Another completed journal

I've been so busy that I've only just managed to complete a commissioned journal. Now the exhibition panic is over I hope to be able to get back to my orders. Here's a peak at some of the pages.

this is the cover and side view

the spine has buttons down the side

some of the fabric and paper pages

Thanks again for visiting and for your kind comments.

You can still join me at the 21 Secrets on-line workshop. Everyone is having a great time and producing some brilliant work. Check it out HERE.

What a week

These past eight days have been a whirlwind. Judy Wise came to town and boy did we celebrate. I've been blogging with Judy for over six years and it was so good to meet her at last. Along with Jacky we took her to see as many things as time allowed, as well as having art play days. Judy also taught a two day Cold Wax workshop at my place, that was fantastic. I've always wanted to give encaustics a go but now I've discovered the ease of cold wax, encaustics is on the back burner.

Judy arrived on the Wednesday then joined us for sketching in the afternoon.

the next day I met Jacky and Judy for lunch then we went to Lillico gallery to see our exhibition.

Saturday and Sunday Judy held a cold wax workshop at my house.

we then had a day painting in the round, including my 3 year old grandson.

the finished piece.

The rest of the time Jacky and I showed her as much as we could in the time we had, we'll miss her terribly, she's one special lady.

Thanks to everyone for visiting my blog and for your lovely comments. I will have my latest journal to show you in the next post.

Exhibition

I'm working like crazy on paintings and jewellery at the moment. Our exhibition opens on Saturday, May the 4th. I can't believe how quickly it's arrived. There will be some fabulous work on show. Patsy will have her beautiful repurposed clothing and bags, Elizabeth will have fabulous things made with felt, Jacky is busy creating her gorgeous still life paintings and lino printing, Coral has some fantastic watercolour portrait paintings and I will have my acrylic, mixed media farm and flower paintings as well as necklaces and earrings. If you can join us we'd love to see you there. Here's the details.

21 Secrets on-line workshops are going brilliantly, there's some fabulous work being created and such a lovely, friendly, easy to access space. To find out more just click HERE

I've finished my latest commissioned journal so will have photos in my next post.

Thanks again for visiting and commenting and also to those lovely people who've signed up to 21 Secrets. See you soon.

Two weeks to go

Well 21 Secrets has been up and running, very successfully, for two weeks. I now have two weeks to go before the opening of our exhibition with Jacky, Patsy, Elizabeth and Coral at Lillico Gallery in Lillico, near Warragul. I've been painting up a storm and making jewellery as fast as I can go.

these are two of the paintings, almost completed.

I'm also trying to get a commissioned journal completed, it's almost there.

this is the cover, it still has to have the spine added

these are the pages waiting to be stitched into the cover.

I like to have a stitching project on the go for when we're out driving and I don't have to drive. This is using some of the momigami papers I made in Cas Holmes' workshop. The blue fabric was sun printed using one of my hand cut masks.

You can still join 21 Secrets, there's some fabulous artwork being produced. To find out more just click HERE

The count down's on

The count down is on  

21 Secrets goes live on the 1st of April. 

There's still time to join us, registration is open until October, but the earlier you start the longer you have to work on the classes

To join us go
HERE

In the mean time here's my latest journal that is now in it's new home. I have two more almost ready to head off to their homes.

Thanks for dropping by, looking forward to meeting some of you on-line in two days, depending where you live.

The Winner

Thanks so much everyone for entering my 21 SECRETS class give-away. I wish I could give you all a prize but unfortunately there can only be one winner and that's

HEATHER

I will email you Heather with details how you can receive your free workshops.

Thanks again everyone for participating, sorry there could only be one winner.

You can still enrol to take the 21 SECRETS workshops, details are HERE

They start next week on April the 1st

Here's another peek at the classes I'll be teaching

recycled envelopes

plastic plates

making and printing with foam stamps

You get these and 20 other classes from some fabulous artists ALL for $59

You can do them at your own pace and in whatever order you like, they'll all be there for you to pick and choose. Usually on-line classes start around $50 upwards each. This is $59 for the whole 21 workshops, that's great value.

I've nearly completed my commissioned journals and will have some more photos in my next post.

Thanks Again Everyone

21 Secrets Give-away

Connie from 21 SECRETS has kindly allowed all the teachers to give-away a free class. All you have to do is leave a comment on this post and I will draw a name out on Saturday the 23rd March. The workshops open on April the 1st so don't be an April Fool and miss out.This is a great chance to participate in 21 different workshops.

Good Luck in the draw

I'm also very proud to announce that a piece of my work will be published in Seth Apter's new book 'The Mixed Media Artist: Art Tips, Tricks, Secrets and Dreams From over 40 Amazing Artists'. 

The book will be released in October 2013 and is available for pre-order on Amazon

Here's a view of the cover

Just a couple of pictures of what I've been doing, apart from filming three videos and setting up my pages on 21 Secrets. I'm still working on three journal commissions and hope to have them finished shortly. 

I taught a Junk Journal workshop from home last Saturday and think I might start this as an on-line workshop very soon.

this is the cover and spine, this journal has a hidden binding

the signatures

some of the pages

the pages before they have been worked on

and these pages after they've been altered

Thanks so much again to you all for visiting and your comments.

Thanks so much too for those of you who have signed up to the on-line workshop 21 SECRETS, it's still open, so click HERE if you would like more info or care to join us.

and the information for the workshop I will be teaching for the Calligraphy Society of Victoria in July is HERE

Don't forget to leave a comment to be entered into the draw to win a free place in the 21 SECRETS workshops