Print Making by Hand Workshop

I made a decision

to put a plan in place

to counteract the 

disequilibrium

of having my only child go away 

to college in the fall.

The first and only step 

I've come up with so far:

get your ass outta the house. 

In the spirit of doing just that

I joined two local Meetup groups.

The first is

 Philadelphia Blues Meetup

and the second is

South Jersey Mixed Media Artist Meetup.

My first venture outta the house

was a Print Making workshop

led by Dolores Poacelli.

We met at the Medford Arts Center, which is a spacious, comfortable place to spread out and make art!

Dolores is a patient, supportive,

talented, excited and most

important in my mind,

generous sharer of techniques and supplies.

 

She helped me think 

outside the box.

Priceless.

And shared a Master's work:

Attending the workshop was a great group of friendly talented artists! 

 Here is proof of talent:

 

 

 I know its not 

politically correct

to have a favorite 

but screw it 

it's my blog

and this print below

SLAYS ME.

good job outta you, Andrea.

 

Here are pics of 

my prints:

I thought I should 

keep it simple

so the night before I googled

stencil images of the lotus

to use as a guide.

 I brought my favorite

colors to print, 

turquoise and red.

I hated paying $21 for a brayer. I'll just have to make sure I use it a lot. 

I eyeballed the pics I brought

and we used all kinds of tools

to imprint our designs in soft foam. 

My foam:

 Really cool alert:

check out the tp roll covered in 

adhesive foam designs. When rolled on paper it looks like this:

About this time, after lunch,

I was feeling my new and unwelcome

menopausal information overload

combined with the wearing off

of pain meds.

I had to leave a little early but not after Generously Thanking

Dolores and Kathy, the teacher and organizer of the group. 

Thank you again, to the 

talented women in the group:

Angela, Andrea, Deb, Kathy,Joy or Lois confused on that,

and one other artist with beautiful long curly hair

that for the life of me I can't remember her name.

Damn menopause. 

I apologize and please comment me your name.

Oh, Deb has a show coming up!! 

Congratulations! 

June 2012 Exhibition

Deborah Pey

Palmyra Cove Nature Center

and Andrea has art for sale on etsy. Please visit her shop.

Dolores,when not in her studio, also teaches at the

Perkins Center for The Arts.

Please contact them for a listing of her classes. 

I give her an A++.

cuz it's my blog

and I can.

xoS