ArtFest was amazing this year. I had such a great time in all my classes.... starting with http://www.teeshaslandofodd.com/artfest/ginaarmfield/spp/class.html. Gina Rossi Armfield was such a cool teacher & she brought a spiritual connection to the painting process that I loved & appreciated so much. The art technique that she taught combined photography with painting, in somewhat of a layering process. Gina gave excellent feedback on our pieces, which I learned a lot from & which was incredibly valuable, but the really great part for me, was how she had each of us focus on an intention for the piece. It created a depth to my work, & it brought my focus back to the heart & soul of my piece, over & over again. Wow. I loved the class. The second day of ArtFest I took this class from Bee Shay: http://www.teeshaslandofodd.com/artfest/beeshay/sip/class.html. This class renewed my interest in drawing & it was so much fun. The technique was actually somewhat similar to Gina's, but we were drawing over photographs that had been painted over with thinned gesso, so that we had a template to draw from.....we shaded in the dark areas first, then shaded in the medium areas while leaving the light areas white. These are my pieces from the class: Bee also gave each of us a sketchbook and some black & white photographs to practice drawing from in our new sketchbooks. I'm looking forward to doing more drawings, it's something I spend a lot of time doing as a kid, but have moved away from it over the years. It's like seeing an old friend again, & it felt so comfortable to be drawing again. Then in the afternoon, we painted from a photograph, using the same technique, but this time in color. I painted this painting of a lotus flower: Bee was very sweet & generous, she has a warm soul. The last day of ArtFest was spent in Karen Michel's class: http://www.teeshaslandofodd.com/artfest/karenmichel/hsh/class.html. Karen is one of my favorite people on the planet. I could hang out with her all day.... she's from my tribe, so to speak. The class was awesome, so much fun to create this delightful little houses made of wood, paper, paint, collage elements & ephemera. Karen is into using non-toxic products, & she generously shared all of her glues, paints, etc. with us so that we could try them too. I love that she is moving towards a completely "green" process!
About Me
- Alesia Regan-Hughes
- Kirkland, Washington, United States
- I strive to be..... loving, kind, spiritual, generous, helpful, intelligent, sharing, sweet, thoughtful, caring, good, inspiring, useful, artistic, and deep. Sometimes I am irritated, impatient, careless, petty, negative, and foolish. I care most about my family, my friends, Spirit, and Love. I am obsessed with good coffee, the sweetness of children,a roaring fire, art in most of its forms, water.... touching, tasting, smelling, hearing and seeing water, roses, miracles, hummingbirds, seeing "signs" from my darling Sasia, being with my family.
