Finishing Up Vegas Art

I don't know about you but when I come home from an art retreat, I always have projects I need to finish.  Here are some I worked on the last week.

In Katie Kendrick's really fun and informative class... she had us work on five diffferent paintings so we always had one we could work on if we got stuck on one.  This is the first one I feel I could call "finished."  I think I have figured out the focal and background parts she tried to tell us about in class.

I took this painting a bit further and actually painted in the tree closest to the lady.  Now, I have three more paintings to complete.

In Thomas Ashman's really fun but challenging class, we started two of these little copper and glass journals.  I struggled with all the nuts and bolts... a bit difficult with my stiff hands and fingers.  But the final products are fabulous.  I still have to put the paper and the embellishing on the second one.

The front and back of the journal.  This glass made me want to start making journals out of other unusual materials.

I still have to take photos of the crow sculpture I made in class and the one I am making here, from the class by the Shultz' called Something to Crow About.  Sculpture has always had a spot in my heart and I haven't done much in many years.  Now, I am thinking seriously about doing a few more.  It is really a fun activity.