In ben er weer klaar voor en heb er helemaal zin in: Het workshop-seizoen is begonnen!

Ik bied de komende weken drie creatieve workshops aan en heb daarvoor een aantal data beschikbaar waarop je die workshops zou kunnen volgen. Om een beetje leuke groepen samen te stellen (er geldt een minimum van 4 en een maximum van 7 deelnemers voor deze live-workshops) heb ik een formulier op mijn website gezet, waarop je je voorkeur voor één (of meer) workshops en data op kunt geven. Aan de hand van de teruggezonden formulieren kijk ik of er genoeg belangstelling is en leg dan voor elke workshop een datum vast.

Voor alle workshops geldt:

• De workshop ruimte bevindt zich in het centrum van Middelburg, Simpelhuisstraat 7
  (± 10 minuten lopen van het NS station.)
• De workshop duurt van 10 tot 5 uur. (Inloop vanaf half 10)
• De workshop is inclusief materialen, koffie, thee, frisdrank en een uitgebreide, geheel verzorgde lunch in Cafe De Vriendschap (op loopafstand.)
• Er is plaats voor maximaal 7 mensen.

Hier alvast wat korte informatie over de diverse workshops.

Boekbinden & Lettertekenen €65.00

In deze workshop leer je een speciale, creatieve techniek om een boek in te binden. Omdat je daarbij ook de kaft op je eigen manier bewerkt en van een titel voorziet, heb je aan het eind van de dag een uniek product in handen. JOUW boek!

Art Journal technieken €65.00

Basis-achtergronden maken m.b.v. mixed media technieken (gelli-monoprinten & werken met spray inkt) en het gebruik van ‘gevonden teksten’ in een ‘found poetry’ collage. Je werkt tenminste één achtergrond-pagina uit tot een volwaardige art journal pagina.

Altered Art Journal €65.00

In deze workshop gaan we aan de slag met het ‘alteren’ van een oud, bestaand boek tot een persoonlijke art journal. (‘To alter’ = herscheppen, veranderen, vermaken.) Ik laat je zien op welke manieren je een bestaand boek helemaal ‘eigen’ kunt maken.

Meer informatie over deze workshops vind je in de shop op de website.

Zin in één (of meerdere) van deze workshops; vul dan nu het formulier in.
Je kunt je voorkeur opgeven t/m 12 februari.

The challenge I started with was this:

April 11
April Theme: Color Safari (Exploring Inks and Paints)
Art Challenge: Acrylics
Journal Prompt: Cry Me a River

I first gave some thought over the journal prompt. I know the song ‘Cry Me a River’ but did not want to use the lyrics. I took out my folder with cut-out sentences to see if I could come up with a few sentences/words that would make a nice ‘found poem’. I found some and lay those aside.

Then I thought of a photo from a fashion magazine that I cut out years ago, and found it in the file where I keep big images for collage. (I found more beautiful images in there that sparked my inspiration. Amazing, how you seem to forget what you have.) The photo I was looking for shows a woman laying on a bed and it looks like she’s crying – which fits the theme ‘Cry Me a River’.

I prepared the art journal page with gesso and gave it a little dimension using a diamond template (see upper right corner.) Next, I sketched the image on the page and then painted it.

When the painting was finished, the ‘found poem’ did not seem to fit. It just weren’t the right words for this paining. I also did not like how it looked when I added text in print on the page. Painted words looked better, so I wrote the lyrics on the page after all.

Here’s the result.

The Documented Life Project #15

This page came about pretty quick, so I had plenty of time left to take out my gelli plate and start on the next prompt.

April 18
April Theme: Color Safari (Exploring Inks and Paints)
Art Challenge: Gelli Plate
Journal Prompt: A lot on my Plate

I still had that ‘found poem’ that I had not used on DLP#15  laying on my desk so I started from there. I interpreted the words/poem as if it described a relationship in which people are not on the same wavelength. I used a silhouette template of a head twice, overlapping each other, to illustrate the words.

However, the print missed the idea of confusion that I wanted to express, so I took out the sewing machine and stitched the heads. I left the end of the threads hanging loose. It made for the right view and gave the image the desirable feel. I scribbled some text (about how my beloved and I got a lot on our plate last year and how we don’t always reacted the same way on it) and glued the page in my art journal.

The Documented Life Project #16

Thanks for stopping by today, and if you’re in the Netherlands (Zeeland) you might want to stop by ‘for real’ on Sunday. I will be presenting my art journals live on “Middelburg Boekenstad.” More info HERE

I did not take my camera, but the other artists-friends made some photos with their cellphones* that they emailed me later. (*Yes, I have a cellphone, I’m not that unworldly! However, my phone is from the stone-age and it doesn’t have a camera, I can only call and text with it.) So here’s an impression of the Spring Fair.

I don’t have an overview photo of their stands, but here’s work from artists Mirjam van Sluijs (ceramic lamp) and Antoinet Wisse (crocheted garland)

On the next photo you see the corner/stand with the paintings of my friend Lena Schreijenberg.

And here’s my table.

Behind where I was sitting we put up a table for mono-printing with a (handmade) gelatin plate. Most kids that wanted to try this technique were approximately 8 years or older, and they usually ‘got it’ right away when I showed them how to use the gelatin plate and templates to mono-print. But I remember the sweet little girl on the photo that came in with her dad… she wanted to play and make a card but when she stood there with that apron on, she was a bit afraid and so I helped her all the way. She was so cute!

All and all, there was a lot of interest for my art journals and I had a real fun day!

Thanks Lena and Antoinet for sending me these photos!

**I blurred the faces of the people on the photos because I don’t know if they gave permission to publish their faces.

Book title haiku for Haiku My Heart Friday

The Chronicles of Marit – Week 18

Card for my mom

Tammy “Daisy Yellow” Garcia is on a mission to share the love for bloggers.

I think it is such a great idea to share links to fellow bloggers and/or blogposts that got our attention or had us in awe and aah. We all love it when visitors find our blog, read our posts and leave a comment isn’t it – so why not pay it forward?

Here are the links I want to share this Friday – the first link is to an artist and dear blogfriend I know for quite some time now, the other’s link to blogs/artists I recently discovered. Enjoy!

• ~*~ Patty at Magpie’s Nest   (Oh, and Patty added links at the end of my BIG Road Trip post – North Carolina here – those links/posts are worth wile reading!)
  

• It was Patty who brought Conny at Piaroms Art Blog to my attention. (You’ll find some awesome video’s of her working-process on her blog too!)

• Molly‘s  Buddha Doodles – which she publishes daily – make me smile, cheer me up when I feel down or teach me a lesson (and sometimes her doodles do that all at once!) And if you know me or saw the header of my facebook page, you will understand I especially love yesterday’s doodle.)

• Heather aka Head Krazy at Kookaburra Laughing Productions: colourful, open and honest art journaling – that’s how I like it!

• Vicky from In My Head Studios – especially her gelli prints grabbed my attention.

Thanks for stopping by and have a great weekend.