My friend Lesley Riley is giving away a spot in her Create with TAP Transfer Artist Paper online class!
In the class, Lesley will show you how create transfers on a variety of surfaces and then you will get to make a book to put all of your transfers in! To enter to win a spot in the class, just leave a comment here on this blog post.
Contest closes Friday July 9th at 5pm EST!
HOW TO ENTER: Comment on this blog post and one winner will have a chance to win one spot in Lesley’s Online Class – Create with TAP. One winner will be selected at random using random.org on Friday July 9th at 5pm EST. No purchase necessary to enter. Please make sure to leave your email when you comment if you don’t have that info on your profile so I can contact you!ALSO for more fun goodies … make sure to visit Lesley’s blog to enter to win a 5 sheet package of TAP!!!
Here are some journal pages I did using TAP and a reverse painting technique. I began with printing some of my lino block carving designs onto TAP, then I used the gelli plate and some stencils to print with acrylics on top of the black design (which will show up on top when transferred) Next I added some numbers with a stencil laid backward on the TAP so it will be the right orientation when transferred. Then I used an iron and transferred them into my watercolor journal!. Easy and fun!
Be sure to check out these other blogs for more inspiration and chances to win!
June 27 – Karen Watson — The Graphics Fairy
June 28 – Judy Coates Perez – Judy Coates Perez
June 29 – Theresa Wells Stifel – Stifel & Capra
June 30 – Lynn Krawczyk – Fiber Artysta
July 1 – Claudine Hellmuth – Claudine Hellmuth
July 2 – Gina Rossi Armfield – Joyful Purpose
July 3 – Carolyn Dube – A Colorful Journey
July 4 – Liz Kettle – Stitch Journeys
July 5 – Jane LaFazio – Janeville
July 6 – Joanne Sharpe – Whimspirations
July 7 – Pam Carriker – Pam Carriker
July 8 – Theresa Martin – Theresa Martin
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Try Something New
Today has been one of those busy summer days, spent getting packed to go on another adventure! I’ll be leaving Friday to spend 5 Days teaching in sunny CA and I’m looking forward to spending time with my art buddies, Lisa Bebi and Renee Richetts.
During my packing however, I picked up the last issue of Cloth Paper Scissors to add to my stash of airplane reading material. As I flipped through it Serena Barton’s Workshop article again caught my eye-this was something I wanted to try. I had the good fortune to meet Serena at Art & Soul via Lesley Riley and we are going to be roomies for Art Unraveled in August and I love her work!
What I loved about this article is that Serena didn’t use any pencil-no sketching-just paint to paper, building shadows and highlights and eventually adding details with a brush.
I worked off an image on the art info cards I had made up. I liked the idea of turning this statue like face into a real person. I practiced looking at the little image I was modeling my painting after more than at what I was doing on the paper and as I was only doing this on a piece of paper I really wasn’t worried with how it would turn out. It’s just for practice.
So following Serena’s tutorial I spent about a half hour working in little spurts between packing. I tried to work fast and step away to look at if from a distance. I really wasn’t concerned about the outcome, just wanted to play with the process.
I liked the process, it’s different from how I usually work. I learned some things I can incorporate into the way I already paint and most of all I found just a little time to create art today.
May’s Marathon
I’ve completed the first part of May’s Marathon by teaching two classes and having a book signing at Art & Soul in Hampton, VA. This was my first A&S experience and it surpassed my expectations ten fold!
Jesse Reno, me and Lesley Riley
The first night I met up with Lesley Riley at the Managers Reception. I cannot say enough nice things about Lesley. We met online a few months back when she asked to do an interview with me for Art & Soul Radio. Those things can be nerve-wracking, but the minute we started talking the hour flew by and I felt I’d found a new friend. We’ve emailed back and forth since and she helped me navigate my way with the Matisse Derivan product line. I highly recommend her Artist Success newsletter, website, and services. Lesley kindly offered to meet up with me that first night and proceeded to introduce me around making me feel completely at home. I want to be like Lesley when I grow up:-)
About Jesse? Well let’s just say he is high energy, true to himself, and a complete pleasure to talk to. I will be taking a class from him at some point when I can work it in. One of the amazing things about attending a live teaching venue is the down time between workshops when you get to sit with other creatives and just talk about art. Lesley just finished interviewing Jesse so keep an eye out for that, sure to be interesting!
