December muses

 It has finally cooled down here in San Diego County, CA. Time for hot soups and yummy hot sandwiches.... but I digress...

Its time to contemplate things to do in 2022. I've updated my workshops and classes pages, along with a cool happening next weekend on December 19th 

Take a peek and ponder. And...my website will have a whole new vibe soon. Details will be posted! 

New works...these will be for sale at the upcoming Pop up show in San Diego. I'm also developing a sales page on my website...cool beans! 

Its sale time!

All 3 of my online workshops are now on sale till the end of Monday night! Now through Monday (11/29) at midnight enjoy 15% off of my courses at Create Arts Online. It is very rare that we offer this extra deep discount. To receive this discount click here, chose your course, click on the words “add coupon,” and a box will appear where you can enter the code HOLIDAY15       Scroll down to see the details on my stencil designs!

AND!

All 3 of my stencil designs are now on sale through November 30! my Stencilgirl designs reflect my love for succulents and other weirdly wonderful plants!

Free live Round Table Tomorrow!

Are you ready to come spend an hour ~LIVE and for FREE~ with some of the most talented artists from Create Arts Online? My artist friends Laurie Mika, Sunny Carvalho,   Katherine England and I will be in a round table discussion about what we create and teach in the mixed media art world. This was all organized by our fab Create Arts Online leader Tami Macala. 

Tomorrow, November 19th at 11am Pacific time~2pm Eastern, we have been invited for a super fun event, Discover Fest 2021, from the people behind Discover Teachable.

We will discuss how they got our start, what materials we love to use, and how teaching our well honed and favorite techniques online has allowed us to reach students from all over the world.

There will be short demos on a few different techniques, discussions about our favorite supplies and materials, as well as showing off some of our favorite creations to inspire you. Each of these artists comes with over 20+ years of experience in their chosen medium.

You are in for a treat and to top it off we will have a very special Bonus Gift at the end to kick off the holiday season! If you miss this live event it will be available for replay including the bonus.

​Click HERE to register and then join us at the designated time with your confirmation email you will receive when you register. We will send you a reminder when it gets closer just so you don’t miss out on this exciting event. ​

We look forward to seeing you tomorrow November 19th at 11am PDT/ 2pm EDT!

This event will be available for replay, including the bonus after it has ended. 

Fall Ceramic Happenings

Fall Ceramic Happenings

My first attempt at making a creamer, spout and handle. Casey, our Studio guru, helped me make the handle. The spout? Only till after the bisque fire, then I'll find out if it works or not. 

Our clay slop can

Casey's work table....I feel right at home....note the red high heel shoes to the left. 

Little bunnies all lined up the Raku fire on Tuesday...and a crow with a hat...update on Instagram next week.....  follow me at henstudio 
 

Two New Online Classes!

 I'm pleased to announce my two new online courses for you! 

Sign up today at CreateArtsOnline.

when you  purchase both courses in the bundle you'll get a discount!                                                

    

Learning to See- Drawing in Journals

And 

Poetic Watercolor Journaling 

New Garden Installation

New Garcia Collaboration ...my Hubby Jose and I designed and built this for our lower dry pond area. It's a chassis from an old truck minus parts that my husband stripped off with a welding torch. He added the wheel from a bike that my son John worked on. At the top..hard to see..but there are two more metal attachments. Part of an old hand truck that my Dad used. 

The video shows how heavy this thing was to carry! Scroll down to the end of this post to see my video of the guys moving this sculpture which weighed over 500 pounds. Our gardener Martin and Jose carried it from the front yard and used pulleys to hold it in place when it was cemented into the ground. My son adjusted the pulleys till it was time to add the concrete.

I made the ceramic pots for assorted plants while my husband handmade all of the chains and attachments. 

A true collaboration of love

 

 

Summer Musings

 So here we are in the thick of summer. My least favorite season. I spend my time gardening, (which means mostly watering), teaching, making stuff out of clay, and painting. And then there is the occasional house cleaning stuff....ha! Another least favorite thing to do. 

Be sure and check out my WORKSHOPS  and HAPPENINGS pages for details on where I'm headed next to teach and where I sell stuff. I have local CLASSES too.

I've been gearing up for the OMA plein Air festival in a couple of weeks. Here are my paintings so far....We have to have our canvas/paper stamped at the beginning of the week, then paint on location. Then, turn in our 2 best works on Friday for jurying.  

My Artist friend Deena and I 

Queen Mothers and other news

 Just finished preparing my latest installation 

Una Congregación de Reinas Madres

a congregation of Queen Mothers and their children based on motherhood as a metaphor for bravery, thoughtfulness, love, caring, and joy. The arrangement will be in a spiral depicting the cycle of life. 

The Fallbrook Art Center Guild Exhibition will show this work June 12 to July 11, 2021. Each piece will be priced at $400.00 plus CA tax. Please contact the art center for more information for interested buyers. The sizes range from 15" to 16" high. 

Other news...only one day left to sign up for my online workshop sale! Use code SPRINGSALE10. 

Here are some snippets from the group. 

SOLD! 

SOLD!

Spring Rings New Happiness

 Happiness abounds with thoughts of new Spring classes on the horizon. I'm offering local classes in Escondido and Fallbrook School of the Arts. The Fallbrook class is on site. The Escondido classes will be online Zoom till further notice. 

I have a new class listed........Travel Journaling- Drawing and Watermedia. Travel Journaling is a great way to learn how to draw and paint. Learn how to work in a watermedia journal with watercolors, color pencils, watercolor pencils, pens and inks! 

And just a reminder...I have an online course for all of you also! 

EscondidoAdult School       Spring to Summer 2021

  located at 220 West Crest Avenue, Escondido, CA 92025.

 Just north of Mission between Broadway and Escondido Blvd near the end of the 78 Freeway.

760 739-7300

New Class!  Travel Journaling- Drawing and Watermedia

April 13 to June 15   Tuesdays 1:00pm to 4:00pm

a class for all levels This Class will be held online with Zoom due to the pandemic. This means you can sign up from anywhere in the USA! 

Let’s face it. We yearn to travel to far away lands , see new vistas, and celebrate life.Travel Journaling is a great way to document these trips whether or no you can actually travel! You will learn basic drawing techniques to capture favorite places, objects, flora, and views. Work with watercolors, watercolor pencils, gouache, pens, color pencils and inks to create everlasting memories.
These drawing methods will ease those ever present inhibitions. Learn how to blend beautiful color layers and create light to dark mixtures with watercolor and inks.

Mixed Media approaches in Watercolors and Acrylics 
Starts in April according to Pandemic conditions. This class  will be online with Zoom. This means you can sign up from anywhere in the USA!

10 weeks fridays 9 - 12     Starts April 16 to June 18
   For intermediate to advanced painters.

Experimental Watermedia approaches will be explored with watercolor and acrylic with a focus on composition, negative painting, and textures in still life, landscape, and figurative works.   Build up layers with translucent hues and simple printmaking techniques.Metaphors and messages can play a thoughtful role in your works with added bits of collage and text. Be prepared to loosen up and experiment with different resists and textures to build up the surfaces, paint translucent layers, and create extraordinary shapes.

Fallbrook School of the Arts

Contemporary Watermedia

April 19 to May 24

Mondays 1 to 4pm