In between my art time and my workshops I have been dreaming... looking towards the future...loving every moment of my days and nights but still dreaming. Bit by bit I am embracing who I was meant to be.
This chance I have had this year has brought me so much joy. A chance to "be" an artist and a chance to teach art again. A chance to take walks, to read and even to take yoga classes at a lovely little place in town.
We give so much to our families, our friends and our jobs, but now is the time for you to give to yourself and embrace your creative muse.
I have designed a series of projects that I've been using for my mentoring students and I would love to share them with you. They are broken up into sets of two, very affordable, with a discount for all eight.
Here is the introduction, the list of projects and one project descripion.
I will gather up my art supplies,
I will find a space that is just mine.
And I will create.
I will espress myself
And I will discover the mystery
in my own art.
............
Projects
Project 1... Possibilities
Project 2... Hidden Messages
Project 3... Landscapes of my Soul
Project 4... Tree of Life
Project 5...Windows of my World
Project 6...Where the Earth Meets the Sky
Project 7... Garden Shrine
Project 8... Unfurling
And through out each day I have been creating. Here are some pages I am working on for a workshop I am teaching with Elizabeth and Seth called "The Need to Tell Stories" in NYC in just a few weeks! The workshop is full, but there is a waiting list. What that has told us is that we need to schedule another one!
My job is to teach 'The Art Part' and I am designing pages that will have room for the words that are the story. Special papers, pockets, flaps, envelopes and little books are spread all over my studio. Not to mention fabric, threads and wire.
All of these pages have a story which will be told soon. I just mailed a box of supplies to Little Bird Creations in NYC. It feels so good to get this done.
Today in the studio i also covered these two boards with some leftover rice papers. They are for hanging art on, instead of always nailing things into the wall.
Have a wonderful week.
You have so many images here.. you always seem to be very productive. And to be teaching is a good calling..best wishes on all your endeavors and teaching experiences.
Posted by: Donna Watson | March 10, 2013 at 03:57 PM
As always, I love everything you've shown us here. But I especially love the fact that you are learning to embrace who you are meant to be. I'm working on that, too. :)
xoxoxo
Posted by: Angela Recada | March 06, 2013 at 09:54 AM
Hello Roxanne!
It all looks so beautiful! I love your words and your images. I love that you are able to be an artist as well as teach. You do both so very well. The projects sound very interesting, but I have so many things on the go right now, that I must not add more to the list. And... NYC soon, how exciting... ENJOY!
Posted by: Kim Henkel | March 01, 2013 at 07:29 PM
wonderful images as always, and you should be teaching I think. opening new vistas in others.
I have to say there are many stories told and read without a word to be seen in any direction of the narrative... xo
enjoy NYC
Posted by: mansuetude | February 28, 2013 at 07:18 AM
The need to tell stories.... I felt butterflies stirring at the thought of your workshops Roxanne. No surprise that you have a waiting list.
Posted by: robyn | February 28, 2013 at 07:14 AM
lovely self portrait, and very ethereal work... may your workshops always be full and with a waiting list... enjoy! x
Posted by: caterina giglio | February 28, 2013 at 06:29 AM
So excited to be meeting you in NYC Roxanne and counting the days until our workshop with Elizabeth. If the pages you have prepped are any indication, the people taking the workshops are going to be creating something very special. And do I spy your self portrait from the book?!
Posted by: Seth | February 26, 2013 at 04:48 PM
Roxanne, Lovely pages, inspiring as I have just begun collage again and I am using all the bits and pieces I have been collecting for years. I am combining them with my paintings and tea and rust stuff. It sure is fun :-).
Have a great time teaching and a great time in NYC! Very exciting. xoxo
Posted by: Annie | February 26, 2013 at 04:34 PM
Wonderful idea with the workshop of many small -it sounds wonderful little classes, Roxanne- and the ...need to tell .... pages, looks fantastic, also the colours- must be very exiting for you to be a part of!
Your idea with the rice paper, thing to hang your art on is wonderful-so cosy to see you there :-)
xo,Dorthe
Posted by: Dorthe | February 26, 2013 at 11:07 AM
Your pages are dreamy-wonderful! Have fun teaching in NYC!
xxoo
Posted by: Judy Shreve | February 26, 2013 at 05:21 AM
Roxanne,
How exciting! to be teaching in NYC! is this with Elizabeth Wix? I know she was going to do something but I am so far behind in keeping up with what is going on lately.
have fun! the pages are beautiful
x..x
Posted by: Stephanie | February 25, 2013 at 07:10 PM