Today I spent the day with a a group of artists led by Lisa Engelbrecht in a work shop she called shimmer and sparkle, as promised she managed to " guide us with assorted writing instruments to explore and discover experimental lettering and mark-making. The letters and marks were incorporated onto canvas, and combined with exciting mixed-media techniques to add special shimmer and sparkle by creating metallic hearts with duo adhesives, foils, double-stick tape, and metallic pens. Students will learn how to create mixed media art quilts and mixed media pendant necklace. " It was a wonderful day, in which Lisa Doh opened her home studio for us.
This apparently was the first workshop that Lisa had opened her studio for. It was a success for me and I hope it will be for her. We had lunch and were enchanted by her husbands enthusiam for the Santa Ana Zoo, which we learned has the first pair of giant anteaters in Orange County . (Hard to believe in a county with a UC who's mascot is an Anteater and rallys with the call "Give'em some tongue!".
