Last of this series of postcards

Here are the last of the postcards from this series. I had so much fun with this.  Enjoy.

This last one is a postcard with John Arbuckle's background.  I accidentally took this one home so I collaged it with his permission.

Postcards Part Two

Here is the next group of postcards. I really did have fun with these.  I hope to get them in the mail today.  I still love doing mail art.

Postcard Collage

While teaching at the Pacific NW Art School last week  John Arbuckle http://artjuvenation.blogspot.com/ had an idea.  So He and Brian Kasstle https://apaperbear.wordpress.com/and I painted large pieces of illustration board.  Later we each cut our sheet down into  4" X 6" pieces for post cards. I collage around 17 postcards and will share the first batch in this post.

This is what my board looked like. It was something like 20 x 28.

Did This Really Happen?

It's been another long spell between posts.  I had been getting ready to teach a class on Whidbey Island with John Arbuckle and Brian Kasstle. (see previous post)  Well I am home now after a wonderful experience teaching the class.  So this post is about my trip out there.

This is a shot of the supplies we took to the island- actually there was even more than this.  That's John in the upper left.  All of this somehow fit in his Toyota Camry trunk along with our suitcases!!!

Here we are driving onto the ferry to the island

Group shot on the ferry.  From left- Brian, me, John, Irene and Jacki. Jacki and Irene came from Southern California for the class.  This was a reunion as we were all together February 2014 for a journaling day at Irene's house.

Two shots of the class in progress.

Last evening all together-

It was a magical time- such wonderful energy.

Getting Closer

There are just 4 spots left in our class, Journeys in Art Journaling.  It's on Whidbey Island near Seattle. The class is August 8th 9th and 10th.  John Arbuckle, Brian Kasstle and I have lots planned for this.  See details below.

                                                        Below are some journal spreads.

                                                               Terry Garrett

                                                             Brian Kasstle

                                                                John Arbuckle

Have Been Art Busy

I will share some journal pages that I have worked on recently-I really hardly believe that July is almost half over.

This spread below was done while the guys were here- we do a prompt session- take turns giving prompts and then we do them in the journal- some of the prompts include working on each others spreads.

The spread below is one I did during the retreat as well-  This was such a wonderful time. SO very grateful for such good friends.

This last spread I did shortly after the Supreme Courts ruling on marriage equality.  It's such a wonderful thing.  The joy was tempered quickly by the backlash from the haters.  The sad thing is that while gays and lesbians can marry in all states- some are meeting resistance from horrible county clerks.  Also what many don't realize is that in many states gay people are not protected from discrimination.  So you can marry but they can deny you housing- fire you from your job and other things too numerous to mention them all.  Still I didn't think I would see this in my lifetime.  My spouse and I celebrated 39 years together at the end of June- we married when it became legal in Minnesota-so we have 2 anniversaries.

Creative Gents

This past week was spent with three dear friends:  John Arbuckle, Brian Kasstle, and Thomas LaBadia.  They arrived for a week of art making.  We have been friends for a few years and this was the first time all four of us were together.  This is what makes the internet so amazing- as we all met online.  We have become close friends and this was the first in what we hope will be a yearly event. Thomas LaBadia designed a logo and had T-shirts and aprons made for us.  We learned so much from each other.  There was also a lot of laughter.

                                                        Brian Kasstle's journal spread

                                                        John Arbuckle's journal spread

                                                     Thomas LaBadia's journal spread

                                                     Terry Garrett's journal spread