MAKING PROGRESS

Finished the labels.

Painted papers ready for classes.

Title on Sketchbook cover.

Assembling quilts and ideas. Presenting @Watermark University next week.

PAPER PLATE PALETTES

Painted more papers for the label project. I use paper plates for mixing colors...often coming up with great serendipitous results. The colorful centers will be used in the collages as well.

LABELS & MORE LABELS

Made...how many labels today ? Who knows ! Still more concepts to create in collage. Plan to finish tonight!

All for team teaching project ahead.

Collaging matters of the soul.

BOXES OF COLOR

Sorted painted papers into cut down cardboard boxes from the super market. What colors do I need to paint more of - for the label project?

Have you noticed...I sure do love working with color!

WE ALL WEAR LABELS

That's my friend Jens below. Yesterday we talked about the collage project I'm doing on shipping tags. I'll be team teaching - my half of the equation will be facilitating abstract collaging of concepts. Jen's saw the tags as the invisable labels we all wear - inside, outside, good, bad etc. I appreciated that observtion. It helped focus my experimenting today.

PAINTING DARKS

Painted more darks this afternoon - acrylics on watercolor paper scraps. Objective: come up with a good assortment colored papers for collaging workshops I'll be teaching.

PAINTING ISSUES

Began to paint papers for the workshops ahead.

Different issues will be discussed in the groups. I'll be helping them process the concepts through collage.

Today I was painting papers for collaging themes of brokeness, unresolved issues, walled up & other heavy stuff. Messy and dark seemed to say it.

LOOSE ENDS NEW BEGINNINGS

Planning interactive art with groups using the story rope and collage. Pulled out possible project materials of buttons, beads, fabric scraps, ribbons, tags, 4x6 cards, painted papers & accordion book possiblitites.

Should be very interesting to do the project w/senior citizens who have lived a lifetime of stories.

Still @ loose ends:

•2 story pages/CA book

•cover design/Rain

It will happen. But when?