Programs, Classes & Workshops - 2012

You are responsible for the talent that has been entrusted to you.

     ~ Henri F. Amiel

JANUARY



Day at the Bleach

DAY AT THE BLEACH

Sunday, March 11

1:pm - 5:pm

Friday, April 13, 2012        1:pm - 5:pm

   Combine the effects of drawing and lettering with bleach on luscious black paper embellished with pastels, color pencils and gold. The results are dramatic and visually exciting. Demonstrations include learning how to build texture, working with pastels, and various effects with bleach. Personal attention and an opportunity to play and express yourself in a different medium allows you to see your art in a fresh new way. All Supplies Included! but feel free to bring supplies you would like to experiment with. Wear old clothes and/or apron. Complete a minimum of two pieces of frame-able art.

Bravo School of Art • 619-223-0058

http://www.bravoschoolofart.com/Workshops/mixedmedia,booka.html 

2690 Historic Decatur Rd., Studio 206, San Diego CA 92106



Gothic work for OCCCA

 GOTHIC CALLIGRAPHY
Sunday, Feb 12
1pm – 5pm
Saturday, March 17
1pm – 5pm 
     Books were handmade and written in Gothic calligraphy from the middle ages to the revolution of the printing of the Gutenberg Bible. The historic and versatile Gothic lettering style is strong and rhythmic. It’s surprisingly easy to learn. All Supplies Included! Pre-lined paper and taught in family letters will enable you to write the Gothic alphabet by the end of class. Class includes simple Gothic calligraphy projects, hand-outs that include exemplars, decorative variations, numbers, suggested reference books and websites, and samples of Gothic calligraphy ranging from mediaeval to modern applications.

To Register:  Bravo School of Art • 619-223-0058

http://www.bravoschoolofart.com/Workshops/mixedmedia,booka.html

2690 Historic Decatur Rd., Studio 206, San Diego CA 92106

 1pm – 5pm


Sample Groovy Paper

 GROOVY PAINTED PAPERS
Tuesday, February 28
1:pm – 5:pm
Sunday, April 22
1:pm – 5:pm
Create decorative painted papers covered in ribbons, swirls and textures of color. Bring an attitude for fun and a curiosity for exploration of colors and shapes and a desire to let go and paint like Jackson Pollack! Introduction exercises warm you up and quickly get you started. Each groovy painted paper created is an original work of art achieved by the individual movements of your arm, wrist and hand. The more you do, the more inspired, confident and experimental you become. Ideal for book covers, cards and boxes. All materials and supplies and project patterns included. Feel free to bring tools that make textural marks, canvas bags, aprons, etc. No previous experience required.
To Register:  Bravo School of Art • 619-223-0058 

http://www.bravoschoolofart.com/Workshops/mixedmedia,booka.html

2690 Historic Decatur Rd., Studio 206, San Diego CA 92106

FEBRUARY

GOTHIC CALLIGRAPHY (see January)
Sunday, February 12 1pm – 5pm

GROOVY PAINTED PAPERS (see January)
Tuesday, February 28 1:pm – 5pm

MARCH

DAY AT THE BLEACH (see January)Sunday, March 11 1:pm – 5:pm

GOTHIC CALLIGRAPHY (see above)

• Saturday, March 17 1pm – 5pm at Bravo School of Art

• Saturday, March 24 - 1:00 3:00pm

Temecula Valley Museum
28314 Mercedes Street
Temecula, CA 92592
(951) 694-6450

APRIL

THE GRACEFUL ENVELOPE CONTEST
Saturday, April 21, 2010 10:am - 4:pm



To Register:  Carol Landford
clandford@steadfasthbs.com or 951-285-7015
38975 Sky Canyon Drive, Suite 201, Murrieta, CA 

DAY AT THE BLEACH (see January)
Friday, April 13 1pm – 5pm

EAT YOUR VEGGIES - AKA - MONOLINE ROMANS


Thursdays, April 26 thru May 10, 2012 6:pm - 8:pm
     To Register:  Carol Landford
clandford@steadfasthbs.com or 951-285-7015
38975 Sky Canyon Drive, Suite 201, Murrieta, CA 

GROOVY PAINTED PAPERS (see January)
Sunday, April 22 1pm – 5pm

MAY

JULY



DIAPERING IN THE MIDDLE AGES
A One Day Workshop
Saturday, July 2110:am - 4:00
     From the French diapre (variegated), a diaper pattern is a repetitive geometric pattern often used as a background.  Final Project is a Medieval decorated initial the includes Diapering, turning acatha leaves, and gold tooling techniques.


