Remember those bird place mat paintings? Remember how disappointed I was in my lack of creativity? Well, I surprised myself in my first art class EVER. Another mom invited me to a lovely night out of wine and art. An art teacher and mother in town was offering a one night class. There was an artist that inspired the mixed media project but of course I can't remember her name. The project started with each of us coping our hands in a copy machine. Most did exactly what we were shown - flat hand with fingers spread (not too creative looking to me). I decided to copy my hand as if I were holding something. With the picture of our hand with a black background we were then supposed to use all different clippings from magazines, scrap book paper, twine, ribbons, all kinds of stuff to create our masterpiece. It was suggested that we make a border as well.
It was really interesting how people approached the project and the finished products were all so different. Some people worked harder on the border than on the actual picture. My border was an after thought. The teacher made two comments about how quiet I was. I was completely engrossed in my project. It was so fun and relaxing but I still felt like my brain was working.
Are my themes obvious? If anyone is actually reading this blog it should be obvious: Love of life (in the palm of my hand), Balancing everything, my kids are the three stars, my green thumb, body image/aging. Apparently I just need a little prompting to get my creative juices flowing. I was really happy with how this came out.
