic paint, mica dust, small gold beads, sparkly stars and some unusual yarn.

Fern Glass Pan Bowl

2006-12-17T08:05:00.000-06:00

For this painting, in the Nell Tilton "Abstract Painting Workshop," we were asked to abstract a still life. So here's the result of my effort.

acrylic on paper, 15" x 22"

Pastel Still Life

2006-11-09T23:56:00.002-06:00

Tonight I participated in a pastel workshop with members of ARTinA. Below is the painting I created. Pic journal has additional pictures from the workshop.

pastel on paper, 5" x 8"

Texture Fun

2006-10-29T07:55:00.000-06:00

This is the second mixed media painting I made in the same Nell Tilton "Abstact Painting Workshop."

mixed media on paper, 15" x 22"

Gold Rock

2006-09-05T08:00:00.000-05:00

I also painted this mixed media painting during the Nell Tilton "Abstract Painitng Workshop" during "The Colony" at Metairie Park Country Day. We were shown how to use modeling paste first and then glaze on paint on top.

mixed media, 16" x 20"

Mirror & Brushes

2006-08-16T21:24:00.000-05:00

These four collages were created in a Nell Tilton "Abstract Painting Workshop" during "The Colony" at Metairie Park Country Day. Scroll down to see the rest of the works.

collage, 6" x 9"

Ktichen Window

2006-08-16T21:21:00.001-05:00

collage, 6" x 9"

Leaves & Lattice

2006-08-16T21:21:00.000-05:00

collage, 6" x 9"

Bark & Branches

2006-08-16T21:19:00.000-05:00

collage, 6" x 9"

Creative Spirit

2006-07-03T21:35:00.001-05:00

This is a collage based on an experience. A month before creating this, I had taken a class on creativity. The piece contains artifacts from the class: illustrations, documentation, copied pages from journals and so on. I used colored pencil to help unite the elements and add a bit of color. Again this is a piece I completed during a Lory Lockwood "Feminist Art Workshop" at the "The Colony" held by Metairie Park Country Day.

collage, 6" x 48"

Dualing by Numbers

2006-06-11T09:07:00.001-05:00

The same summer I participated in the Lory Lockwook "Feminist Art Workshop," I also took feminist art workshop. For this piece we were shown Ida Kohlmeyer pieces and asked to create our own works based on what she was doing. This is the art I created.

mixed media on paper, 22.25"x30"

XO

2006-05-28T07:40:00.001-05:00

This piece was inspired by two sophomore boys who were playing tic tac toe. They kept playing and playing. I painted this during the same "Abstract Painting" workshop with Karen Stasny. We were given free reign on our imagery.

acrylic on paper, 15" x 22"

Butterfly Lily

2006-04-14T07:35:00.001-05:00

This painting was also completed during the "Abstract Painting Workshop" I took with Karen Stasny.

mixed media on paper, 22.25" x 30"

Kindergarten Teacher

2006-03-22T07:30:00.003-06:00

It was during an "Abstract Painting Workshop" with Karen Stasny that I made this painting. The workshop was part of Metairie Park Country Day's "The Colony." Oh, and my drawing partner for this portrait happened to be my former kindergarten teacher.

acrylic on paper, 10.75" x 15"

Mandala

2006-02-19T15:04:00.001-06:00

This was created during a "Batik Workshop" organized by Miriam Clifton who taught in the Jefferson Parish Talented Visual Art Program.

batik

Paper & Plastic

2006-01-18T22:35:00.002-06:00

During a "Found Objects Workshop," I created this piece. It was part of the Louisiana Art Education Association State Conference that took place in St. Charles, LA.

hot glue, paper, paper products and plastic bugs

Etching

2005-12-25T18:40:00.001-06:00

This was created in a workshop called "Etching without Acids." The workshop was part of the Louisiana Art Education Association State Conference that took place in Hammond, LA

ink on paper, 5" x 6.5"

Monoprint

2005-11-02T18:29:00.002-06:00

Local artist and talented visual art teacher, Larry Nevil demonstrated monoprinting to the West Bank Art Guild. He brought supplies for artists to make their own prints. Larry made this a fun workshop with the odd materials and techniques he used.

ink on newsprint, 9" x 12"

And Now for Something Completely Different . . .

2005-11-02T08:40:00.001-06:00

Over the years I have attended various art workshops. It is always fun to try a new process and/or medium. Here are some the results.