i  went to a weekend workshop called nomad art

handout by misty mawn

under the guidance of misty mawn, hosted 

by jenny doh at studio creshendoh in santa ana.  

we selected a number of images that appealed to us

and then led  through several steps.  

first writing our story in ink on newsprint,  

then sketching a studies to possibly use in our story,

finally, we  painted using any medium.   in the final painting

a camel seemed more fitting that a baby deer.  also, you might

recognize the muted paintings of my relatives from the

photo i used for the atc i showed last week.

since i rarely paint with watercolor, i tried it.  i learned that watercolors

can be layered, that mixing  colors is easy and fun and that it is 

much more forgiving than i initially thought.  i am inspired by this 

story telling approach. my mind is reeling with stories i hope to paint in the future.



i visited the hammer museum to see the collage work of

it was spectacular!

also this week...

i am thrilled to announce that two of my paintings were accepted into the

art in the library show  sponsored by the palos verdes library district. 

i remember carrying armloads of books home each saturday

from the central library in los angeles.  it was a big deal to get my 

mother, who worked all week, to take me.  i am ever grateful

for the experience.  i will post pictures of the paintings in the future.

speaking of postings ... thank you for visiting 

and for being patient with my erratic postings. 

have a lovely weekend.

today is friday and i am posting along with friends 

at paint party friday, hosted by kristen and eva.