Author: Dina

A few years ago I made a journal called, "Words from Mom." It contains advice from me to my fellas. I've noticed some of these pages get pinned on Pinterest pretty regularly. I thought it would be fun to look at it again…here are a few of my faves from it.

Here's the canvas I made for the Maya Road booth (for the summer CHA trade show). I didn't use pink…shocker! I did use red, though. heh.

Kelley was an extremely brave soul this past weekend at My Heart's Fancy and took all four of my classes! Here's her blog write-up…isn't her work just fab? On her encaustic book she used some stamps that her daughter carved, and some that she carved (look for the little girl and the cat). I told her she should get them produced, I would totally buy them. Thanks, Kelley, for making art with me all weekend! You rock!

See Kelley's blog here.

A picture of Kelley's encaustic tag book that I shamelessly stole from her blog:

using my new heart stencil!

Kory took my Encaustic Tag Book class today in Oklahoma City, and he already has a blog post up about it! Go take a look at his fab book. My favorite thing about it is that he took the sheet of quotes and mixed them up so that they're funky and spunky and cool. Kory, I might have to steal that from ya. But I'll give you credit. Because I'm nice like that. And I'm soooo glad you now know that you can get burned from a hot iron (snort). I'm a giving teacher like that, I share my knowledge of those important details.

Read Kory's post here.

Here's a picture of Kory's book I shamelessly ripped off his blog:

If you took my class & have a blog post about it, let me know. I'll link ya up!

I don't generally post much personal stuff here, but a few people have asked me about Peru & Machu Picchu pictures, so I thought I'd post a couple more. Our trip to Peru was truly a wonderful, life-changing experience. If you get a chance to go, DO IT!

 CJ in one of the many tourist markets:

The Andean corn that they sell everywhere:

Curtis in the market (he's on the right):

The amazing Machu Picchu:

The fellas in front of a famous part of Machu Picchu:

Such an amazing experience!

Do you have time for 1000 more? hee hee. 😉

I'm teaching my "Facing the Facts" class at The Occasional Artist this month. Here are the details:

Facing the Facts

Saturday, July 28

10:30 a.m. to 1:30 a.m.

Call the store to sign up!

I always say I don’t know how to draw, yet I have taught myself how to draw faces. I will teach you how to draw a face with easy tips and tricks! We’ll use the “magic pencil” to make your faces look artsy and interesting. I’ll also show you how to paint the faces with artistic, fun colors. Even if you can’t draw, you can learn to draw faces. I promise!

 

 

 

Please bring:

Gesso

Acrylic paint

Paint brushes

Gel medium

Regular pencil

 

Last one from the book. 🙂