What was I thinking?

I'm not sure what I was thinking when I decided to start another blog and start teaching beeswax workshops. I was constantly behind before that! And now that the extended tax deadline is a month away, I find myself unable to breathe!!! 

Apparently my life motto is
"to catch up on one thing you have to be willing to fall behind on another"

But no matter what I was thinking, I have discovered that I absolutely LOVE teaching.

I need to find somewhere to teach in Tulsa and Dallas becuz I can NOT get enough of it.  I love the interaction with other creative types as well as all the things I get to learn from them.  But mostly I love seeing someone's eyes light up as they discover that they're ARTISTS not "just" crafters, stampers, scrapbookers ("just" being an adjective they use about themselves).

Eventually, when I'm caught up, I'll have a workshop page on my website.  In the meantime, if you're interested in learning more about the classes, click here.

Well, writing this has caused me to fall behind on something else so I better get going. LOL

More beeswax workshops coming in September

I've added two classes to the schedule at My Heart's Fancy in September:
 
the first on 9/10 is a repeat of
  EXPERIMENTS IN BEESWAX COLLAGE
 
the second on 9/24 is a follow-up to the first
  MORE FUN WITH BEESWAX
  (if you'll click on the titles, you'll go to actual event pages).

class samples for More Fun with Beeswax workshop

made by Maura W. in Experiments in Beeswax Collage workshop

You can click here to check out some reviews.

Unfortunately, the retreat I was going to teach at in Texas has been cancelled due to health issues with one of the other teachers.  So, if you know of a place in DFW that would like to host a few workshops, please let me know.  I would love to go back to my old stomping grounds to meet up with friends, shop and share the wonders of Beeswax.

it sure is quiet here

I've been a little quiet online for a few days.  I'm trying to add some pages to the website and html is NOT my cup of tea!  Thank goodness I'm not redoing the entire site again!  That wore me out.

But I am finally adding a page of available art with links to individual pages for each piece that's for sale.  Yikes!! 

I also want to add a workshop page because I have discovered that

TEACHING IS SO MUCH FUN!!!

I know I'm not the first person to find that out but why didn't anyone ever tell me?  I have such a great time learning  with everybody!  Click here if you'd like to see some pictures from the workshops.

Guinea Pigs

As I mentioned in an earlier post, I'm going to be teaching some beeswax workshops. Since I haven't done this in any sort of official capacity, I invited the members of two local art groups to be my guinea pigs in a rehearsal class last night - I guess you could say that we experimented with Experiments in Beeswax Collage.


Lisa B, Katie, Kelley, Lisa W & Glynis with their class projects

I had a blast!!!  I've always said that being around other artsy-fartsy people is one of my favorite things to do - it feeds my creativity and energizes me.   And last night was no exception.  We tested how the wax works over & with various "stuff".  We played with texture and color.  Everyone came home with some tags & a canvas (or 3 in Katie's case!).  And while we all experimented, I learned some new things in that serendipitous way ideas are formed, exchanged & tested when a group gets together. 

But shhhhhh!  don't tell anyone that I'm learning too - I'm supposed to be the teacher.  hehe

After class my friend Lisa B. suggested a name for the piece I did last week and I loved it

- so here he is again -

SEEKER

And I have more exciting news!

I've been invited to teach at a retreat in Salado Texas next October!!

I'll let you know the details as soon as they're available.

Now I'm off to use some of the creative energy I soaked in last night ~ Sherry

Experiments in Beeswax Collage - NEW DATE

I'm holding my first workshop,

EXPERIMENTS IN BEESWAX COLLAGE

at My Heart's Fancy

the June 26th class is sold out
so now we've set up another class

July 17th 2-5

follow the link for more info
or contact me thru comments

he needs a name (since named SEEKER)

beeswax, scrapbook paper, CitraSolv paper, pattern tissue, crayon, pastel

Finally found the time, energy, inspiration and materials to do some art.  Spent Monday digging in the garage for my CitraSolv papers only to discover them in the paper slot marked, wait for it, CitraSolv Papers.  Yikes!  I was just too organized for myself!!!

I found two papers late Monday that I thought looked good together so I decided to use them together as I worked thru ideas for an upcoming beeswax workshop I'll be teaching at My Heart's Fancy in OKC later next month (I'll let you know the date when it's decided - test run is 5/25).  When I started playing with the papers  yesterday morning I discovered the ghostly, melty face of a man in the CitraSolv paper and decided to play up the eye with a bit more color and the melty effect with dripping beeswax.  Usually I do so many more layers than this but he just seems finished.

Except for the title.

In my last post I talked about having a title for a piece only to have the piece tell you later what its real name is.  I have nothing for this one.  Anyone have any suggestions?