Lisa Kaus Collage Classes Day 1

 The next part of my Birthdaycation was to attend one of Kim Caldwells Artistic Affaires. She invited artist Lisa Kaus to come and teach us some collage and painting techniques. I love learing new techniques and have already gone out and bought watercolor crayons, graphite pencils, and beeswax! I will let the pics speak for themselves!:

{our welcome bucket filled with goodies!}

{a bright sunny room with lots of light and color}

{Kims table settings were just so fresh and juicy looking!}

{supply table}

{goodie bag spilled out!}

{My trusty tool box!}

{Michelle from Hold Dear had the funnest goodies bag, please check out her shop: http://www.holddearshop.com

{my sweet friend Andrea baked me this amazing chocolate cupcake in a coffee cup, it tasted divine!}

{here is what I picked out for my collage}

{originally I liked this little dear, but she got nixed!}

{fluid acrylics...kinda like watercolors}

{here is my 11x17 board almost covered in paint and paper}

{oh and the nails, I loved the nails! Had to go buy a bunch of my own today at Home Depot}

{we made a big sweet mess!!!}

{Andrea "i dont paint" Villareal}

{Earleen stepped out of her Tim Holtz style and into some pretty lovely bright colors}

{Terry Frias, can actually PAINT!}

{Starting to come along. What I realized is that with collage you can't pre plan out everything then assemble, you have to start with a focal point and just let it go from there.}

{Andreas Seashore theme was lovely}

{and so is she}

{put your back in to it Earleen!!!!}

{I love this lady, she makes me laugh and is kindhearted yet brutally honest at the same time}

Some of the other students...:

{Cheryl and Jenny Doh in the back there...}

{Miss Flores!}

{I am not the only mess maker!}

{Julie Baxleys...one of my favorites!}

{teacher sample}

{My finished collage, I just love it!}

some details of it below:

{and a little surprise Birthday gift from Earleen!}

{WOW}

-so thats day one...day two coming soon

Denise