To Register:  Carol Landford, clandford@steadfasthbs.com or 951-285-7015
38975 Sky Canyon Dr., Suite 201, Murrieta, CA 

 

 

CAMAIEU or DEMI-GRISAILLE A medieval painting technique

     Camaieu or Demi-Grisaille is a 14th century French art style, encouraged by the refined tastes of court patrons, artists created a tour de force style later known as camaieu in which elegant figures were painted in a monochrome (or demi-grisaille) technique were set against gaily colored backgrounds enlivened by fine gilding. The vellum is your lightest value and shades of grey create the fabric folds. Other than your personal brushes, All Supplies provided, including vellum


Saturday, May 26th 11:am - 4:pm
Escondido Arts Partnership - Municipal Gallery
wendy.esconarts@sbcglobal.net
262 E. Grand Ave., Escondido, CA 92025 / 760-480-4101

Saturday, September 15th 9:30am - 4:pm
Fallbrook School of the Arts
www.fallbrookschoolofthearts.org 
310 East Alvarado St., Fallbrook, CA 92028 / 760-728-6383

Summation lV

The Escondido Arts Partnership’s annual year-end juried exhibition features some of the finest work produced and displayed by San Diego and Southern California regional artists in 2011. Artwork from the exhibition is part of the annual Summation publication by Poet’s Inc. which documents poetry inspired by works of art in the exhibition. Summation 2011 celebrates the summations of an artists vision and process during the year.

My two pieces, Go Forth Boldly and Vicious Poodle were accepted



Wendy Wison, Executive Director of EAP





View from the Sidewalk...I'm in the front window!





The Vicious Poodle
I had so much fun watching everyone read it. 
I could tell when they finished because they were laughing.



Study in Grisaille

Study in Grisaille
is on view November 1 - 30, 2011
in the juried Small Works exhibit, at Brandon Gallery, Fallbrook, CA

www.fallbrookbrandongallery.org




6" x 6-1/4", gouache on parchment

  Inspired by The Creation of the Sun and Moon by Master of Jean de Mandeville 

 

Met Mr. Steven Weston the owner of Study in Grisaille 

Steve bought Study in Grisaille at the The Brandon Gallery, Artist Reception

Camaieu or Demi-Grisaille

is a 14th century French painting technique which I offer as a workshop.

It's considered a luxury workshop because of the materials; parchment, gouache and gilding.

Visigothic Versals on mask

Trick or Treat!

Paper mache mask with

 Visigothic Versals minuscules

4" x 5"

The red 'balls', on the end of the beads, are actually little bells

Postal Notes - Program

Postal Notes is a wonderful One-Day Workshop. 

Note cards are created using postage stamps as the theme.
The seven principal elements of design*, are combined to make beautiful, interesting and unique note cards.
There's the added bonus of finally finding a use for the scraps of paper, ribbons, bows and other
beautiful bits that are too precious to throw away.

The seven principal elements of design:

Line, Shape, Balance, Size, Texture, Color and Value

Carolingian Calligraphy

The final project for

Introduction to Carolingian, an 8 week calligraphy course,

was the collaborative book, OCEANS OF INK.

Each student created one page per student. (10 students = 10 pages.)

Individually designed book covers and pages were bound in our last (8th) class.

Books measure: 11-1/2" wide X 5-1/2" high.



Colophon

Red Carritte

Juanita Garcia

Carol Landford

Kim Stirratt

Dorothy Wilson

Angels on Earth

Angels on Earth

Magazine Cover



July/August issue



Calligraphy Library Exhibit

The Final Project for

Introduction to Uncial Calligraphy, an 8 week course,

was the historically accurate 4th century Nag Hammadi book written in 4th century Uncial (Celtic style) calligraphy.

Guest bookbinder, Edna Wright, taught this earlest-known bound book structure,

which was named after the town in Egypt near where the books were discovered in 1945.

Carol Landford, Moi, Edna Wright, Amy Woodruff

Our thanks to Laura Davis, Murrieta Public Library Community Outreach Coordinator

for the for inviting us to exhibit our books.

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Amy Woodruff

Amy Woodruff

Amy Woodruff

Red Carritte

Red Carritte

Red Carritte

Carol Landford

 

Kim Stirratt

Kim Stirratt

Kim Stirratt





I'm back in High School

Kim Stirratt, art teacher and calligraphy student

invited me to teach her students at

Upland High School

I had so much fun.  Thanks Kim!

Exultation of Marks

Exultation of Marks is a collaboration with Kathleen Morgan, printmaker http://kamsart.blogspot.com/

We sent a jpg to Letraset, UK showing how we'd used rub off letters (circa 1984) and they loved it.  Paul Lewin, Marketing Executive, Letraset UK Ltd. featured it on their blog and website. 

 

Giclee prints are available  

8-1/2" x 11"

Signed and matted

 

Here we are at the Escondido Arts Partnership Gallery.

The 3 collaboratives we submitted were juried in the exhibit.

Roots and Branches won an award that we spent on wind!

Big Dragonfly Book

Another successful collaboration!

Edna Wright, bookbinder and my book collaborations, The Big Dragonfly and Swiveling Pages (see Februray post) were accepted in the Front Porch Gallery juried exhibit, “Art of the Book”.

The Big Dragonfly Book was featured in Bound & Lettered magazine, Vol 8, No. 1, front cover and pgs. 28 and 29.
(The Mozarabic Arch and Persephone's Pomegranate books are featured on page 30.)

Dimensions:  24"  x 18"
Photographer:  Nicole Toesca
Medium/Materials:  Written with gouache on Crane's paper. Illustrations in watercolor

Cover and Front Page

Wings

Mandibles

Eyes

Colophon