Goddess Within

Here are the photos from the "Goddess Within" Creative Souls Art Workshop on Saturday, September 5 at Heart & Soul Healing Art Center in Pasadena.

We started by drawing Goddess cards and sharing what the card meant to us. Soon all you could hear was the relaxing music and birds chirping as everyone reconnected with their creative soul and began transforming the 11" mannequins into unique works of art.

Dale, Laura and Devinna

Joanne, Allison, Dale, Laura, Devinna and Adriana

Janice, Christyn and Joanne

Dale's Goddess

Allison's Goddess

Janice's Goddess

Christyn's Goddess

Laura's Goddess

Joanne's Goddess

Back of Joanne's Goddess

Adriana's Goddess

Devinna's Goddess

Heather's Goddess

Flower Power Painting Art Workshop

Saturday, August 1 was the Flower Power Painting on Metal Art Workshop.

Simone (pictured below) had a moment of creative inspiration and changed her painting to Tree Power.

We used cut-outs from my QuicKutz Silhouette machine to help us create the shapes and scructure for the paintings.

Simone planning her tree (above), compeleted (below)

Heather's Flower Power (below)

Rit-z-Spritz Workshop

Simone & Vicki attended the Rit-z-Spritz Workshop on Saturday, July 11. We used Rit fabric dye, fabric markers and paper stencils (cut out on my Silhouette SD - LOVE IT!) to fill a 6 page canvas book. The stenciled designs were then embellished with buttons and glitter glue. We were limited to two hours, but I think all of us could have spent the day embellishing these delightful books.

Despite the heat, we stayed cool under the fig tree in the backyard of Heart & Soul Healing Art Center.

Simone planning her design.

Simone #1

Simone #2 & #3

Simone #4 & #5

Simone #6

Vicki created her book with her 1 year old granddaughter in mind.

Vicki #1

Vicki #2 & #3

Vicki #4 & #5

Vicki #6

I started on page #5 before the class to show the different techniques, so it does not really match the others.

Heather #1

Heather #2 & #3

Heather #4 & #5

Heather #6

Don't miss the Saturday, August 1 class, we will be painting a flower on metal. Remember all the supplies are provided when you take a Creative Souls class.

Creative Scottie Souls

Just got back from the Scottie Convention in Cincinnati, Ohio where I led a Scottie Scrapbooking class. There were 50 people in the session and they created some amazing pages.

Altered Books

On Saturday, June 6 at Heart & Soul, we created Altered Books. Actually, the books had already been altered - pre-cut into a purse, dragon fly and house. We just enhanced and embellished the initial alteration.

Our newest Creative Soul - Sherri. "King of the Sea" purse.

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Donna's dragon-fly. It does look like a gun when it is closed.

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Heather's House - "Caught in a Rundown"

Heather Meets Acclaimed Photographer Ed Martin

On Sunday, May 2, I had the pleasure of meeting Ed Martin. He is an AMAZING photographer and increadible artist with a lifetime of experiences to feed his creativity.

Ed Martin & Heather Morrow

The Susan Mander's Art Tour Experience began with Ed walking us through his compound filled with huge sculptures he welded together years ago.

We are blessed and cursed by the digital age and Ed has had to quickly adapt to the digital age as the film and photo paper manufacturers are no longer producing the supplies he needs in order to create his brilliant works of art.

Ed explains how he used to use an enlarger to create his photographs.

He would take found objects and arrange them in the enlarger - giving the illusion when printed that they were suspended in mid-air. He also used flowers and suspended them in oil to create a completely different effect. Using this process, he has captured the internal life of a flower.

One of his earlier works.

Ed now using a scanner to create his art.

Recently, Ed has started taking pictures of famous people in a fun-house mirror in the back of his studio. I was honored that he assisted me with photographing myself in the mirror and in the process captured both of us in quite a bizarre moment in time.

We were then led through his house by his delightful wife, Sandy. She pointed out all of Ed's work and his extensive collection of other artist's works.

Their lovely home sits on Mulholland Drive above Universal City and overlooking the San Fernando Valley.

I took a lot of photos of Ed's home, work and studio. If you'd like to see more, please click here.

My favorite sculptural piece was the two old wheel chairs overlooking the valley.

Susan Manders is planning another art tour in the late summer I encourage you to sign-up for her mailing list to find out when the next one will be. You will not be disappointed.

Creative Souls Art Workshop - Guardian Angels

On Saturday, May 2 at Heart & Soul Healing Art Center in Pasadena, we (finger) painted our Guardian Angels. There were brushes available to those who did not want to completely reconnect with their inner child.

We walked through a visualization exercise while listening to a recording of the Benedictine Monks chanting played in the background.

Looking at these paintings, you can quickly see why angels have been depicted in many forms throughout the history of art.

Vicki's Guardian Angel

Joanne's Guardian Angel

Simone's Guardian Angel
Happy Birthday, Simone! Hope it was a splendid day.

Jeanne's Guardian Angel

Heather's Guardian Angel

The next Creative Souls Art Workshop is June 6, 2009 from 10:30 am - 12:30 pm. We will be creating Altered Books.