JournalFest in Pt Townsend, WA

There is a thriving community in there: bacteria and fungi and seeds and moving living things.
Fascinates the daylights out of me.

 dreamy, mossy Fort Worden. Take a cuppa' outside early in the morning and sip and watch the sun touch the mountain-framed sea. It puts me in mind of the NorthEast Kingdom. There is utter silence outside of the scattering sounds of leaves and grasses all shivery and rustly from small animals and the stiff breeze. Watching, listening, sniffing, sipping and feeling the cool air on my face was the way to start a day that was otherwise anything but quiet.

{NOTE: Of course, to get the tea, you have to pirate a coffee mug from the dining hall along with some tea bags. Some thoughtful elf, thank you, Mardi, put half-and-half into the frig.}

In the Journal Spilling class,  we carved eraser stamps and everyone shared and put a stamping in everyone else's books. Very nice reminder and food for later inspiration ... 

such as this page in my journal where the final student stamped and inspired me. 

Amazing papers were created in ColorWheel Quilting class. Colors were mixed, spilled, patterned,  sprayed, drizzled, splattered, sponged

 All of my students were hand sewing which was very lovely and quieting for the afternoon of their final class at JournalFest.

Delicious-ness

Playful Paper Backgrounds Is Available

My DVD is now available. (I know some of you know that already, but here it is, the official announcement!)

There is a ton of great information on this DVD. Here's what is covered:

Watercolor. A good discussion on the basic palette, colors you might choose to extend your palette and mixing colors. Also, of courses, RESISTS (man, I love those resists). 

Ink. My two most favorite Japanese ink techniques, suminagashi and orizomegami. This is a orizomegami technique below. The suminagashi technique is shown in the clip here from the video (scroll down the page). 

Stamp carving. Now, I decided that there is a TON of info out there on actually carving stamps but what do you do once you have your carving tools and Mastercarve? So I spent more time discussing finding and collecting inspiration and drawing and transferring your drawings to the Mastercarve. The ABC's of carving are there as well, of course.

And finally, Paste Paper. My simple technique will allow you to quickly mix up your paste and color it and get you to the making of the paste paper. Kitchen-table paste paper with excellent results and a bevy of ideas for mark making.

I'm pleased with the results of this first DVD. It is available either as a download to your computer or as a DVD. You can click on the links over there ------> to order. 

Woohoo. Do they have an Academy Award for "Best Instructional DVD"? Well, ok, maybe not; but there are some vintage Diana-isms in there which may be good for a few guffaws to lighten things up along the way. And, of course, I was wearing my fav outfit and had my nails done.