GELLI JUBILEE IN LACONNER

 I left for LaConner first thing this morning.  I'm taking a Gelli printing workshop called Gelli Jubilee at the Gail Harker Center for the Arts.  I've got all of my supplies packed and in the car - gelli plates, papers, paints and various other things - two boxes full.

We got busy learning the basics and making simple prints.

We learned about different ways to make texture in the paints.  I took pictures of some of the ways that caught my attention and I can make at home.  

 

Daubers

Paper towels

I had lunch at the Thai restaurant across the street.

I had Red Curry Chicken with Rice and sketched the people sitting out on the deck.

TEXTURE SUNFLOWER

Here's my finished texture project. 

TEXTURE STARTS

I'm not thrilled about this assignment.  But...

I've made a start.  I started with one of my many 10" square hardboards (that I have waiting in a stack).

I cut dried and flattend Madrona bark into squares and made a checkerboard background.

Of course, it's a sunflower.