Fabric Painting Italian Style by Marzia

























This is my friend Marzia ~ isn't she just too cute!! She came to Florida last month with her beau Enzo (everyone at the Summit swooned over him ~ especially when he spoke with his Italian accent). One night after the painting day with Donna was over, Marzia taught everyone a really cool technique on fabric!! It was amazing to say the least and the room was a buzz with all the possibilities!!

I didn't paint a shirt that evening as I was getting ready for our last day at the Summit ~ but I certainly went home that evening to my friend Donnas and painted one! A lot of people wore their shirts the last day with such pride! They were all so pretty and so different!





























Here I am with two of my friends Deb and Eileen (two fabulous ladies from The Villages in Florida) wearing our newly created shirts!




I loved Marzia's technique so much I just had to come home and plan a class around it! So, if you live local and want to come the class is on Saturday, August 21st. You can sign up for my classes through my website here: Sandy McTier

The hot pink one turned out to be one of my favs - can you see the heart, wings and halo!

Hope you have a great day!

Sandy

Clay Peonies Class

In clay class this past week we created peonies. I think they turned out great and everyone loved how easy they were to create!







































































































































My friend Nicole has brought just about everyone in her family to class with her which I LOVE! I know her daddy was a bit unsure at first about creating with the clay but let me tell you his flowers were amazing!!
He's such a sweetie too and it was awesome having him in class!

































































































































I know I shared this pic on Facebook but for my blog friends not on FB - this is the latest painting I finished to go to the gallery. I LOVE hydrangeas - am not very good at growing them though. Love to paint them too! This one is on a 24x30 gallery wrapped canvas and I just love the way it turned out.






Have an OUTSTANDING day!
Sandy

Fabric Painting

We painted these really cute shirts in class last weekend
Ann & Ellen came and Nicole brought with her ~ two of her daughters and one of their friends and Nicole's Mom also came out to paint with us which was fun! The girls provided lots of entertainment and laughter and we all had a great time.

I just love the way the shirts turned out - remember I have three boys - I don't get to do the cutesy - girly- swirly thingy too often so I love when I have classes that are "girly"!




Mine
























My friend Marzia from Italy creates the most beautiful shirts too - she'll be at the Summit next week showing us some cool tricks and I can't wait to see how she does what does she with fabric paint!

Brenda

Hallie Zoe

Nicole

Lexi and her friend Hallie Jean - they were too funny and made shirts for each other and then wore the shirt they made for the other. Cute huh?

Ann

Ellen's

4th of July

My younger sister and her kiddos came over on the holiday weekend and Hannah and Autumn painted shirts! They had a blast and were creative!























Hannah

























Autumn ~ Hannahs friend


























Hannah & Autumn


Stroke Study Workshop
I told you how far behind I was on posting right?? I held this Stroke Study Workshop


on June 26th! We had a blast! All day Saturday learning the ins and outs of 3 strokes - how to hold your brush, how to load your brush, how to paint different things using those strokes! Thankfully they all enjoyed it!


Sue, Amy, Cindy, Julia, Debi, Sherry, Monica, Dawn, Jenny, Barb,
Sharon, and Patty


















Patty's two granddaughters came and shared their paintings they did with their grandmother!

























Have a great day!
Sandy

Hibiscus Clay Class
I'm so behind on posting! Didn't realize there were some classes I did and didn't ever post! We created these really cute Hibiscus flowers in clay class and put them on these standing frames that we turned into chalk boards.






































Sherry


























Sue


























Barb



























Sue & Barb were getting ready for their first fair - the Peach Festival and were painting and claying for weeks to get ready for it!



Have a great day.
Sandy

Hope you are having a fabulous 4th of July! We had a wonderful combined service at Church this a.m. so it was packed - came home, had lunch and rushed to the base pool so we could get a spot and we were one of maybe 2 other families there just after noon. It did start to fill up - guess everyone didn't rush home from church and eat sandwiches in the car on the way to the pool!lol Gotta get there early to get an umbrella and table. Was the perfect summer day - slight breeze - high 80's to low 90's and just a great two hours lounging by the pool with my men! The only thing that could have made it better was if the pool were in my backyard!

Anyway, how are you spending the 4th of July?

I have pictures from a couple of classes I haven't shared yet and my younger sister and her kiddos came over last night and I got to paint the the kiddos (not Andrew - he was too into the Wii) - I'll share all those pictures this week!

Have a great week.

Sandy

Warner Robins Museum of Aviation Annual Auction ~ my donation this year!

