Self Portrait

Seahorses 2 - Monotype

Both prints came from the same plate, as you can see the one with the more intense colors was my first print, and the second one I manipulated some of the elements. When I ran it thru the press, there was less ink on the plate, so I got two different images of the same theme.

"Inside Animals Minds" Article

Photograph by Vincent J. Musi  National Geographic Magazine

I'm sure by now you all know I love dogs. My mother gets the National Geographic magazine in Spanish and last time I went to visit her, she gave me the March issue of 2008. Well, there is a great article about animal's minds. If I could only get my dogs to do a quarter of the things that Betsy does, I would be really happy!! Just Kidding! I'm still happy if they do not even know the command "sit" :o) Check out the video and the article from National Geographic.

There is also some interesting facts about other animals and their unique abilities.

Renee Olstead - Summertime

New Hope for Art - Workshops

Monotype by Maria Wargo

Last Year I attended one of their workshops and I loved it. It was 4 or 5 days of painting and learning new techniques. The workshop was called Making Monotypes: Hand Printing with Water-Based Inks. I also had the pleasure to be instructed by one of the creators of the water inks, Susan Rostow. I had worked with those inks in the past and it is amazing how great it is to paint without breathing in toxic fumes from oil based inks. The Akua Kolor inks have giving me the opportunity to be healthy and enjoy painting so much more. Another great thing is the quick and easy to clean , water and a sponge and you are done in no time.
I'm hoping that I can make it for their upcoming workshop called Clay Monoprints on February 19th, 2008.
Check their website for upcoming workshops at
http://www.newhopeforart.com/
 


Susan Rostow having a final look at our work and giving us
some overview of what we've learned and how each 
person applied the techniques to their art.