April 6, 2008

The crocus are up and the tulips and daffidills aren’t far behind. The weather has been fabulously spring-like – in the 40s to 50s and it is great to be able to be outdoors.

Sharon Carson’s oil painting workshop is just finishing up today but everyone had a wonderful time. Sharon is such a good teacher. We always get very positive comments about her from the students. We can’t wait to have her back here again in the future. The 3 days of the workshop went by so quickly.

Here you can see some of the pictures we took during the workshop.

The students for Rosemary Eichorn’s workshop are due to arrive this afternoon. Rosemary is a fiber artist from Soquel, California and someone I’ve always wanted to take a workshop from. She was named Teacher of the Year by Professional Quilters Magazine in 2007. There is still room in this fabric collage and wearable art workshops if any of you readers have a sudden urge to join this fun group!

Here is an example of Rosemary’s work.

The next workshop after Rosemary’s, is a workshop with Margot Lovinger, another fiber artist from the West Coast, though this time from Seattle. Margot is going to teach a 5 day workshop on her technique for using layers of sheer fabrics to create depth and shadows. Margot’s own work is mostly with figures and portraits, but in this workshop she will be working with simple still life set ups.

Here is an example of one of Margot’s incredible artworks. The workshop dates are April 20 – 26th and there is still room in this workshop, so don’t wait to sign up.