The Create retreat got off to a wonderful start on Wednesday. My first class had 8 students, it's such a pleasure to have a class that small on occasion, teaching 25 (my usual number for festival) can be challenging, because I always like to give everyone individual attention along with the class demos.
These gals were focusing on making smooth gradations, looks like they are really getting the hang of it.
I think it is interesting how many students I have who tell me they have never painted before and then they do really great work. I like to think I have helped open new doors for them in their creative process and allowed them to recognize their potential is so much more than they realize.
This student brought photos of birds that she had taken at the Field museum in Chicago to paint.
Karen Becker who painted the birds, just sent me this photo of her finished quilted painted birds, beautiful!
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I love the look of painting and then quilting. I have done some simple things with hand stitching, but now I have to pick a nice design and do it with my machine. Even if I make a mess it will be fun trying;)
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Beautiful work!
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