I hope you all had a great weekend. I had a fabulous time at my workshop! I went to Waxahachie on Friday and was actually able to meet up with a friend of mine who drove down from Dallas to meet me. We had a lot of fun catching up and had a really nice dinner at a local restaurant. We could have stayed up talking much longer but I had to be at my workshop at 10 the next day and wanted to make sure I was ready for it.
My workshop was led by artist Seth Apter at The Crafty Scrapper, a super fun store where I could have seriously spent a lot of money. I had done a workshop with Seth Apter when I went to Epherma Paducah a couple of years ago with a friend of mine and just really enjoy the way he teaches and of course I love his style.
This workshop was the 52-Deck Card Pick Up. We had to do some pre-work before the class and that was to take a deck of cards and cover them up front and back with black gesso. During class Seth talked about the process of layering paint, how to do a type of mono print and color composition. The idea of the 52 card deck is to use it as a journal for a year – basically one card a week so that in a year you have completed a journal. So needless to say, this will be a work in progress for a while.
I met some great ladies in the class, learned some new techniques and overall had the best time. Oh and bonus, on the drive back home I finished an audiobook. Now to get ready for bed and back to work tomorrow but I’ll have to tell you about some fun stuff I picked up at the workshop and other goodies.
Sounds fun and I’m glad you’d a wonderful time at the workshop. 🙂
So glad you got to go to this, Iliana. Sounds just about perfect for you and quite interesting. Thanks for telling me that you saw bluebonnets on your drive up. Of course, this morning is so cold, but that means they are coming right along. Have a good week!
I’d love to hear more about this workshop! I love the idea of working on the deck throughout the year and can’t wait to see how this develops. Funny about the accordion books –I’ve been looking at different examples lately as an alternative letter writing style for writing to the grands. 🙂
Isn’t it fun to do something you love and meet new people while doing it?! Your workshop sounds like a great way to spend the day. And it’s always nice when you can spend a lot of time traveling to and fro, while listening to a good book, right? Have a great week! Hope your weather isn’t too cold. We were at 28 this morning!!
Did you need to use sandpaper on the cards first, so that the gesoo would stick to the cards. Envy, envy. Seth is not coming anywhere near Atlanta this year.
Thanks a million for joining me for such a fun weekend. It really was a creative blast.
Sounds like you had a nice time at the workshop! Enjoy your week 🙂