Do you consider yourself a perfectionist? Do others think you’re a profectionist? Or do you proudly proclaim you are not one at all? I am talking about as an artist…not a brain surgeon. Is it bad to be a perfectionist? That label kinda gets a bad rap. During one of my classes recently, a student nonchalantly said she was not a perfectionist. It got me thinking. First of all, I don’t expect any of my students to do things perfectly or hold themselves to the standards I hold myself as a professional artist. I typically expect my students come…
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Heart Art and February Happenings
We are about half way through January 2019. Happy New Year Ya’ll! I am relieved the holiday season is behind us, although a little sad because I love the Christmas season and the joyousness of it all. But I look forward to new projects the Lord has given to me for the new year. Every now and then I am asked, “where do I get my inspirations and ideas from?” It’s all from God! He made me, he knows how I am and he puts ideas in my head. I just go with it. Every single person has special gifts…
Red October
October being just a few days away, I would like to remind folks that October 6, next Saturday is my last mosaic workshop for the season. It’s been such fun helping my students design, glue and grout! Boom! They were done and leaving with a really beautiful tile mosaic wall piece they could hang in their house or give as a gift. I loved watching their excitement when everything started to come together… They all said, and I quote, ” I am so glad I took this class.” Ya see, I make all the tile up in advance. From cactus…
Weekend Warrior Grout Workshop!
We had a blast on Saturday and Sunday. My Tuesday Mosaic class finished making thier tiles. So they ordered frames and I taught a grout class this past weekend, Here are some pics of the girls making/ painting thier tiles. This is Dee Jay. Painting his 3-d turtle on a tile. Heather, painting away, trying to beat the clock! Grouting and wiping! More wiping! And more wiping…by now they were beginning to grumble. But as you can see it was worth it. Here are their beautiful masterpieces! Ta da! If you are interested in taking a mosaic class email me…