STUDIO TOUR

Come take a quick tour of my Studio!

And then think about coming to

spend time in a WORKSHOP with me!!

Enjoy!

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PLANTING MY GARDEN

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to here?

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STUDENTS ROCK!

We are having such an awesome time of creating and sharing at INSIDE SUZI'S STUDIO

I just had to share some of this awesomeness with you!

So kick back and enjoy this little Video

and then COME JOIN US!

A NEW LOOK FOR PROUD MAMA

In Spring of 2014 I created this piece. 

I loved it. Love that look of pride on Mama's face

about that one precious egg she produced.

I even see a little tear in her eye.

It spoke to me of how we Mother's are 

always so proud of even the least 

little thing concerning our children.

It went to all my galleries.

Nothing.

Oh people loved it but.......

I just got it back after not seeing it 

for awhile and holding it up next 

to the work I'm doing now, I could 

see she needed new life....

so I got to work and re-created her environment.

She and her nest are undisturbed.

So I present to you

The NEW "Proud Mama"

NEW SUZI STENCILS AT STENCILGIRL

GUESS WHAT!!

I've designed 3 new stencils that I can't wait to share with you!!

To see more about these stencils and to order go to

STENCILGIRL PRODUCTS

The stencils are

GARDEN DREAMS

ANCIENT MARKS

RIPPLES

Here are a few things I have done with them to introduce them to you.

Working in my handmade journal and using the GARDEN DREAMS and RIPPLES stencils, I came up with this fun piece.

"It's going to be a good day"

GARDEN DREAMS is a stencil that can be used for everything and I do just that!!

Here I cut out a stenciled piece of collage paper and made the sun.

And here you see the RIPPLES stencil making waves and ripples in the water.

In another journal I made up this "Garden" piece using the GARDEN stencil for the flowers.

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ANCIENT MARKS is a wonderful stencil I designed from a series of stamps I had made. I just decided to combine them to make this wonderful stencil that can be used for so many things. Great for back ground, borders or random markings in your art. Many uses for this stencil.

Below are a couple of painted papers I created with 

ANCIENT MARKS.

I LOVE THEM! And I hope you will too!

 check them out at STENCILGIRL PRODUCTS

Thanks for stopping by,

Suzi

ANOTHER TRANSFORMATION

Ever once in awhile, I just get to looking at a painting of mine and feel it's just not quite right.

That's what happened with a piece I did last year called "Glory"

It's not that I didn't like the piece because I did, but something was nagging me about it.

When I originally created the piece I was trying to convey a beautiful cluster of tulips growing wild in deep woods somewhere where there was darkness and the flowers were to represent the Light in the dark, the Glory of God.

But....the more I looked at it the more I felt the title "Glory" and the painting just didn't match...there was a "clash" there for me.

Now I can hear you..."wouldn't it be easier to change the title?"

Well, yes....but "Glory" was the right name...

So...I needed to change the image to project that title.

So here is the new image

So tell me what you think.

It's staying as is but I like to hear from you and 

get your take on it.

Thanks for stopping by,

Suzi

DOODLING WITH STENCILS

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IN THE STUDIO ROUND TWO!

Back to back "In the studio" workshops!

Whew! I'm worn out but ALL worth it!! 

Vivian and Jonny came down all the way from Iowa!! 

And we talked and we did art and we talked and we painted papers and we talked......well, you get the gist!

And they really hated staying in the cottage on the lake.

So here are the results!! Great fun!!

All set up and ready to go. They got here the day before so came down from the cottage to unload supplies.....about 3 hours later.....

Yeah!! We talked!!

DAY ONE:

I shared a few ideas on painting papers and let them go!

Lots of fun and loosing up!

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I am LOVING this paper Jonny did. She's really into pressing leaves and flowers and brought several (a whole box full) with her. With a little help from her trusted instructor (ahem) she made a great piece of paper using them!

She left me with several of her pressed leaves and yes, I will be doing this myself!!

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Vivian and I got side tracked (how is that possible?) and began painting on our table paper. 

One of my very very favorite things to do!

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And at the end of the day....this beautiful stack of papers!!

DAY TWO:

Now it was time to take the papers and create a piece of art.

This was a challenge and that is what I want it to be.

Jonny is an artist and does very realistic art, mostly dog portraits. Beautiful work, so this was taking her wayyyyyy out of her comfort zone! And Vivian is one of those we instructors love because she has done a little bit of all of it!! Bless her heart :)

I was having her follow some rules of art concerning color and value and compostition.

HUH????

But they were sports and dug right in and I love the results!

What do I do with this now?

Should I stencil? or stamp? or stencil and stamp...or....

Vivian was working on a tricycle with balloons attacted

Jonny started out with a cat and a bird in a window...the window lost...the cat and the bird remain.

No they didn't get completely finished but off to a good start!

Loving the directions they are going!

Thanks ladies and thank the rest of you for stopping by!

Suzi

IN THE STUDIO WITH JACKIE

What a great two days Jackie and I had in the Studio yesterday and today!! She is a repeat student from last year and I loved having her back! We spent two days painting papers and creating collage starting with a sketch and developing our colors, compositions and thinking about our contrasts.

My goal in teaching collage is to make you open up and loosen up and

So here are some photos from our time together!

Thanks Jackie for coming to see me again :)

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DAY ONE: We spent sketching, picking the colors we wanted to work with from the color wheel and making papers.

Jackie brought some awesome papers to work on and I got some of them too!! YAY!!

Stamping and stenciling.....

Doing some transfers and painting some great tissues!

And finishing up the day with some awesome papers!

DAY TWO:

Took our sketches and started working. Start out big and bold and loose and work our way inward.

And of course having some lunch.

 

Teachers work starting out

Not complete but getting there

And Jackie's finished "Blue Sunflower"!!

I love it and so does she!!

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If you are interested in coming to my Studio CLICK HERE for more information!

Would love to have you!

Thanks for stopping by,

Suzi

NO GIVE-A-WAY

Well...another 3 weeks come and gone and 

Did not claim the prize

But I have decided not to try again.

I am going to be having some good give-a-ways every month at

"INSIDE SUZI'S STUDIO"

so that is where it is right now!

That is not to say I won't have some on this blog from time to time, but the bulk of give-a-ways will be on "Inside Suzi's Studio"

Would LOVE to have you join me there.

Just click on the link above and find out what is going on.

Lots of folks signing up so I am hyped!!

(And that is a good thing :)

Thanks for stopping by,

Suzi