For the last 4-5 years I've donated something for the auction that is held at the Museum of Aviation (one of the best I've ever been to I might add) in Warner Robins, Georgia. This is their 25th Annual auction! I have usually done small pieces - handpainted glass and handsculpted clay on platters, etc. But this year I wanted to do something BIG ~ I mean it is the 25th one! I kept with tradition and created two glass vases with handsculpted flowers on them and in my haste to get everything to the museum I forgot to take photos - one had a calla lilies wrapped around it and the other a big magnolia with leaves. Here is the 36x48 canvas that I painted and took for the auction that will be on July 17th. There are usually a 1,000+ people that attend and they have a Taste of Local Cuisine - so plenty of food of all kinds.























My new header ~ I painted this very pink seascape painting while at my friend Donnas house in May and was pleased with it but it was so Flat looking - colorwise that is. I had also just finished up a class at the gallery with Eileen on old world glazing techniques and LOVED the glaze that she introduced me to so much that I had to see what it would do to this painting! I wish I had a before and after because the color change is remarkable! Plus, the glaze smells good enough to EAT! It smells "orangy - tangy - yummy".

Paint Class ~ I know it seems like forever since I shared a paint class with ya huh? I usually have very few classes in the summer with everyone being so busy and my boys out of school but couldn't go without doing them. In fact, I've taught every month without fail since October 2006 ~ thought about taking a break in July and probably should have with me going to Florida for the Painting Summit but I'd miss my students too much!

We painted Grapes on Monday and after I painted the original I remembered how much the glaze brought up the colors in the sunset and so I decided to use them on the grapes and LOVE the way it turned out and so did my students.

Mishon

























Roz

























Barb



























Ann


























Sherry

























Nina

































Dawn




















Getting ready for a stroke workshop on Saturday - looking forward to a really indepth study on strokes and what can be done with them! Will share photos with you soon!
Have a great day. Blessings,
Sandy

Painting BIG

So I know I shared on Facebook the large paintings that I've been doing - I'm working on another one right now and will hopefully have it done to show you by the end of the week. I SO LOVED painting whatever came to mind. I had done this painting with the intention of donating it to the local Air Museums auction that I've donated to for 5 years now and well.....I debated and debated about it and decided that I needed to paint another one for the auction and I did but decided that I wanted the one I donate to be on black so I'm painting another one this week so that I can get it to the museum. The first one I painted LOOKS amazing in my living room above my fireplace - it took the place or a rather LARGE clock that I had there and I must look at the painting about 20 times a day to see what time it is - and that brings "wow, I did that" still quite amazed with my accomplishment.

This is the second painting - it's at the Gallery in Byron right now for sale

and this is the first one I painted above my fireplace. Perfect place and space if you ask me.

Been a busy week - had high hopes of posting every day this week but missed yesterday unfortnately. Yesterday my oldest got his drivers license and my middle got his learners permit since he turned 15 on Monday - they both passed their tests with flying colors and now the worrying begins!! I know I have to let go but I'm worried that something is going to happen - gonna have to turn it over to God because I'll be a nervous wreck everytime they get behind the wheel.

I just got back from a fabulous trip to California with my friend Donna. Will share pictures with you all this week! We had so much fun with our friend April and all the other ladies that came out to paint! April took Donna and I to Hollywood which was awesome and it was cool to be back in California - that sea air took me back to so many memories I had from growing up there until 6th grade! Loved it there and always thought I'd go back but never did - Tennessee became home and then well - if you read my blog you know the rest of the story - military life and moving around - and now Middle Georgia is home.

My oldest gets his wisdom teeth out tomorrow - all 4 - surgery is required and I hope it goes well - please keep him in your prayers!!

Hope you have a great day!
Blessings

Sandy

HAPPY BIRTHDAY KENDALL
Today is my sons 15th birthday!
Last night he got to sing his first song in front of people
at a band practice where him and my other two sons take lessons.
He ROCKED it big time and I was so impressed! Wish they had played
the Jeremy Camp song that was sung before their band went on
but those chose a Metallica one - he loves Metallica.

















He is such a sweet young man! Super tall - almost 6' 2" - towers over
me and comes eye to eye with my hubby! But at 9lbs. 14 ounces and 23 inches long at birth ~ we're not surprised he is that tall!

I had a great time last week in California. Met some amazing people! It was great to spend some time with my friend April and finally meet her husband Rick - a huge supporter of Aprils!

Thanks for the taking care of us April and touring us around! I will share more on that trip later this week. Have a great day.

Blessings,

Sandy