A lovely Saturday
Today started out with working a bit on the painting above....looking for imagery in the background and pulling it out with some sketching. Then, Aiden had his very first visit to the eye doctor...which went pretty well. Next, a super yummy lunch from Whole Foods Market. After that, I attacked the our seriously neglected home while the hubby watched the "Civil War" game...well the downstairs...and did some much overdue cleaning...saving the de-cluttering for another day. The day ended with nice supper out with family and a trip to Trader Joe's. Here's hoping for a lovely Sunday too!!! Can't wait to get to church in the morning! With all the sickies that were going around our house, we haven't gotten there the past couple weeks and I'm soooooo missin' it!! Hope y'all are having a fab weekend!!! xoxo
Back in the studio...been waaaay too long!
Feels so good to be painting again finally. Too bad it's already Friday and its the first day I've managed to paint this week. Lol! Oh well....Monday starts a whole new week! :D :D :D
Imagination Congregation Retreat
hey again! lol! some really BIG news to share.....this coming June....i will be teaching in longmont, colorado at "Imagination Congregation"! it's a new faith-based art retreat from kc willis of lipstick ranch and i'm so excited and blessed that she asked me to be a part of it!! it's a 4-day retreat held in kc's gallery/studio and there will be lectures/seminars each morning, workshops in the afternoon, and a special dinner with me & kc one evening....i will speaking & teaching on day 3 of the retreat in june 2011. here's my workshop description...
Layers of Worship
Let us delight in the act of creating, just as God does when He creates! The creative process can be a conversation between you and God....whether it be a form of visual prayer, a collaborative work involving the Holy Spirit, or just using the gift of creativity God has given us to bring glory to Him and delight Him. You will begin by listening to worship music, praising our Heavenly Father, and inviting His presence into our midst while you create. When you invite Him, there is no limit to what you can do! "Humanly speaking, it is impossible. But with God everything is possible." Matthew 19:26 NLT
Paulette will take you through the creation of abstract backgrounds using acrylic paint, your hands, and a few simple tools. Next, you will spend time looking at your backgrounds in different ways, searching for imagery to bring forward. Then with more paint and a few paintbrushes, you'll block out the background and bring the imagery to the forefront. This entire process of bringing together worship & painting is the way Paulette now creates all of her work. She says she's never felt closer to God than when she is creating in His presence. His presence is key to the flow of her creativity. It is a truly transcendent, joy, and peace-filled experience. One that she wants to help others encounter!
---now i don't have class samples for the workshop yet....but it will be along the lines of what i'm currently doing and y'all all know what my work looks like, right? ;) :D
and here's a little about the retreat from kc...
You see...I have a vision.... To create a Movement that encourages Christian artists to make art that glorifies the Lord, but prove that Christian art can be sophisticated, smart, and collectible by the art community in general. When you say Christian Art (and I would like to have a different word for it even) people think Christian Gift Store "happy hands at home" stuff. Not that that doesn't have its audience....it does...but I want a place where Spirit-filled artists are taught the "back-story" to making their art. That they don't have to have to paint the image of Christ to make Christ-inspired work. If in the making of their work, and the interacting with the public in selling their work they evoke the Gifts of the Spirit...love, joy, peace, kindness etc. this is Spirit-filled work. If there is a sense of gratitude for the moments when we can create the work of our hands...this is Spirit-filled work. And we can step into Art and beyond it into a place where Artists play a part in keeping hope and joy alive in a world that has less and less of it.
I want to encourage artists to understand that art that is made by hands that belong to God are making God-inspired art. We can send a message of hope and peace to the world if we are worshiping the Lord by honoring the creative gifts he has given us.
here's a few pics of a couple of the workshops kc will be teaching...
i just know it's gonna be a life-changing experience for all of us!!! so, are you excited yet???? well then, get on over to the Imagination Congregation website for all the details and get registered 'cause space is limited to 20 participants (so it's nice and intimate)! kc is graciously extending the "early bird" registration price for a couple of days just for you! don't miss out on the savings!! scroll all the way down to the bottom of the retreat page to register. oh and be sure to spread the word about this life-changing retreat!!! xoxo
Jesse Reno class
hey y'all! i haven't posted here in a while....i had a little fender-bender a few weeks ago and ended up with whiplash, so doing anything where i'm sitting or standing for any length of time has been no fun for me. thankfully, i'm finally starting to feel up to short stints on the computer (three visits a week to my chiropractor along with massage therapy are helping). still trying to take it easy and slowly get back to life in general. thanks to all of you who have been praying for me....keep those prayers coming! i do feel like i'm healing quicker than is normal for this sort of thing...and i think that God is taking this unfortunate accident and using it to help me learn to take better care of myself....something i've never been good at. ;) :D
so.....back to the class i took from jesse reno at the beginning of october (man, has it been that long already?)....it was AWESOME! i got alot from it....even though i kinda feel like my class paintings don't show that (but i'm gonna show them to ya anyway :D ). in some ways his process is kinda similar to mine, in the ways that it was different, it challenged me. and that was a good thing! :) it pushed me to approach my process a bit differently....imparting a bit more freedom and more awareness of how i can push what i'm already doing to the next level.
what draws me to his work is the rawness and freedom of it. his subject matter can be quite dark and primitive (so not me), but the messyness and freeness of it i love!! so, here's a few pics from the class...
- my first piece....painted using only my hands
- love the feel of paint all over my hands!
- jesse painting with his hands....he did that alot!
- jesse's demo in process
- jesse's demo piece
- my view from where i sat
- my last class painting....still unfinished
and the winners are......
okay here we go.......and the winners are (drumroll please) .............................................
Joy of http://156things.blogspot.com
congrats ladies!!! you've won your choice of digital download or dvd version of my new video workshop Color Me Beautiful!!! I'll be in touch later this week to make arrangements. Thanks for playing everyone!!! ♥
