Back safe and sound from our trip to Virginia Art N Soul where I taught two days of fabulous classes. I guess you would have to ask the participants whether they enjoyed themselves or not, but since no-one left the class early or threw eggs in my direction, I can only interpret that in a good way!
I had 20 fabulous students in my Surface Magic Class, where we created weird and wonderful substrates upon which to print and a further 16 who were brave enough to try their hand at mastering some digital art skills in the Lovely Layers Class, with incredible results.
It was thoroughly rewarding in each case, to see "light bulb" moments when people GOT what we were trying to do and the OOOOOOhhhh....aaaahhhhh's that could be heard when something gorgeous came off the printer or the magic and mystery of the layer's palette started to make sense.
Nothing rings more truly with delight for a teacher than the sound of a happy student!
I can't overlook the investment that DH made either. He was my technical support and go-fer "dude", manning printers and making sure that all the electronic and technical aspects of the class were hooked up and ready to go. He's earned Brownie points in a big way!!
Returning to New York yesterday took us a while. Unfortunately we managed to snag the 'beach" traffic as we hit New Jersey, adding an hour to the 8 we had already tallied for our journey. Still, it was nice to get back home, be greeted by the four paw critters and examine what had been going on while we were away.
Yes, the Peonies managed to bloom while I was away, and so did some of the Roses. There will be days aplenty to savour their blossoms, so that is good!
Next on the agenda is final preparations for the Online Class which starts in June, and judging by the responses I had while I was away, I think there will be a few more to come in quick succession!..so stay tuned for those updates!
Ciao for now
Both classes were amazing, and I'm so looking forward to sitting down and trying them on my own. Thank you for your patience.
Posted by: irene | May 27, 2010 at 12:00 PM
Wow, Marie, I'm so glad you had such success--I knew they were going to be awesome! Being a great teacher must be so rewarding. That drive, though.. whew!
Good to know you got safely home. And that the blooming flowers greeted you! We just had some red peonies brightening the house. So nice.
Posted by: Chris | May 26, 2010 at 11:18 PM
Sounds like an all-round wonderful experience. One of these days - I'd like to attend!!
Posted by: Marcie | May 26, 2010 at 08:33 AM
Surface Magic was wonderful. I'm happy with the prints I got and anxious to try it on my own. Looking forward to seeing what you might be teaching next year at Art & Soul and/or online in the future.
Posted by: Diane O. | May 25, 2010 at 08:47 PM
Hi Marie... welcome back home to Long Island! I love the photo from yourself with camera in the window!!!! I'm sure that Art and Soul will be successfull for you and your students. Hope you can relax some days now. Doing nothing, enjoy springtime, sun and the garden!
We had also some good sunny days on weekend.
xoxo Christine
Posted by: Christine Baier | May 25, 2010 at 02:38 PM