Getting ready

Getting ready for the art workshop on collage, I have run across some great resources. Since collage is so therapeutic, what could be better than ordering 5 or 6 books to spark imagination and inform my own work? Then I can (here's the justification) do a better job of facilitating the collage time in a couple of weeks. Doing some practice pieces to demonstrate styles and techniques really has been therapeutic for me. I haven't done any art about the hospital and my dad because it's still in a little whirlpool in my mind. The right brain will have to spin it out in time. I am mostly enjoying creating backgrounds that are becoming collages on smaller subjects.

My favorite find is Journal Revolution by Linda Woods and Karen Dinino, sisters who encourage everyone to rise up and create! Thanks to Linda I am laughing away some stress and sadness, too. Visit her blog.