Painted Papers (and Thoughts)

The images used here are all from my Painted Papers studio class on Saturday. A glorious mess of joyful color. 

Thanks to all of you who responded to my posts "i'm gonna talk politics" then "no, i'm not." LOL! I'm jumping the line back and forth these days.

Bloggers walk a fine line of how much to share on their blogs.  How much of my personal life do I expose? In my case, if I think it's entertaining or relevant, I share. Mostly, I leave out details. My life is not such a big thrill. I think that my ethics and morality are obvious and that is important to me.

My mission as a teaching artist is to nurture and to encourage you. Sometimes I try to make you laugh both in my classes and here online. I envision myself as an Art Enabler.

Here's what's important: I believe that the vast majority of humans are wonderful and creative. We get scared, lonely, sad. We are joyful, loving and compassionate. I've always lived in the States so can only speak for my people and I love us.

We are generous, welcoming and caring. We are passionate.

We're a little too crude and greedy these days and aren't focused enough on moral compasses and consequences. We aren't as civil as we once were. On the other hand, we are more outspoken.

Life is messy whether quietly or out loud.

The recipe for painted paper is simple: prepare yourself and your paper for an open mind and fill with with whatever you think best.

I'm sharing the affiliate* links for the supplies we used in Saturday's class below. I hope to do a livestream or regular video soon on painting papers.

*Use what you have but if you "need" something, I get a % at no cost to you.

**I'm making some changes to the blog. My sidebar just poof disappeared yesterday.