Joyful Purpose

My Go To's

One of my most valued resources for all of my work is poetry.  I use it as inspiration for a piece, as well as incorporating the actual written word within my work.

Here are a few of my favorites:

  

 

Starting this Monday April 1 !

Begins April 1

 

High speed internet will make your workshop experience a pleasant one as video is a large portion of the instruction.

There will be a private Facebook group where you can share your work and thoughts with other students in the class.

 Introduction

Gathering and exploring Materials

Collecting Images

Creating and preparing a color palette

Color Exercises

 

 Drawing

Pencil

sketching

Pen

contour drawing

hatching and cross hatching

 

 Watercolor Basics

washes

backgrounds

layering

 

 Putting it together

details

adding words

 

 Journaling

 watercolor crayons

watercolor pencils

 

 Going Big

Birds

Butterflies

Applying what you know

 

Cost: $97.00

Sketchin'

Horsin Around

I am working on some studies as the basis of a larger work and am sorting out the kinks and finding what works and what doesn't.  So you probably will be seeing a bunch of critters for awhile ;)

Fooling around with the Basics

I have been doing some exercises for my Back to Basics class and thought I would give you a peek ;)

Rooster Two Ways-

Acrylics on Pen and Ink Sketch

Watercolor on Pen and Ink Contour

Messin around with Paint

Scratchin Around

 

I have been scratching around in the studio today after watching Shirley Trevena's Breaking the Rules of Watercolour video.

This is a blind contour drawing that I started with ..

Tip of the Day! ~ Pens UNCLOGGED

Fountain Pen Frustrations?

Check it!

 

Tip of the Day Pens Unclogged from gina armfield on Vimeo.

Tip of the Day! Traveling with Ink

 

 

 

I love to take my fountain sketch pens with me when I travel but am always afraid I will run out of ink! What is a girl to do when she has to pack a bottle of WATERPROOF ink in with her clothes?

 

Well, I came up with a pretty good method if I do say so myself ;)

 

 

 

You will need:

A double insulated plastic cup with a tight fitting lid - this is a tervis one

paper towels

ziploc bag

 

 

 

1. I put my ink in its box
2. wrap the box in paper towels
3. put the whole thing in a ziploc bag
4. put that in the cup which should fit in snuggly
5. cap it
6. put it in my suitcase ;)

 

The Return of Creativity in Flight

I am happy to announce that I will be offering this workshop once again!

Begins April 1

 

High speed internet will make your workshop experience a pleasant one as video is a large portion of the instruction.

There will be a private Facebook group where you can share your work and thoughts with other students in the class.

 Introduction

Gathering and exploring Materials

Collecting Images

Creating and preparing a color palette

Color Exercises

 

 Drawing

Pencil

sketching

Pen

contour drawing

hatching and cross hatching

 

 Watercolor Basics

washes

backgrounds

layering

 

 Putting it together

details

adding words

 

 Journaling

 watercolor crayons

watercolor pencils

 

 Going Big

Birds

Butterflies

Applying what you know

 

Cost: $97.00