Some More Retreat Photos

Yesterday's post (which comes up as if I posted it on Saturday as that was when I started drafting it!) ended up too big to include photos of everything so today's post is mostly photos. This is my painted face canvas from the second workshop I did with DJ. The next picture is where I stopped in class as I was just muddying the shading and getting into quite a mess (on the canvas and in my head). I think I have rectified it "enough" although what I can mostly see is what I needed to do differently (including learning more about lips and chins and shading and hair and eyebrows etc etc etc). I am an eyelash sort of girl and had to add them even though DJ recommends against spider leg lashes!! Hopefully I didn't go toooo overboard with them. I really learnt a lot in this class and need to start another face while I remember at least some of DJ's techniques.

These are the inside covers and "wrapped" signatures in the Art Journal I made in DJ Pettit's wonderful workshop. I think this will definitely be something I will be making again and it will be really nice to use my own artwork made miniature to personalise it a bit more. As you can see DJ gave us postcards of her lovely dreamy pictures to cut up and sew onto our wraps. There is a very glare-y picture of the postcards - two sizes - further down. Marvellous way to promote your work and make some money (they are a really nice quality and will look great framed and hung as a group!).

This is my favourite one!

I changed this one today on the left side -
will have to photograph it again - it looks much better now!

DJ's gorgeous postcards - the little ones are standard size and the bigger ones are much bigger!

As mentioned before we swapped "little houses" at the retreat but as yet I haven't taken a picture of mine altogether but when I do I'll post a picture here. I am thinking about mounting them along the edge of my big whiteboard in my office at work as I sit facing it and it would be a great way to see them often!

And here are photos of some of my Queensland art sisters (Kasha - how did I not end up with a photo of you???) These guys are all wonderful artists and great fun!

Gaye Todd

Gorgeous "Art of the Month" bust (with beautiful Moo card) for me from Jo

Jo Wholohan & Celeste Santin

The beautiful interior of the building in which my cousin Wendy has her design business
and where we had a lovely lunch!
A beautiful vintage doily I bought from a shop in the above building

A tiny peek at the part of an eight foot long vintage obi I bought at the same shop -
gorgeous heavy fabric that will have to become part of something special!

A gorgeous gift bundle from my special retreat room mate Susie -
it was waiting on my pillow when I arrived - how nice is that!!

And I have just realized that I haven't yet loaded a picture of my beautiful Jen Crossley etched metal necklace. It will have to wait until tomorrow now - and I am wearing it to work tomorrow so I won't forget!