Gloria J Zucaro's "An Afternoon with Cat Scanlon"

January 20th CJS 2017 had Catherine Scanlon as the presenter.  She talked to us about "mark making" and how to in corporate it into our collage under layers of our paintings and then again at the end.   Our final project over our collage was flowers. I see that next time I will have to make my marks a little darker on the collage background.  But I am happy with my marks over the top after doing the flowers and background.  And I can see the collage through my flower petals.  
My quote for the day is from Marianne Williamson-"A tulip doesn't strive to impress anyone-there's room in the garden for every flower".

Gloria J Zucaro's "CJS with Gina Rossi Armfield"

I really enjoyed Gina's project today.  We use part of a printed image and sketched and did a watercolor painting to replicate it on the other side. She used a Monarch Butterfly in her demonstration.
I used a Painted Lady Butterfly. The right side is the image printed on my computer, the left side I drew and painted with watercolor, Posca Paint Markers and Micron Pigma Pens, scroll below final photo.  I used watercolors and gesso as the background.  My quotation, "Freedom is in Your Mind".  I don't know who said it, but I don't think I made it up! LOL!  Have a good week, Gloria