All A-Flutter

Lisa Summers of Flutterleigh sent me this photo of her booth at Food Fare 2016, a charity boutique event. I designed this logo for her, having been requested to incorporate a butterfly and a fleur-de-lis. Originally about 6"across, it's fun to see it at this size!

Rinka Ronka Reprise

Goauche, gold leaf, Spectralite, Finetec, ink, colored pencils
and crystals on Bristol board

It's auction season again and I was asked to donate a piece to the school where I worked for 25 years, until I 'retired' last June. If you follow this blog you may remember that last year, the curse was broken and not only did my three little pieces raise some serious money, there were people who were willing to match the highest bids so I did two more. This one is essentially the same design as last year, with different colors.

This is the song the children (and their parents!) sing each morning as they file into the classroom. A choir of angels!

Dust-up Wrap-up

Last weekend I did a new wall to welcome seven brave souls who came to learn about lettering with chalk at the "Chalk Lettering Dust-Up". It got good and dusty around here as we worked both on black foam board and on chalkboard-painted masonite boards. In the morning we transferred pre-made sketches to the boards. The short phrases were mostly from Patti Digh's book Four Word Self Help. Everyone did a great job, and each board had a very distinctive look!

Carla

Marjorie

David

Linda

Katy

Janice

Lori

Before lunch, we each personalized our chalkboard painted wine glasses using chalk pencils! Aren't their designs wonderful?!?

In the afternoon we created our own designs in pencil and transferred them. 

Katy

Linda

Janice

Marjorie

David

Carla, the overachiever!

Lori

 ...and we ended with an art show on the back patio! Aren't they amazing?!?

 

Doesn't it make you want to grab a piece of chalk and start writing???