Mandalas at Hillsdale Art Supply Company (Class coming up this Sunday!)

There's a new art supply store in town, and it's run by none other than my friend (and one of my crafty heroes) Ryan McAbery of Littleput Books!  I'm so excited that she and a friend have partnered up to bring Portland's west side a much needed resource for unique art materials. They also buy and sell recycled art supplies - which is fantastic. Yay for small, independent businesses!

I recently taught a small all-ages mandala class at the Hillsdale Art Supply Company, and wanted to share some photos. Below is the mandala that I designed, and the rest of the pictures are of the students' work.  We had such a fun time!  (By the way, I am offering the class again THIS SUNDAY, June 16 from 2-4 pm.  Yes, that's Father's Day - bring dad for a fun and relaxing afternoon of drawing and painting!  More info here.)

High school artists make beautiful mandalas

Earlier this year I had the opportunity to teach two workshops at the PAC 8 Art Conference.  This is an annual event for a league of high schools to the west of Portland.  My friend Richard Shearing is the art teacher at Glencoe High School in Hillsboro, and he invited me to teach at the event in the rural town of McMinnville, OR.  It was a fun day and it actually snowed, as you can see in the photo below:

Here are some pictures of the students' beautiful work:

Here are some of their finished pieces propped in the window to dry:

It is such a great thing to be surrounded by talented young people who are creative and free.

This last photo is one of my favorites.  This particular student decided to draw on the paper covering the table instead of on a record, and that is just fine with me!

Happy people and their Mandalas

I just wanted to post these pictures of some of the students in the mandala workshop that I recently taught at the 100th Monkey Studio. It was fun and awesome!

Here are some more pictures from the class:

























Please follow me on facebook and I'll keep you posted on when I offer this class next. Maybe you can sign up!