Art Journaling Class

Had a fabulous class today! We worked on some basic strokes and then painted our first page in our Art Journal!  LOVED this class and have loved creating in my own personal Art Journal. It just lets me be creative - no boundaries, no rules, no wrongs or rights - just ART - just FUN!
We're going to have an ongoing Art Journaling class ~ once a month this year and hopefully for years to come!



 Barb, Sue, Dee, Sherry, Glo, Janis, Patty, Mary, Debi,Roz, Gloria, Fran, and Deborah















I've been busy trying to get my February classes designed and ready for next month! Here's a sample of what we're doing in some of them next month!

 

 

 

Bracing for the storm that is coming our way right now! For all my friends in GA and on the east coast stay safe!

 

Blessings,
Sandy

The Art of Lettering Class

 

Had such a great time teaching my students a lot about the art of lettering. I could probably do 10 more classes and still not cover everything you can do with letters/words on our art!

We practiced many of the different fonts with several different brushes and then took what we learned and painted this word collage that I came up with.   Everyone did such an amazing job and I think with all the brainstorming ideas that came up yesterday they will be making LOTS of word collages for family and friends! It was great to see so many that hadn't be back since last year!

 

 

Jenny

 

Mary

 

 

Dee

 

 

Deborah (Deborah and I met on Facebook and have messaged each other back and forth for months now. So glad that she came down to take this class and signed up to take another next week and next month). Fabulous lady!  She also won the drawing and got to take my piece that I did in class home. (Pictured below with tulle ribbon hanger).

 

Sue

 

 

Sherry

 

 

Debi

 

 

Roz

 

 

Vicki

 

 

Barb

 

 

Patty

 

 

Lanelle

 

 

Glo

(So wished I had taken a picture of her painted shoes ~ they were amazing ~ maybe next week when she comes to class ~ I can take a snap of her fabulously painted shoes that she painted!)

 

Ellen's

 

 

Kim

 

 

Lisa

 

 

Mine that I did in class that Deborah got to take home. Loved the tulle ribbon that I added to this one.

 

 

Found out today that my darling Father in Love had to go to the ER last night with a very high fever. They aren't sure what is going on so decided to keep him another day to run some tests. Please keep him your thoughts and prayers ~ greatly appreciated!

 

 

Super excited this week to find out our middle was accepted to the same college his older brother goes to! Not sure that he is ready to be away from his girlfriend but think he is so ready to be done with High School and on to college!

 

Have a great weekend!
Sandy

Painting Classes

 

Wow after a long break from teaching classes (early December til this past Saturday) it was so awesome to be back and see my students!! Many NEW students which is also great and a wonderful way to start the New Year!

 
              

My first class was a kids class and I had three super sweet and cool girls in class. We painted a fun and very BRIGHT (picture doesn't do it justice) decorative peace sign canvas.  They did an awesome job! 

Beverlyn

We painted owls on Saturday too! We used a granulation medium to get some amazing effects on our feathers and everyone did a beautiful job.

 

 

Glo

 



I orignally intended to paint a whimsical owl (picture below) but didn't list my class that way and was worried my regular students would not want to paint it - they LOVED them both thankfully and we voted to paint the more realistic owl.

Monica

 

 

New student Lisa

 

 

Ellen's

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mine

In my last class on Saturday we painted a cross with scripture. I gave everyone creative license to create what they wanted and think they all did a fabulous job!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mary

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ellen's

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Kathy

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ann

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Monica

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Jenny

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Glo

 

My whimsical owl that I'll teach in my canvas art classes throughout the year!

 

Hope you have a great week!
Sandy

Bye Bye 2012!

This year FLEW by so fast!! We had some exciting milestones and scary times in our families this year so I thought I'd take some time to reflect on this past twelve months ~ as I prepare for a NEW YEAR starting tomorrow!

 

 

 

Our oldest graduated HS, started dating a beautiful girl, took his first road trip with friends to another state, house sat for my parents while they were in Europe for a month, moved away to college and turned 18.

Our middle got a job, started dating a beautiful girl, dual enrolled in college and HS and turned 17!

Our youngest started driving a car, turned 16, and ventured out in 10th grade by joining multiple clubs/groups at school.

My father had a major heart scare and ended up with multiple stints in his heart! So glad that he pulled through that with no major major surgery.

My sisters Mother In Love sadly passed away and we were able to go to TN to visit and attend the funeral.

My Mother in Love ended up in the hospital for almost 30 days and in the beginning weeks they didn't think she'd make it! Fortunately, she improved and with the help of physical therapy she regained a lot of her strength and was able to come home!

My Brother in Love moved to Kosovo for 6 months as a Fullbright Scholar!  Loved reading about his travels and fun over in Europe but we sure did miss him while he was gone.

 

Other than that we've had a very Healthy & Happy 2012!

We know that a NEW YEAR is upon us and we pray that it's Healthier & Happier than ever!

 

 

 Christmas at the Farm

My mother & father in loves!

Oma & Opa with their grandkids!

 The cousins at the Farm ~ Christmas 2012

Christmas at my parents house 2012

This was the first year since 2007 that we've all been in the same house for a visit.
Sad my grandmother couldn't be with us and visit was way too short but we had fun!

Mom, Dad and us girls

 

Christmas at my parents 2012

 

 

 

 

~~~~2013~~~~

 

Looking forward to all the blessings God has in store for our family this New Year!

 

Hope you and yours have a VERY HAPPY & HEALTHY NEW YEAR!!!

 

Sandy



Paint class ~ Magnolia in wOils
Yesterday in paint class we painted a beautiful magnolia with wOils. It was great to see everyone as I didn't teach any classes in November due to two major events I participated in.
This was also my last class of the year! Where did 2012 go? I know for me it FLEW by way too fast!
Have already started getting classes ready for the New Year and working on special orders before Christmas and then it's time to relax and enjoy time with my family!







We changed the background up a bit in my a.m. class and painted it with wOils. In the evening class we stayed with my original and painted it with black Enamel paint.


Glo





















Barb (Happy Birthday today Barb!)




























Sandi

















Ann






















Ellen's painting

Hope you have a fabulous week
Sandy