Imagination is Boundless Workshop

   I love the name of this workshop. It's actually the saying that is on the sample canvas but it is so appropriate for this workshop. The possibilities for it are endless. 
   I work very intuitively when I create so I don't usually think about the specific things I use and why I'm choosing them but when it's done it usually tells a story or teaches me something. For me it's about letting go and not overthinking it.
  These students did a great job of not over thinking things and created something that is all their own.

Cindy

Janice

Lisa

Spike

Do you work intuitively or do you have a plan before you start?

Keep Creating!

Wendy

Card making time.

It's that time of year again! Have you starting your Christmas cards yet? Do you make your own cards? Do you even send out cards any more?

Well here in the studio we've been making cards like crazy. My Creative Studio Tuesday evening group has been busy with Christmas creating since the beginning of the month. This past Saturday was the Christmas Cards workshop. As with most of the workshops, once they learned the basic techniques they have an infinite number of ways to go with their cards. Just take a look at the wonderful variety they created. 

Deb

Janice

Kathy

Linda

Spike

I hope you receive a few cards as lovely as these this year.

I will have a few of my cards for sale along with everything else creative I've been up to this year, at this Sundays Open Studio here in the studio at 3557 Munster Rd. I will be here with friend selling our creative wares from 11:00 am to 4:00 pm. Come on out for a coffee and some lovely company. See you soon.

Happy Creating!
Wendy

Totem Grid Canvas workshop

I just notice that I didn't post my Totem Grid Canvas workshop from earlier this month. I hadn't taught it in a few year so there were a few requests for it. It's one of my all time favourite workshops to teach so I was happy to be doing it again. I love the techniques with texture and all the fun combination of objects people use to finish it off. 

Angela

Deb.

Gloria

Mary Anne.

Teaching this workshop again has inspired me so much. I see more grid canvases in my future and possibly some interesting variations on this theme.

Keep Creating!
Wendy

Lovely textured copper

It's been a while since I taught the Textured Copper Jewelry workshop but it was so much fun to share it again today. It's always interesting to see the kinds of textures my students discover. Always original and always beautiful.

Gwen

Salena

I hope you found some time to create this weekend.

Happy Creating!

Wendy

Black Dimensions workshop

Yesterday I enjoyed sharing another hot summer day creating in the studio with this great group of women. We spent our day creating the Black Dimensions canvas. Lot's of texture to explore and objects to choose and design with. This is such a fun canvas to do and teach. These ladies did a great job.

Angela

Deb

Mary Anne

Spike

I hope you're having as lovely and creative a weekend as I am.

Keep Creating!

Wendy

More fun with pours

Yesterday was the second workshop for the Rings and balloons acrylic pours. It was so much fun that I had a hard time stopping. Well once I have everything out for it I might as well keep playing and experimenting right?!!
You can see by my students result what a great group they were and an inspiration to keep playing.

Deb

Deb

Gloria

Gloria

Louise

Louise

Sharon

Sharon

How fun are these. I will share my new experimental ones in a few days.

Keep Creating!

Wendy

New Acrylic Pours workshop

If you've done Acrylic Pours then you know that is is quite addictive. I started out doing dirty pours and thought I would never get tired of them but alas I did to some extent. I still enjoy seeing the result when you flip the dirty pour cup but I've started doing a lot more exploring with it and other techniques. And through this exploring I discovered ring pours and fun with balloons. That is what my last workshop the other day was all about. It was so much fun. Just take a look at all the variations that my students created.

Kathy

Kathy

Marion

Marion

Olive

Olive

Sandy

Sandy

Shirley

Shirley

Veronica

Veronica

If you haven't tried pours before this is a great place to start and if you have done some this is a great exploration workshop. The next one is coming up Saturday June 22.

Happy Creating!

Wendy

So much texture and colour.

   When people come to the studio to do the Excavating Layers workshop they are expecting to make a 12" x24" canvas. But more often than not they walk away with 4 finished pieces. 

   The first time I taught this workshop, at the last minute I decided that I would have them do some practicing with the texture layers and colours on 3 small 5" x7" canvas boards. To my surprise and the students delight they worked out so well that they ended up with 4 finished pieces of art at the end of two days. Sometimes they do similar styles on all three boards and end up with a tryptic and sometimes they try a variety of styles and end up with 3 separate pieces. 

   This weekends I had two wonderfully creative students in the studio. They did a great job on all of their canvases.

Charlotte- 5" x 7"

Charlotte- 12" x 24"

Jane- 5" x 7"

Jane- 12" x 24"

   I hope you are finding some creative time this Victoria Day weekend.

Happy Creating!

Wendy

Gel Plate fun.

   I had such great fun this past Saturday teaching the Gel Plate Layers workshop. It had been way too long since I last found time to play with my gel plates. This group of ladies were wonderfully playful and creative.

    The gel plate had captivated my attention so much that I almost forgot to take pictures and when I did remember I only had time for a few. So these are mostly prints in progress. 

Angela

Deb

Gloria

Janice

Kathy

   They were very productive and did some great work. Sorry I didn't capture more for you.

   I am off to play with my gel plates now.

Happy Creating!

Wendy