This Little Piggy

Went to the Lutheran Home in Salisbury for their Alzheimer benefit auction. Or is going as soon as he is good and dry. The shoe will be donated to the Fancy Footwear Project to benefit the local Alzheimer Association Memory Walk. And what fun he was to create. I found these square toed heels at the local thrift store and they spoke to me. What they said was oink, ink. The square toe was just want to be a pig. And here we have This Little Piggy.

An article about the footwear is in the Salisbury Post if you would like to see more.



My Father has an apartment at the Lutheran Home and is an active part of their activities. He loves to help others and this gives him many opportunities to serve. I'm sure he'll have fun submitting the piggy shoe for me.

New Basic Classes

We'll start new Basic Classes in September and we'd love for you to join us.

We have a class starting on Wed evening, Sept 8th, 6p - 8:30p.
We can also start students during the day. Contact me for dates.

The basics class is 5 weeks and includes most of the basic techniques that we use for painting with acrylics and gives you a good foundation on which to build your painting skills. Each class after that would offer new skills and techniques. Our basic class project is the blue berry design. I am the instructor.

The fee of $195 includes a basic supply kit, the paints used in the project, and brushes. The unfinished wood surface is not included in the fee so that you can choose a surface that you can use.

Join us for the fun and explore your creativity!

Contact me at artfulendeavors@earthlink.net or 919-847-4101

Feedback Notes

It's always nice to get positive feedback about classes and constructive ideas. I wanted to share a couple of note from some of you.

" I want to thank you again for providing an excellent class on Leaf study and cannot wait for the advanced class to be scheduled so that I may attend.

I find your teaching methods wonderful because you use multiple learning methods to convey the technique you are teaching; reinforced by your personal attention during the actual hands on practice. Plus I felt that I was in a friendly environment that made me feel comfortable; and the people around me were friendly and welcoming.

What is so great about your classes is that not only do I have an enjoyable time, I leave with a

sense of accomplishment because I actually learned a new skill in a fun place.

I look forward to coming to another class with you in the very near future."DB

"Hey Liz: Just wanted to drop you a note and tell you how much I thoroughly enjoyed the Butterfly workshop. It was great and "relaxing"!! ! Just seeing all you have accomplished in your painting is an inspiration to me!!!" BC

Riposte

I get interesting painting questions from students and have decided to share some of the answers with you.

Question:

Is there a conversion out there for oils to Americana acrylics?

Riposte:

Color Match Source is the only conversion from oils that I know of. You pay to join. They used to publish a book but are now on line.

DecoArt has a good conversion for acrylic brands to Americana on their web site, as well as other good educational information. Search under the education tab.

That said,

I don’t convert. I compare the bottle of paint with the color shown in the project photo. When photos are printed there is most likely color shift so that the colors you see in the photo may not be the colors of the original painting. Acrylics come in many colors. When you get a conversion for oils to acrylics you may mix several colors to come up with a color that matches closely one of the acrylic colors already mixed for you.

I compare the bottles of acrylic paint with the photo, assuming they are the colors that you liked anyway. Start by looking for the medium value of an object, then find a good shadow value or two and highlight value/s in the same color family. This is a good way to learn more about color, values, and your acrylics, as well as being simpler.

I hope that helps.

Have fun painting, Liz