Merry Holidays and a Happy New Year!

WOW!  I have been gone for some time.  I believe my last post was the day before classes started.  Whew!  What a ride it has been!  A very intense semester with lots of learning on my part and my students.  We produced two great shows-'Electra' and 'All Shook Up',  lots of painting, cartooning, basing, texturing, working with a lot of new products to help paint adhere- you name it-we painted it!  I learned  a lot of new information concerning scenic work and how to teach- sometimes, how not to teach!  I also gained an enormous amount of knowledge and inspiration from my fellow colleagues.  Next semester I will be teaching two classes, twice a week- Drawing for the Theatre Designer and Painting techniques for the Theatre Designer.

And now... for a bit of a rest and relaxation.

Christmas was spent with my brother and his family.  My nephew Billy is very in to face painting and I sat very still as he composed the 'Four Seasons'.

With such a busy semester the chances for my own work and to keep up the blog went awry!
The week before Christmas I was able to arrange a cozy work space and return to lino cutting for some Christmas cards- YAY!!!! this was so much fun!

And then....I thought I would make some stocking stuffer treats out of matchboxes!!  Whoohooo!!

I am looking forward to catching up with all of the blogs that I follow, getting some creative time in and posting here!  I hope that you are all well and on your way to a fabulous 2011!  It is GREAT to be back!!!

Thank you for reading!

peace,
slee