Time is flying by............

Hiya

I cannot believe that we are into February already...........  So what have I been up to well.

A friend and colleague left the company I work for so I made her a little keepsake.

Quite simple but so gorgeous even if say so myself.

Workshops

I decided last year that I was going to run workshops in the North East to enable mixed media artists to come this far "up North" and spend a couple of days teaching. I did one on July and one in November and they both went really well.  So this year I am stepping it up and trying to run one at least once a month.

I had two weekend workshop with Hels' Sheridan as the Designer/Educator booked back to back to run on the last weekend in Jan and the first weekend in Feb.  For them to run seamlessly there is a huge amount of preparation  leading up to and during the weekend.

We had 19 ladies on each weekend. Two  projects that were totally different from each other.  One was  a gorgeous canvas and the other a master board packed with texture. 

Both weekends went really well and I have further workshops booked with other artist during this year.  So all is good.

Just a  photos:

Lots more amazing photos of the art produced during the weekend can be found on my Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/pages/Art-Workshops/239252569584115

here are some great examples of Art from the weekend

http://fairefoxes.blogspot.co.uk/2014/02/hels-sheridan-weekend.html
http://dizzydeetour.blogspot.co.uk/2014/02/hels-sheridan-workshop-weekend.html
http://bollyanne.blogspot.co.uk/2014/02/a-hels-sheridan-weekend.html
http://mytobyjug.blogspot.co.uk/2014/02/a-january-workshop-weekend.html
http://fisherscardsandcrafts.blogspot.co.uk/2014/02/a-weekend-with-hels-part-1.html
http://thehobbyroomuk.blogspot.co.uk/2014/02/hels-weekend-25th-26th-january-2014.html
http://pinkleart.blogspot.co.uk/2014/02/living-in-south-west.html

Art Student

I teach the most adorable 8 year old "Art" once a month.  Whatever I show her she just sucks it up and then goes on to make something special. 

This is what she made this month...............

 

 

 

thanks for taking the time to come by and visit.

 

Take Care & see you soon

 

Sue. x

Fancy a two day workshop with Michelle Webb in July

Hi

Just to let you know that I will running a two day mixed media weekend workshop with Michelle Webb on the 26/27 July in Wynyard just outside Middlesbrough.

Find Michelle's blog to view her amazing creations ............http://thehobbyroomuk.blogspot.co.uk/

If you are interested please contact me on facebook Art Workshops page

Thanks Sue x

Maldives Memories

Hiya for the last time of 2013.

Well first of all a Happy New Year to  you all.

I thought I would end this year with a little old piece of wall art.  Since moving I so miss having all my wall art around me that I thought I know I will combine my love of crafting with my obsession The Maldives................... 

I have been lucky enough in my life to have been to this amazing place on earth a few times and would go back in a heart beat.  So I have created my little piece of Maldives Magic to hang up and make me smile and also to believe that the good times to come are just around the corner of 2014. Every time I look at it I am transported back to that particular beach, in that particular moment of time.

The majority of the products are Tim Holtz from rub on's, distress paint, ideaology to his material.  Gotta love a bit of Tim.  I did sneak in a wee bit of Wendy, the Heart is a Blossom Bucket wooden one.


So here we go .......

There are three different blues paints on the burlap panels

Bit of UTEE coming into the mix

A real Maldives Postage stamp

A little wish bone to help me on my way back to paradise.

Lots of different products being used on these three burlap panels.  My mantra for 2014 is going to be use it or lose it.  Having put 3 big boxes into storage and brought to many boxes to admit to on here to the new house I have to start using what I have........

Thank you for stopping by

Take Care and see you in 2014.

Sue