My crochet hook is flying and making more necklaces for our Portland Art Collective Open Doors Show next month. I really like this three strand beauty.
Be sure to mark your calendars for December 4th & 5th. Detailed information on the show is located on the sidebar. Hope to see you there.
The beginning of the month, I took Carla Sonheim's 'Imaginary Creatures' workshop.
We used watercolors to make abstract designs and looked for imaginary creatures in the painting- like looking for images in clouds.
Once we found our creatures, we gave them substance and depth with more watercolor washes, gesso and charcoal.
What amazed me is the variety of individual interpretations and artistic styles workshop members created. It's inspiring to see how the creative mind works in so many different ways.
Carla's writing a book to be released July 2010 entitled "Drawing Lab for mixed Media Artists: 52 creative exercises to make drawing fun".The Portland Art Collective held a wonderful, creative retreat in the Columbia Gorge at Menucha this weekend.
This week, I made prayer box bracelets for our Portland Art Collective "Open Doors" Show in December. All of the show details are located to the right in the sidebar. I plan to sell different types of necklaces. You can see an example of the kimono bead necklace Here, the bead crocheted wire necklaces Here and the fabric, bead and wire vintage-look necklaces Here. You're welcome to come to the show. It's a wonderful place to find handmade artwork for holiday gifts.
