Quickly, before summer is gone -- what am I thinking? Summer will be around for a long while yet here in Texas! So, I have plenty of time to tell you what summer means to me.
This year, my favorite summer month has been August -- because I drew August as the month I would be Artist of the Month here at the Artsmiths blog. Now August is surely nearly over so if you haven't had a chance to read the Artist of the Month interview, why not hop over to it right now? And while you're at it, take a look at the Artist of the Month archives. We've had some wonderful artists so far and believe me, Deb Trotter does a bang-up good job tailoring the interviews to match what folks want to know about each artist. It was lots of fun for me and I was able to share many pictures of my artwork and studio.
Deryn Mentock, Sally Turlington, Sharon Tomlinson visit and share techniques.
Beyond my favorite month this year, summer has been a great time to get together with my artist friends who don't live in my town. For example, just recently my good friend, Deryn Mentock and I had the good fortune to spend some time with a blogging artist friend whom we had never met before. Sharon Tomlinson of All Norah's Art came to my studio at the same time Deryn did. Wow, did we have a grand time sharing with each other.
Sharon gave us a lesson in her special techniques for painting faces. This was my try.
Deryn was generous enough to show us how to make her newest jewelry component -- bees! This is mine.
Here is a necklace I made with my little bee:
Yessiree --- Summer is a perfect time to get together with artist friends of like minds for a rollicking good time making art, eating comfort food, and laughing, laughing, laughing. Summer is perfect for reverting back to those girly-girl get-togethers and playing. I challenge you to plan a last minute romp before the summer weather is over in your part of the world.
Posted by Sally Turlington