Student work
More Student Work
and even more student work
Signing books after class
One of the most memorable moments happened in the restroom…I was washing my hands and someone walked up to the sink next to me and I kind of saw them do a double take out the corner of my eye. Then they said “You’re Pam Carriker- I had a dream that I met you at Art & Soul…in the BATHROOM!” Totally cracked me up! Not sure about the meaning of that dream but I probably won’t ever forget being recognized in the bathroom-lol!
The student work was really amazing
Michelle Tomkins and me
What’s the best thing about attending an Art Retreat? Meeting new friends you feel like you’ve known forever!
As for my post title ‘May’s Marathon’ well next week I head to Colorado to shoot a DVD for Interweave, and then come home for a couple of days before heading to CREATE Costa Mesa. I’m living life out of my art suitcase this month and trying to enjoy every minute of it!
What Would Lesley Do?
This is a newsletter from Lesley Riley. If you haven’t yet signed up to receive it, I highly encourage you to do so. I was honored to be interviewed about Living Art at the Speed of Life by Lesley-you can listen to it here, and love how real she is and how she speaks from the heart.
Why I Do What I Do
Starting on a new journey is hard, especially when you do it alone. Alone is sitting by yourself day in and day out trying to figure out what the next step is. I have a few people I can bounce ideas off of and a coach/mentor helping me grow and expand my new adventure, but when it boils right down to it, the buck stops here. I have to craft my own way. I have so many ideas, so many things I want to do that I spend most of my time just figuring out where to put my attention and efforts. There’s a note stuck above my computer that reads, “Where do I want to make a meaning investment?”
You see, it’s about meaning – not time, not money, although that does factor in, of course. With a ton of money I could implement everything by hiring people to help me turn ideas into reality. But for now, it’s just me, alone, at my desk, trying to make sense of it all. Some days, I just want to throw in the towel, get a 9-5 somewhere where I can make a difference in people’s lives, but without having to figure out the how.
Well over a year ago, I asked myself, “What is it I really want to do with my life?” The answer was exactly the same as the answer I got over 10 years ago – I want everyone to find the same happiness I did when I discovered how to express myself through art. Basically, I wanted to become the person I had been looking for all of my life, someone to show me the way, to teach me the game of ART.
For some it comes naturally. It’s those lucky people who make the rest of us think that we are not cut out to be an artist. But there’s a passion in there we cannot deny, so we persist. I spent so many years trying to find my way, exploring different media, taking classes, and reading. Damn it, I was going to figure it out if it took a lifetime.
And then one day (all alone), it all clicked. Once it fell into place, everything I ever wanted started to happen. Fast. Everything I ever dreamed of. I was on the magic carpet ride of success. But still, something was missing. I was riding away from the very reason that I started teaching in the first place. And that was to help others find that magic ingredient that makes it all click.
So here I am trying to figure out the how. Not how to help you find the magic ingredient – I can teach you how. The how I’m trying to figure out is how to convince you that what you are looking for is not another technique, or a new art supply but something buried deep inside of you. You take a class because you want to know how that artist does what she does. You think knowing how to do it is your answer. But that’s her answer.
Your answer lies inside of you. I was unhappy until I found it. I don’t want you to be unhappy. That’s it. That’s why I do what I do. Right now I’m trying to figure out how to best help you find your answer. Since you are reading this, I’m not working alone anymore.
So have you got any ideas, partner? I’d love to hear what you think. Email me at Lesley@ArtistSuccess.com. This operator is standing by.
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