Over in our yahoo group, we have been winding things down with the Holidays keeping everyone extremely busy this time of the year, but we have been doing some spontaneous, spur of the moment workshops and swaps. We currently have a swap that involves making and casting molds. This swap is unique in that you create the mold from a detailed object that you have, make 3 castings from your new mold and swap them for 3 others. The ones you receive, you could create new molds from them as well. Unfortunately I didn't have time to create castings, so I've sent the next best thing! The actual images for casting, musical angels! Perfect for this time of year!
We also have a new challenge that was quite popular, designing a tablescape for Fall/Autumn. The colors are amazing this time of year, with all those beautiful fall leaves to play with, the acorns that can be collected, what about the pinecones and bare branches! This challenge is coming to an end, the deadline in Nov. 20th so just 3 more days to get your photo into the album for our voting on the 21st. The winner will receive a goodie bag from my studio!
Spontaneous is something we are usually not, but by being open-minded about the possibilities that come along, we will be having some fun with another new idea. Denise shared with us her tutorial on creating "Steampunk" domino pendants. Well, Denise's awesome pendants were a huge hit! We will be sharing our creations, right after Thanksgiving! If you want to have some creative fun with us, or if you need to make some fabulous jewelry to give as gifts to co-workers, family, neighbors, etc. come and join us for some last minute fun! The link to our Yahoo group is in the sidebar.
Tanya continues to share her wonderful digital tutorials with us every month and we are playing together with digital as well. Some of our members have recently joined the digital side of art and are happily creating and learning their programs. We are again offering theme challenges that can be done digitally, or in the mixed media studio, or something else we have just started, our art journal. The theme for November is "Last Harvest" and we are starting to see some pretty awesome art! Using this theme, you are encouraged to use your favorite method of creating or use this theme to journal. It's all about learning in an environment that is happy, encouraging, sharing with plenty of back-slappng comraderie with fellow artists. We hope to see you soon!
We would like to say to all of our dear friends: "Happy Thanksgiving"! If you are planning on traveling during this holiday, please be safe!
