"Up Close and Personal" aspen collage © Saundra Lane Galloway

"Up Close and Personal"

6x12" 1 3/4" cradled MDF acrylic and acid free paper collage

Available on my WEBSITE at www.saundralanegalloway.com

After MUCH reorganizing and putting away of workshop materials yesterday I was thrilled to get back to my easel today.  I finished my traditional collage demo piece and am really happy with it...always a plus!!  I am ESPECIALLY loving these new thicker cradles I'm making for my collage work.  This cradle is 1 3/4" deep poplar.  Not only is it fun to use my new saw, but I'm liking the more contemporary look of the finished piece...

I usually stain the sides, and it looks ok, but this one I'm not sure...I'm thinking it needs to be painted...a white wash thing...still deciding cuz it would look different than my other deep cradles...not sure...any thoughts?  I promise to consider them all...and then decide on my own...tee hee!

Off to make a cradle for my wax collage demo from the workshop...FUN...

HAPPY CREATING!!

FUN WAS HAD BY ALL...ESPECIALLY ME!!

Today's workshop was AWESOME!  I had a full house, and a lot of student enthusiasm...a GREAT way to begin!  We did TONS!  We worked in traditional collage...we played with wax collage, we make fun foam stamps...FUN STUFF!  My first happy moment was waking to beautious clouds!

When I got there I was given the BIGGEST strawberry...YUMMM...Thanks Shirley!

My first demo was in traditional collage...It is a terrible pic as it was dark when I got home and there was a glare...but you get the idea...Yep, it was aspen...I have more to do...but we got enough done to get the idea...

The reference photo was LOOSELY used...:)

A little later I demonstrated making fun foam stamps...One of my students requested a KOI fish...it was on her t-shirt...so this was the end result...FUN!

My last demo was a wax collage using one of my paper cast stars...It too needs a bit more...tomorrow!

The rest are wonderful works of my students taken in process...I absolutely LOVED how everyone worked in their own way...their own style...I didn't get them all, but here are a few...It was a blast!!  Thanks everyone for making it such an awesome day!!

The fish is a plastic envelope...FUN!  Wax collage

This student was brave...she is doing three realistic horses...can't wait to see it finished!!

Beautiful tree abstract...

This was a pic of a students' husbands truck...wax collage...Awesome job!

Beautiful print of leaves...

Such a watery feeling piece...NICE...see the koi stamp?  :)

Love the feel of this one...she has more to do...but the beginning...NICE!

A HUGE undertaking...well done beginning...canyon!

So, there you have it in a nutshell...as I said I didn't get all photos...sorry, but the feedback was great...we laughed and worked HARD...but it was worth it...we all had FUN!!

Tomorrow is the unpacking, and the finishing of my demos!! MORE FUN!!  

HAPPY, HAPPY CREATING!!

LISTS and GATHERING

No, I haven't dropped off the face of the earth...just busy getting ready for my workshop this Tuesday for the Mountainside Art Guild...I'm having a BALL!  I always like to bring fresh perspective to everything I teach, so I'm playing and adding and making lists, lists, lists! I'm even considering a drawing for my students! FUN STUFF!

Soon I will be back at my easel full time...creating, experimenting and playing...getting ready for my first out  door show as well as adding to my stock of work! FUN AGAIN!  How can anyone have so much fun at WORK!

AWESOME!  Welcome to my newest followers...

HAPPY CREATING!!

MT EVANS in PROCESS

It is taking a bit longer to get my house and life back in order after my visit to my parents than I had hoped...My mind is swimming with ideas for my upcoming workshop in collage, so I'm preparing for that...for SOME reason I've decided to clean out and simplify my studio at the same time...plus the typical laundry and house cleaning after leaving the house in my wonderful husband's hands for a week...tee hee...He's a doll! AND, playing with my new table saw making cradles for my work...FUN!

I'm LOVING my collage series with words...I plan to do that with this piece as well...but the preliminary work in laying down the papers and deciding placement of trees and such comes first.  This one is the same view of Mt. Evans that I've done several pieces of this year. 

Thus far I've llaid in the sky...put in the silhouette of the mountain and laid in the colors that will be on the bottom.  This piece will be pine trees...so a bit of extra planning will come later when it is time to put in the branches...I don't want to eradicate the recognizable mountain. 

HAPPY CREATING!

Planning Collage

I don't often sketch out a tree collage...I prefer to slap down paper and paint and then play with tree composition...but this one I want to see in stages.  I'm working the same type of concept as when i did the silhouette of Conifer Mountain, only with my view of Mt. Evans...  This sketch is a beginning of play.

The past couple of days has been gathering materials for my upcoming workshop next Tuesday...I hear there are a few openings left, so if anyone is in the area and wants to play with collage, e-mail me and I'll send you the info!

I have been enthralled with what the holly on the mountain does...I can't believe I've never noticed it before, but it gets these wonderful yellow blooms that smell akin to honeysuckle!  We have tons of it around...so pretty!

Now off to find my hubby and settle down to relax!  HAPPY DAY TO YOU ALL!