Art and Soul with Misty Mawn

Meet Misty Mawn...

She is a very talented artist, and even more wonderful a soul.
I am in her fabulous Face to Face class online. 

I was blessed with taking class with her last month in Virginia Beach
at Art and Soul.

 This was my second Art and Soul retreat in Virginia Beach

Here is a pic of my hotel room and the table I set up to work on. 

It was lovely to have a quiet space to work in.

See the art Misty is beginning in the pic below?
It was facinating to watch her paint.

This painting she is working on in the image below

turned out just stunning!

At this early stage you can already see the woman emerging from the paint.

 Misty is a wonderful teacher.
She is kind, down to earth and magical.

I took her classes and the unfinished results are below...

Now remember...
I am just learning this,
and I can't believe I am showing you my art!
as I look at it now...
well, I can see how much better I would like to do!

The participants in my new Soulful Adornments jewelry class are being
very brave showing their new bezels and art work...
So I am trying to be as brave!
lol!

We did some projects with gesso and pastels...
lots of fun!

Isn't she wonky???
lol!

This is the second project I worked on.

She is only half finished, I still have blending to do on her face...
hair, and other areas to tend to. 

She has a bee hive type hair do...don't know why.

Still in progress. I was learning how to mix flesh tones, 

But only came out with shades of army green lol!

(You can see that I bring my own china, tea pot and tea cups, to the hotel.

Yes I do! It is a pleasure for me I never miss when traveling.)

 Learning

This lady is inspired by one of Misty's paintings.
Hers is totally amazing!
It was our last project.
I am learning to mix skin tones and getting better,
not nearly as off in this one,
I have much more blending to do to even out her coloring.
she is just started and need much more work.

Being new at drawing and painting,
I am learning to be patient with myself.
I see what I want to do in my minds eye,
but then when I paint or draw
I must find the beauty in what I can do at the moment.
Whether I am happy or unhappy with my results
I am still having an amazing time trying : )

I enjoyed walking the beach twice. 

The weather was a bit chilly but some sun,

I was very appreciative of that as last year the 

weather was not as nice.

And I picked up some really cool shells....

a bit of coral and some stones....

love it all!

Thanks for stopping by and listening to me talk about my experience.

I hope you are all well and are having a creative weekend.

Hugs,

Terri