field trip

Went on field trip w/ my art class.  Had a great time in Fort Worth, Texas.  Beginning to Understand line, color and actually looked at how the museum mounted the art.  Oh My!  It was the museum of modern art.  Never thought I would like modern art.  But, teacher said it was really post-modern art.  Oklahoma museum is having a quilt exhibit in November.

lettering

my how time flies.  Drawing class is killing me.  1/2 way and I'm just starting to get angles and proportions correct.  But, it is fun.  What doesn't kill you, makes you stronger. 
Experimenting w/ text on lettering.  First choices of paint.  oops! transparent textile paint.  All that work and I only have  ghost image.  Trying again today.  Directions will follow if I can make it work.

Art Class

Taking drawing 101.  Same teacher I had for painting.  Now to have things slow down.  Got 3 baby quilts and one t-shirt quilt to finish before Christmas.  2 talking to me on my design board.  I can't wait until I get back from Santa Fe.  Going to start my next art quilt.
Looking for guilds to teach or do programs for them. 
Here are the photos I chose for the art association photo contest:

 I love my art teacher look how much i have learned

teaching

Looking forward to teaching again.  I teach quilting every Monday nite at a church w/ seniors and will be teaching art quilts to a group in a itty bitty town in north texas.  At least there won't be any kids.

 commercial and my hand dyed fabrics

Thephotoquilter.com :  programs and workshops

teachers

taking my second art class at MSU.  Drawing 1. We have a portrait and still life to do on Thurs.  It will be interesting to see you can draw and can't.  20   -  19 year olds in class.  My favorite was...  I just graduated H.S.  and my other teacher would give an assignment but he let me do it my own way or something different.....Will you do that?     Our sketch books are 18 x 24.  egads!!!!!

Can't believe I made this

design boards

if you haven't made a design board yet :  or you don't have room:  Here is a lightweight one to dry..  Go to local hardware store and ask "the guy" to cut a 6' piece of 1/2 in insulation into 3rds.   When hanging blocks use a reg pin.  No need to use table cloth or batting.  Mine is 4 years old and still going strong.  I just lean the 2 or 3 pieces up against the back wall in front of sewing machine.  I hide in closet when not using.

Lyle Smokey and Emily

to blog or not to blog

I don't know what I do all day but I don't have time to spit!!!   Where does it go?  Part of the problem is I am reading.  What a concept to read!!!  Working I read but not I read.  I'm reading these foreign authors.  I get them through Inter-library loan.  What a great service.  But!  I have to return them on time because I am a frequent flyer of the service.  Right now I am on my 2nd book by Amos Oz.  Foreign authors never have Hollywood characters or Disney endings.  Photos belong to another place I spend all my evenings

 the water game:  every nite during dog days of summer