The yearlong series that I have been team-teaching with Peggy Kunkel and Ann Rabinovitz met over the weekend for the second part of the color theory section. The first class covered working with primary colors. This class built upon that foundation. We were working with tertiary colors (the ones mixed from three colors) and all [...]
This week’s Sizzix die, designed by Eileen Hull, forms a cute cake. It was easy to decorate and assemble. Here are the photos:
I used Stampin’ Up stamp pads to color both the top of the cake and the main body. Then I wrapped the cake with two ribbons. Under the ribbon I added white ribbon [...]
This weekend I taught illumination and gilding to a small group in Jonesboro. The unusual thing about this class was that it was not offered by a calligraphy guild, but instead, in a convent! Sister Deborah Coffey was the driving force behind the class and she did an outstanding job publicizing the event. The little [...]
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Over the next few weeks I’ll be participating in a blog hop. What’s a blog hop, you ask. Eileen Hull, a friend, artist and fellow CHA Designer, has released a product line with Sizzix. These new ScoreBoards Dies can cut and score mat board to create sturdy three-dimensional objects, ready for assembly and embellishment. It is [...]
This weekend I taught a new workshop in Tulsa for their calligraphy guild. The class explored using Pearl-Ex pigments in various acrylic media. We worked on black papers, canvas and arches text wove. Here are samples of the students’ work:
In these photos — pearl-ex mixed with fluid matte medium, clear tar gel, gloss medium and [...]
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