1,000 Angels

January is almost gone. It went fast and slow at the same time. My 2012 project is to do 1,000 angels. Why would I do this? Because I want to see how many angels I can create in one year. This may be a three year project!

Do you like them better with or without faces?




As I traveled through January my angel count included angels from 2011. Here are a few that I am working on. Should I scan all that I do in 2012?

I also have angels to scan for Sandie Bacon. We have painted together a couple times in January at Barbara Trentham's Studio. What a great art retreat place! Thank you Barbara.

Christmas is Coming!

So much to do and so little time. Then Christmas comes and everything that was on my list to do list for this year goes on next years list. That is my explation for not doing Christmas cards. The race to Christmas eve. This year during Advent I want to spend more time with my family and less time running around like a crazy woman. Which is what I do all year long. Here's my angel from yesterday at the studio. Only there for an hour---feels so good to stop and do some art.

She is a glitter pink watercolor.

And she is a red ink angel elf.

It's Tuesday night. Movie night. More tomorrow.

November 19, 2010 Thanksgiving Tags

Studio, then Artists on the Bluff Gallery, then tags.

I am so excited to do some tags for my snagging stampers group.

Summer 2011 Workshops

Paint Box Gallery, Ephriam WI (Door County)

Paint Box in January. I will be there in July!


Paste Papers---July 25, 26, and/or 27---10:30 - 1:30
Acrylic Painting on Paper decorate with rubberstamps stencils and other divine stuff. Then use these decorated papers to collage, make cards and more.

Altered Books---July 28, 29, and/or 30---10:30 - 1:30
Bring your favorite book to turn into your own piece of art.


Class are $45 per day
Call 920-854-4435 to Register (10-4) Tues-Saturday

36 Angel Card Designs for Labor Day Show

So I had this really great idea. I am working on 36 angels (a few are cats) in a minature format for card designs for the Artisan show on Labor Day in Lake Forest.

Just love the fact that when I give myself a project---I learn as I go.

Here is my first set. Have only painted the blue and black to start. What I learned---Don't forget to leave some space between the angels for trimming. Simple to fix.

Here is the second batch. What I learned---Work on a smaller piece of paper so it fits in my scanner. I did  remembered to add space between the images!

Here is the third batch penciled tonight.
the red mark are eraser. (I will touch up at the studio. This sheet of watercolor paper fits in my scanner. Lost the lines on the far right and the bottom. A few more cats on this sheet.




Tomorrow I teach. That makes Friday my card design marathon day!

Deerpath Art Leage Art Camp

One more week of art camp. We are having the most fun this year.
Next week July 18 - 21. Our theme will be constuction. We are going to do a Louise Nevelson project, work on South American molas, and decorate a frame like Hunderwasser. We are having so much fun, drawing and painting.

Here are some photos of what we did last week!

Summer 2011

Just got home from a week of plein aire watercolor in Door County. Don't really like anything that I did but the potential to do new work is great. GOOD NEWS--I have a piece of art at the Hardy Gallery located at the Anderson Dock in Ephraim. The show is fabulous and my mom Vera Lenz has a pastel painting in the show too. This is a first for us. Showing together.

Here's the piece that got in. It was painted on the 4th of July 2010. It will be up in the show until the middle of July. If you are in Door County WI this summer go visit it!

Flower Journal Dream
Watercolor
14 x 18