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

Junk Journal workshop

   This weekend was all about using up fun and 'junky' paper in the Junk Journal workshop. No paper is over looked when making this little gem of a book. I scour the house for interesting paper and often students bring some of their own. There was graph paper, ledger paper, maps, copies of personal art, scrapbooking paper, envelopes, magazines, old book text, recipes...... You get the idea.

   Other than a break for lunch this group of creative ladies had a busy day making their books. They all turned out so unique and amazing. It just makes me want to keep making more.

Deb

Debbie

Janice

Kathy

Linda

Vivian

Do you have an excess of paper? What do you do with it?

Happy Creating!
Wendy

Into the Black Dimensions...

Today was the first time teaching the Black Dimensions workshop. Teaching a class the first time can sometimes be a little tricky. I don't always know how long things will take the group and what is the best order to do things in. So in a way the students are kind of my guinea pigs for getting things figured out. Today felt like that kind of day and my students were wonderfully patient with me and did an amazing job. We did a lot of different techniques and used a lot of different mediums to make these creations. Thank you ladies for a great day.

Jane

Kathy L.

Kathy M.

Sharon

I hope you found some time for creating this weekend.

Happy Creating.

Wendy

Variations of Acrylic Pours

Dirty pour and balloons.

  
 A few years ago a friend convinced me to try acrylic pouring. It took a little convincing because I didn't think it was something I wanted to do. It was just too trendy...everyone was doing it. I usually prefer to try things that no-one has seen before and try to do my own take on it. I didn't think acrylic pouring was something I could experiment and make into my own style.
   As you can guess she talked me into it. Our first attempt was fun but not what I would call successful. After doing some more research and some help from a fellow artist we were off and runner. And I have to say somewhat addicted. If you've done some acrylic pours you already know, you can't do just one.

Rings and balloons.

   After doing a multitude of dirty pours and teaching a number of workshops with it, I started to try some other techniques. First was the Swipe and with it the wave and layers. This became my second Acrylic Pours workshop. 

Rings with cloud effect.

   This past month I gave myself a few days to do some more experimenting with a variety of pour methods. All the images here are from those 3 playful, experimenting days.

Tree rings.

   Some of the methods that I tried and had success with were tree rings, cloud effect and balloons.

Swipes and balloons.

   I have a little more experimenting to do and then I will be sharing these methods in a new upcoming workshop. If you've done some pouring or are a newbie, this workshop promises to be a fun one.

   I will keep you posted when the date is set for it.

Keep creating!
Wendy