Exploring Acrylic with textures and transfers

From the Acrylics 1 and 2 class at City Arts

Part of the fun of teaching is watching the creativity start to flow. We have finished 5 out 8 classes. The students are getting comfortable with the medium and trying some ideas of their own. (After the initial classes, I have added more of the final images for some of the student paintings. I didn’t…

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Seeing the Northern Lights

Julie Drew - taken Nov 4, 3-4 am

I saw the northern lights again! And it was just as exciting and beautiful as last February. (But not as cold.) I woke a little after 2:15 am on Thursday morning (to use the washroom), and while I was awake I thought of checking the status at aurorawatch.ca, since it was a 50% yellow alert…

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