Color Cat Studios: Upcoming Classes taught by Yours Truly

Sunday, March 11, 2012

Upcoming Classes taught by Yours Truly

Okay, all of you who have asked me to teach summer classes over the years - here's your chance! I'm going to be teaching metal embossing at The Woodlands League Art Gallery this June. This is a great, fun class even for non-artists.

This picture is part of three peonies I did, in its first stages.

Here's the lowdown: Metal Embossing Fun for kids ages 8-11, Tuesday and Thursday, June 12 & 14, 3:30-5:30. $60.00. I purchase supplies. This is a class that’s so fun and relaxing, it’s hard to stop the kids when class is over! Students will love learning how to emboss metal and create some truly nice, original pieces. With some of their work, they will learn how to antique. This is a class that is satisfying and fun. Even non-artists can take home a variety of beautiful art of which they can be proud.

Metal Embossing for kids 12-adult :) This is a great chance for moms to take a class with their kids. This will be more intense and will cover Tuesdays and Thursdays, June 19,21, 26 and 28 from 3:30-5:30. $120.00 for all four days. I purchase supplies. Students will enjoy learning the basics of embossing metal and will create a number of beautiful, finished pieces. For their final piece, they will emboss a larger sheet of metal, gesso it to a board, prepare the metal to accept paint. Once dry, they will be able to paint and finish it. This will become a lovely, colorful piece of art with the metal glowing through the paint. It’s a very satisfying medium that will leave you relaxed and ready for more. I have taught this class many times and seen truly beautiful work come from non-artistic students. Lots of fun for all ages; adults are encouraged to join in the fun, too!

In both classes we'll be producing some seriously nice work for you to keep. Let me know if you have questions. If you want to sign up, let me know, or contact the Woodlands Art League Art Gallery, www.woodlandsartleague.org.

For this piece, I first embossed the metal, then gessoed it to a board. I then prepared the surface to accept paint. Once it was dry, I was able to paint onto the metal, rubbing off portions to let the metal glow through.

It's going to be a really fun ride!

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Turkish tour

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'My' Chair

At our theatre the other night we had an orchestra meeting after I taught my sets class. After about a half hour, someone pulled me out of the meeting for a few minutes. When I came back, everyone in the room was laughing and pointing to the nice, uh, black leather chair. I had paint on the back of my shirt, and it permanently smeared all over the leather! The last time I went in the office, I noticed that someone had taped up the sign you see here. One way to lay claim to something! Well, it's not the first time, let's see, there's my driveway with many colors of paint, our carpet with Peter Pan green footprints, my car with yellow paint on the seat, my gloves, half of my clothes. It seems like everyone likes my painted clothes, kind of like already-broken-in-jeans. Maybe I should start a clothing line!