Gut Art 2013 with Mystele

Another long hiatus from my blog, but I'm back with the intent to post my renewed interest and progress in making art with Mystele in Gut Art 2013.

I've jumped the gun, 'cause the class doesn't officially start until tomorrow the 21st of October, by reviewing some of my videos from the 2009 Gut Art class. The technique is to begin a background by writing on slips of paper an art activity, like "splash some paint" or "draw some shapes" and continue drawing slips of paper until you feel like you are done and ready to paint something. It's a way to break down the fear of, "Where do I start?"

Here is my beginning: My first layer - click on "vimeo". I'll figure out how to do this better...
Vimeo

A fun workshop.

 One of the fun things I did during my year of contemplation was a workshop over at Creative Workshops  given by Mechelle Harrison called Whimsical Landscape Painting. Several nice videos shows her process and it was a lot of fun. Starting from a textured surface painted a dark color, I chose black, we then drew a simple landscape with chalk.

 From there it was a matter of painting color in layers to bring the landscape to life. I live in South Florida and am surrounded by beautiful palms , so I made my landscape painting of those lovely trees. Mechelle paints delightful, happy and colorful artwork that just makes me smile every time. I hope you go over to see about this workshop and have fun creating with bright colors and simple shapes.