September 11 and 18

Hi everyone! Sorry I've been a bit remiss about posting pics. Check out the pics below to get all caught up.

Nancy and Marshall get ready for Saturday Art School.

Sejal and Erin work on their projects.
Danny diligently paints away. The man hasn't missed a single Open Studio yet. I think he's gunning for my job.
Jaime works on a knitting project.
Yours truly. 28 years old and still playing with puppets. Mom and dad must be so proud.
And here's the OSF MVP. That's the look of a true artist.
Kelly proudly holds up her sons work. Kandinsky eat your heart out.

Open Studio, 8/28

The first Open Studio Friday was a real hit. We had some great folks stop by and get started on some great projects.


Here's the group hard at work.


Erin was developing a paper sculpture.



Jaime was painting her ceramics.


Danny worked on a oil painting study.


Becky worked on some acrylic paintings.


And we all stuffed our faces with free pizza!

I'm looking forward to next week. See you all there!

Open Studio 4/10

Today I was joined by Sejal and her very interesting (and very large) painting project. Sejal is developing a painting that expresses the cosmology she learned about in Guatemala.


Here you can see her preliminary sketches.


And here a larger version of the actual paintings. The tree is representative of the axis mundi that connects this world and the spirit world. Each direction is representative of the different elements and has an associated color. To find out more be sure to talk to Sejal!

Friday 4/3

Last Friday Ronnie showed up and did some work in in her sketchbook.

She uses a multimedia approach. She says she likes using acrylic craft grade paint because they have a nice flowing consistency and they're really cheap. That had never occurred to me but she's quite right.


Looks like she was also using a mix of watercolor and pens too.

A pretty impressive finished product. Ronnie commented about how sketchbooks offer more creative freedom due to the fact that there's no stress to create a "finished" product. Pressure can interfere with the creative process. Sometimes we have to trick ourselves out of that pressure.



And here is my current project. Believe it or not this mess of green foam and yellow terry cloth will be transformed into a puppet. I've got a long way to go.

See you next Friday!

Friday 3/28

Another Friday, another round of artmaking. Here's what you missed out on-


Sejal being very surprised when I took her picture. She's working on a MAMMOTH SIZE ATC. Artwork that spans 3 cards and they all interconnect. Three different people create three interlocking images. We can thank Rawn for the great idea.


Laura was getting all psychedelic with her cards last week. Don't look too hard at the images or you might get dizzy and start seeing vapor trails.

Becky, a first time OSFer, put on the hard hat and went to work. Check out some of what she got done.

Sketchbook paper experiments.


More sketches and a pretty sweet ATC. She used cut paper to create the intricate pattern. Hope we didn't scare her off with all the FREE PIZZA and AWESOME COMPANY. I'm being sarcastic, can you tell?

If you're reading this and haven't come yet, you should stop by and make some artwork. You'll be happy you did.

OSF 3/20

Eric is working on a top secret project. Unfortunately he wouldn't let me photograph it until it is complete.





And here is Rawn working on what is most likely either a comic book or a scholarly article on why the movie version of The Watchman was an inferior version of a revolutionary comic masterpiece.

OSF 3/6

Here are a few pics that sum up what went on at the last OSF.


Here we have Laura hard at work on another beautiful ATC. Notice the free candy and snacks?



And here we have that new beautiful ATC just mentioned. Apparently Laura decided to stray from "Cheezy Horror" on this one and move towards starting her own Sacred Dieties CCG. Look out Pokemon! That's the great part about ATC's, you can do anything! Let your creativity run wild on your pint-sized masterpeice.



And here is a shot of the workspace. If you look hard enough you might be able to make out the silouette of a Ninja Turtle on that paper. I wonder who drew that? And again, notice the free food. We enjoyed a little take out from Panda Veg. Who knows where the glorious bounty of sustenance will come from next week. Be sure to come and find out!

ATC's - Cheezy Horror!

Here are a couple of ATC's made last week in the theme of "cheezy horror".

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