Arizona Art Retreat

It seems like ages since I wrote a blog post.  I've been away for a couple of weeks at an art retreat in Arizona.  It was fantastic meeting up with friends I'd previously met and making new friendships with people I'd only chatted with online.  Sadly this was the last of the Artzona retreats but there are other retreats planned in another state or even on a cruise. 

Here are some pics from the event.

The Art Room

Art taken to trade - arches, hearts and wonky houses.

Lisa, Mary, Pat and Andrea - waiting by the pool side

on the first day.

Drinks on the terrace

Visit to Montezuma's castle

Snow in Sedona 

Hearts, Hearts and more Hearts

Well all the challenges have finished and just in time for my holiday - yay Rochester NYC here I come.  I can't wait to meet up with my artist friends from AtcsforAll and iATC - both sites are related to Artist Trading Cards and other types of altered art.

The weekend will consist of making and trading art.  There is no schedule we just turn up in the art room and make art, get to know the other artists in person.  I very rarely end up making much art because I end up moving around the room chatting and having fun with everyone.  So with that in mind I make my art before I go.  One of the things we're making this time is heart art which just happens to be one of my favourite things to make.

My hearts are mixed media and are approximately 2 - 3 inches big,  I've used rubber stamps, paints, neo ll colours etc.  I've tried to make them different so that everyone gets a unique heart.

These are some of the hearts I'll be taking with me to Rochester.

A close up of some of the hearts.

This is the meetup I went to in January Mesa Arizona.

I'm Home!!!!

Hello Lovelies I'm back from the USA.  I can't believe how quickly the 8 days went.  I had so much fun out there visiting with my friends in Newport Beach CA first and then onto Arizona for the Artzona weekend which consisted of a total of 40 artists..........heaven.  I'm not impressed with our weather in the UK the cold and wet damp weather isn't for me.  BUT here I am until my next trip which may be not too far away - fingers crossed for August in Rochester NY with another group of artists.

So I'm keeping this post short and sweet to get me back into blogging again - I seem to lose the edge when I've been away for a while.

Here are a few pics from my travels - enjoy.

All artists together

Our dedicated art room

That's all for now I'll post more later on - I only took just over 200 pics!!

Anita