At the outset, I have to admit I have never liked drawing with colored pencils.  Sanguine Conté?  Yes.  Charcoal?  Definitely.  Ink?  Love it.  Oil Paint?  I have a fantasy of retiring and painting in oils every day.  Graphite?  Any Day!  Colored Pencils?  No.  I have just never felt comfortable with them. Maybe it’s the brand…

In Chelsea’s workshop today, we explored the magic of salt dough.  It brought back memories of the time before I was in school, when I was home with my mom during the days before she re-entered the workforce.  We would sometimes make play dough and it was great.  I remember the smell of it especially. …

Stan’s workshop was fun and relaxing, but not easy.  I think that the process of making a Suminagashi print is fascinating.  It is an easy process but making a really good print is not easy.  It’s such a delicate process, and where Brianna’s workshop explored paper as a material, I feel like Stan’s was exploring…