AAU AFTER ART ENRAVELED 2012

WELL..ANOTHER YEAR...THEY JUST GET BETTER, IF THATS POSSIBLE

THIS YEAR WAS VERY HECTIC WITH MOM AT HOME..GOING ON 97 AUGUST 28TH...AND JOHN EXPERIENCING  SOME FOOT PROBLEMS...BUT I MADE
ALL BUT ONE CLASS..CONSIDERING WE HAVE TO SIGN UP IN JANUARY...
I MEAN..WHO KNOWS WHAT WILL BE GOING ON IN YOUR LIFE IN AUGUST..

 THIS WAS FROM MARY BETH SHAW'S MIXEDMEDIA CLASS.  I COULD SIT AND DO THIS ALL DAY.  I CREATED 4 PIECES ONE OF WHICH I HAVE ALREADY GIVEN AWAY.. ONE OF MY PROBLEMS HAS ALWAYS BEEN..HOW TO GET STARTED AND HOW NOT TO WORRY ABOUT FINISHING AND RUINING ALL THE WORK....BUT I FOUND DURING THE CLASS WITH EVERYONE WORKING WITH SUCH JOY...NEVER TO WORRY ABOUT HOW TO DO ANYTHING WITH A PAINT BRUSH IN HAND!  JUST DO IT!

 I TOOK A FOUNDRY CLASS.  THIS WAS NOT MINE. THIS WAS A SAMPLE BUT ACTUALLY THE BODY..IS FROM A MOLD.  WE BROUGHT WHATEVER WE WANTED AND WERE SHOWN HOW TO DO MOLDS ETC..THIS WAS AS LATE CLASS..AND I WAS TOO TIRED TO FINISH..BUT HAVE MORE MOLD SUPPLIES AND THE TEACHER..WAS SO NICE..SHE FINISHED UP MY WORK FOR ME...AND LEFT IT FOR ME TO PICK UP SATURDAY...NOW I CAN MAKE ANY EMBELLISHMENT I WANT!

S.!   

 THIS IS FROM STEPHANIE LEE'S NIT WIT CLASS.  WE TOOK ANY CONTAINER..COVERED IT WITH PLASTER GAUZE..AND JUST PULLED IT OFF...
PUT SOME NOSES...MOUTH..EARS ..WHATEVER..SOME STENCIL..DECOR..AND WHALLA.  I ALSO MADE A CUP..WHEN I FINISH DECORATING I WILL PUT ON THE BLOG...SOME BROUGHT LARGE BIG PLASTIC BOWLS..AND MADE LARGE FLOWER POTS..WITH A PLASTIC LINING..YES YOU CAN PLANT A FLOWER..SO SKY IS THE LIMIT WITH THIS CLASS.  MY 3RD FROM STEPHANIE..AND I AM STILL MAKING PLASTER BOXES AFTER LAST YEARS CLASS

HAD SOME PRETTY BOTTLES.  WHAT TO DO!

SO WAS READING ON MATHA STEWART PAINTS THAT THEY STICK TO ANYTHING! SO DECIDED TO TRY ON GLASS..DIDNT' HAVE TO INVEST IN EXPENSIVE GLASS PAINTS..AND TRIED THIS TECHNIQUE DRIPPING THE PAINT DOWN THE BOTTLE..AND IT SEEMED TO WORK...THIS WAS JUST A 20 MINUTE TIME I HAD IN 

AND NOW I HAVE TO REVISIT THIS...I HAVE LOTS OF IDEAS FOR THIS TECHNIQUE..STAY TUNED...

MY LAST CLASS AT MESA ARTS CENTER. MY TEACHER SHOWED ME SOME
TECHNIQUES TO SHOW ME..I CAN DRAW.  THIS IS FROM A COPY OF THE MISSION
IN SAN DIEGO..ONE OF MY FAVORITE PLACES.  NOPE..NOT FINISHED..STILL ABOUT AN HOURS WORK
BUT...WOW. I LEARNED ALOT IN THAT CLASS

THIS PICTURE HAS BEEN ON MY  EASEL FOR A MONTH

NOT SURE IT WAS FINISHED..SO HUNG IT UP ON THE WALL BY THE KITCHEN.
AND AS I WALK BY IT..I THINK..WELL..MAYBE NOT SO BAD...I THINK ITS DONE.
THATS THE HARDEST THING..QUITTING A PIECE OF ART....

THIS HAS BEEN A VERY BUSY AND TRAMATIC MONTH...SOME ART..SOME ISSUES WITH MOM..TRYING TO SPEND MORE TIME WITH HER..JOHN RETIRING..TRYING TO SPEND TIME WITH HIM..GOING TO CLASSES
I SIGNED UP FOR IN JANUARY!
MY FRIEND SANDY LOST HER MOM..WHICH WAS A BLESSING FOR MOM, BUT WE ALL KNOW LOSING OUR MOM IS STILL AN EMOTIONAL EVENT...MY FRIEND WANDA LOST HER DAD..EVEN THO HE WAS 99 AND IS HAVING SO MUCH FUN FEELING YOUNG AND RIDING HIS HORSE..WE STILL FEEL THE PAIN FOR THEM...AND OF COURSE..I AM A CRY BABY.  YES I ADMIT IT.  I AM.
I THINK MY FRIEND SANDY SAID IT BEST IN A CARD SHE SENT TO ME.
WHICH GOES AS FOLLOWS
SHE SAID  SHE USUALLY CRIED ONCE EACH DAY
NOT BECAUSE SHE WAS SAD, BUT BECAUSE
THE WORLD WAS SO BEAUTIFUL AND
LIFE WAS SO SHORT.

SO THANKS SANDY...NOW I KNOW I AM NORMAL.
IF THEY MAKE CARDS LIKE THIS...MUST BE MANY CRY BABIES OUT THERE!
UNTIL NEXT TIME...