This lady is a jewel and I love her various ways of teaching between the books she has out, DVD courses, DVD course downloads, Online Classes, YouTube Videos, and her self paced Mini Courses.
Her work is spontaneous and her teaching methods extremely down to earth full of great examples for incentive. To me her approach reaching out to folks is beautifully encouraging. I think what strikes me the most about her is the fact she doesn't push her way as the only way to do things. She shares her experience helping to lead or direct but leaving it up to the individual to be free with their own personal expression in handling the materials, tools, and methods she covers.
If interested in this course or any of her other courses and instruction, please check out the following:
Ink and Wash Mini Course
Other Mini Courses and Online Workshops
Cathy Johnson's Books through Amazon
YouTube Videos
Instructional CDs/DVDs
It's because of this lady I have changed direction by working in art journals. To me this has proven to be the most gratifying for myself. Fun and relaxing without all the fears of getting everything so perfect. To be more spontaneous and free to express whatever one might wish to on any given day. Learning it's OK and in fact a positive to make mistakes from which we truly learn from.
Getting back to the mini course, I decided to take the newest she just released yesterday.........Ink and Wash. I have received the first lesson which includes a pdf file and links to videos as well as links to some of the pens she happens to mention.
So far after reading through the first lesson, I've dug out my various pens and decided to do a quick play with them. This is just the beginning..........a rough idea on standard paper before diving into my journal book. From this I plan to sit and map out how I want to proceed practicing with the information provided in her first lesson.
2 comments:
I know what you mean, Susan, about the pressure of creating something 'perfect'.. Even as a beginner of a couple of years in watercolours, I have a tendency to place too much pressure on myself and this absolutely kills the creativity. I find having classical music that I like on while I sketch and paint really helps me relax about it and start to enjoy myself - which is the whole point, right!
I still struggle with that but I guess it's hard wired in me because I'm that way in other aspects of my life. It requires frequent pep talks with myself :-) Sometimes I listen and other times.........well, it's definitely a work in progress.......lol
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