Pink Saturday Wax Painting…thank goodness for good teachers…

Last year Tina Wright taught a wonderful solder class where I made this sweet glass and silver wall ornament. I had never soldered until I met Tina at “Paper Cowgirl”, but that didn’t slow us down. No, sir, in true Cowgirl fashion she had me jump right in! And without slowing down or looking back, we used glass and vintage dictionary entries, a sweet phrase, “Home is Where You Roost” and solder to create a special little house

It hangs in my bedroom and it reminds me of her dedication to Paper Cowgirl Altered Art Retreat. Her vision of women coming together to share their talents and to learn from one another was shared by Cindy Mayfield who has carried on that dream. We just celebrated the third annual Paper Cowgirl Retreat in Waxahachie, Texas. We remembered Tina and toasted to her and thought of her and missed her. But we didn’t let her vision dim or her dream go by the way side…

And in true Cowgirl spirit I took another class that had me in over my head and swimming in uncharted waters. Sandra Feazel taught a class using hot wax. She had us create background details in Pink and cream and coffee-chocolate.Then we added creamy old sheet music scraps; incorporated color and pattern with bits of paper…We were chatting and visiting… Smooth sailing…until she lowered the boom and explained that we would be painting the next elements…a TREE…a NEST…and a BIRD!  That’s right! PAINTING!…not cutting and pasting, but PAINTING!  And so we did (except for Judy J. who cut the sample nest and the bird from the instructions sheet). Here’s mine…

The Pink flowers and the Pink swirls reminded me of Pink Saturday while I painted and the nest and little bluebird made me think of my project from the year before. And like our class with Tina, Sandra was patient and encouraging, and she put us so at ease that we painted those canvases just like we knew what we were doing. And then she taught us how to cover them with a beautiful blanket of beeswax.   

Now that sweet little bluebird sings to her nest and her two eggs.

And I smile when I look at both those pieces…not because either is great art, but because I am still alive enough to take a plunge and because I have been fortunate to be surrounded by such wonderful Pink women who do such wonderful things for the hearts and arts of each other. Pink Blessings to you all week. Now head over to Beverly at How Sweet the Sound http://howsweetthesound.typepad.com/my_weblog She has a big ol’ list of Pink Saturday ladies just waiting to share their Pink  spirit with you today.