Tropical Cat

Tropical Cat, Mixed Media – collage, Gelli printing, ink drawing, watercolor, 2018.

 

I have gotten so far behind on documenting completed artworks – there will be a spree of posts coming up.  This one I completed when I was in Boston last summer for the TAB (Teaching Artistic Behaviors) art teacher grad class extraordinary week of learning and art making.  They had the most glorious studio set up for us art teachers to use.  This cat was inspired by my daughter’s love of cats and making them in her own art.  I also have lived with my fair share of lovely gray cats in my life.

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Mona

Mona, Collage, watercolor, marker, color pencil, 2019.

I started this Mona Lisa homage years ago, as a magazine face collaged on to a black marker drawing. At that time, I was sorely missing the coastal parts of North Carolina, which had been our home state for eight years.

I just rediscovered this unfinished piece in my studio, and added the watercolor and color pencil this week.

PB & J

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PB & J, Embroidery, felted wool, acrylic paint, 2019. Chelsea Hayes.

I have been enjoying a different type of mixed media lately – embroidery, felting, and painting. If embroidery is like drawing with a needle and thread, then felting is like painting with roving and a needle. My son promptly claimed this art for his room.

Life has been hectic lately, as it always will be. I choose to keep myself busy, but this is a different level of busy. I am also prepping for a show in April, and so I have to really force myself to squeeze out more art making time.

Chicken Head

I am at a week-long class for TAB (teaching for artistic behaviors) art teachers in Boston – TAB summer institute at Mass Art. I am working alongside and learning from the pioneers of art education, every day for a week!

I’m listening, sharing, questioning, wrestling with ideas, and honing my favorite art form of all – teaching. It’s incredible.

What’s better than being around my teaching heroes all week?

The easy access to seafood? Almost.

Sight seeing in Boston? Almost.

For me, the creative conversations with other TAB art educators and the open studio time have been the most valuable.

I’ve been working on some fun art this week, things I’m actually jazzed about. It’s been a while since I felt this way about my own artwork – hence the down tick in the Postcard Project.