Workshop Session 25th July 2015

Hello All,

On Saturday I delivered the last of four workshops at Sharrow Vale School of Art in Sheffield. The theme for this session was 'Horizon' and I demonstrated a scratch technique with oil pastels and black acrylic paint. Here is my sample page.

We painted a layer of gesso then split the page with masking tape and painted a sky in the top half. The bottom half we drew block shapes in oil pastels, using many colours and then painted over the top with black acrylic. Once dry we scratched into the black to reveal the colour underneath.

Here are some photos from the workshop.

The session went really well. I will be arranging some more workshops in the Autumn.

Bye for now xx

Art Journaling Workshop 11th July 2015

Hello All,

On Saturday I delivered the 3rd of 4 workshops. This one was titled 'A Word About Me' I demonstrated a woven paper background and we also created a textile and wax paper pocket containing a word about me and some little bead embellishments. Here is my sample page:

Here are some photos from the session.

 

Anna's

Becky's

Susan's

Jill's

Jill decided to turn hers into a book cover which I love, It inspired me to use the technique on some of my journal covers. It is a little fiddly to do but looks great once its painted. It is quite a simple layout for me but I liked the background and wanted to showcase that.

One more workshop to go for this season, really enjoying it!

Workshop Session 4th July 2015

Hello All!,

This session was titled 'Time Capsule' and the idea was to create time capsule letters. An idea inspired by the artist Jenn Garmen. The group wrote letters to their future selves and decorated an envelope to contain this using whatever mixed media their chose.

For the background I demonstrated a wax resist using wax paper and ink sprays and we also rubbed ink pads over the used wax paper and added this to create layers. Here is a little video I made demonstrating these techniques.

The group finished their pages by adding titles, further collage, paint etc and stuck in their time capsule letters with a date on which to open them in the future. Here a few pictures of their work.

Anna's page

Helen's first ever page!

Maxine's page

Workshop Session 27th June 2015

Hi All,

Yesterday I ran my first of four workshops, this one was called 'Ten good Things'. I started by getting the group to prepare their pages with gesso and by scraping acrylic paint on to this with cards. Then they made a collage sheet with whatever materials they liked and then cut these into 10 shapes. Sticking these onto the page they added text into each shape, ten good things to them. We also made paperclip embellishments with the left over collage sheets and added doodling, text and titles to finish the pages.

Anna's collage sheet

Anna's

Anna's

 

 

Susan's

 

The session went really well, looking forward to next week!

Time Capsule

Hi All,

So I finished planning my workshop taking place on 4th July at the Sharrowvale School of Art in Sheffield and for this session I am using an idea from the wonderful Jenn Garman. If you don't know Jenn's work, it's fantastic, you can check it out here http://jenngarman.com/.

In this session I will be demonstrating some of the techniques I have been playing around with lately using wax paper, and creating time capsule letters.

Here is a sneaky peek at my sample page.

Example page "10 Good Things"

Hi All,

I have been very busy lately with lots of different projects! Last night I finished planning my first workshop session, taking place on 27th June at the Sharrowvale School of Art in Sheffield. This first session is called "10 Good Things" and that is obviously up to the individual to interpret.
I decided for my sample page to create a page about my husband and list 10 good things about him. So here is a sneaky peek at my sample page and also of the little paperclip embellishment which is one of the techniques I will be demonstrating at the workshop.

Upcoming Workshops

Hi All!,

I have finally got around to organising some more Art Journaling workshops. The dates for these are:

27th June 2-4pm
4th July 2-4pm
11th July 2-4pm
19th July 2-4pm

Taking place at The Old Junior School, South View Road, Sheffield, S7 1DB. £10 per session, materials included except journals but I do sell these, the cheapest at £2 each.

If you would like to come along please let me know, you can email me at lisaartjournaling@yahoo.co.uk

Progress

Well I posted my art swap piece this morning to Katie in Worcester and will post a picture up in a few days once it has been received (so I am not spoiling the surprise!) I am also very close to finishing my second vid which shows a tutorial of two mixed media index cards, one of which is the art swap.

I have meant to get on and finish my monthly challenge, which was 'create a mythical character' (again cutting it fine) but having been to a spa break for my birthday (absolutely fantastic!) I am a bit behind. I still have two more days so hopefully will get it done.

In other news I have been invited to have a stall at Dovefest 2015 on 29th August where I will be selling homemade journals, and am in the process of trying to get some more art journaling sessions organised through Sheffield Independent School of Art

I will keep you all posted! xx

The Garden At Hoarcross Hall Spa Hotel! What a treat!