Sketchbook Skool

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Sketchbook Skool  semester one"Beginnings" starts again on July 4th! Yup, they are rerunning the 6 week class. The one where I was one of the 6 teachers. If you missed it, do sign up now! 
(if you can't see the videos, go to my blog to view them. please.)

And here's the video where Danny Gregory interview me, about my class in Sketchbook Skool, semester one "Beginnings".
SBS: A chat with Jane LaFazio from DannyGregory on Vimeo.

And, if you already took semester one of Sketchbook Skool, you're ready for semester two called "Seeing." And it also starts July 4


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Poke Salad Annie Series ~ Green Bird

in progress 

BeBop ~ my self proclaimed studio assistant

"Poke Salad Annie Series ~ Green Bird" by Jane LaFazio (10x14inches)

If you've been following my blog for a while, you know I've been a little obsessed with the Poke Weed I saw in Central Park last September. I'd never seen it before and fell in love with the gorgeous colors. Since then, I've been working on individual pieces, within that theme. I thought I was going to create one large quilt, using all the pieces...but I didn't. Instead, I have created 5 small  quilts for my "Poke Salad Annie Series," and here is the first completed one.

"Poke Salad Annie Series ~ Green Bird" detail by Jane LaFazio

"Poke Salad Annie Series ~ Green Bird" detail by Jane LaFazio

"Poke Salad Annie Series ~ Green Bird" detail by Jane LaFazio

"Poke Salad Annie Series ~ Green Bird" detail by Jane LaFazio

"Poke Salad Annie Series ~ Green Bird" detail by Jane LaFazio

I call this technique of creation and assembly "Free Spirited Free Motion." I'll be teaching it this summer at CREATE in Chicago on Friday, August 15 and at CREATE Seattle Thursday, October 23.

I'm teaching at Art Unraveled in Phoenix, Arizona

August 3: Layered Journal Pages

August 3: Layered Journal Pages

I'm teaching at Art Unraveled Phoenix, Arizona for the 7th year in a row. It's great fun, and I hope you'll join me!. I'm teaching 3 classes. (Click on the name for details)
August 3: Layered Journal Pages
August 4: Eight Objects Eight Ways
August 5: Sketching and Watercolor on a Collaged Background

August 4: Eight Objects Eight Ways

August 4: Eight Objects Eight Ways

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August 5: Sketching and Watercolor
on a Collaged Backgrounds

August 5: Sketching and Watercolor
on a Collaged Backgrounds

We stay in an excellent Embassy Suites hotel, and it's fully air condition and with very reasonable rates! Each evening, instructors and students gather in the lounge to chat and share. About 350 people attend, and it's loads of fun!
Register Now! Art Unraveled  

one last Farmer's Market ~ Cannes, France

The photo above was the farewell dinner, with the whole group, in Nice, France. We'd asked the waiter to take our photo. But first he took his own photo!


Hope you enjoyed my photos of my time in Europe!

The back story:I spent about two and a half weeks in Europe, the end of May/first of June. The first week teaching 14 women on Lake Como, Italy, then I took the train to Nice, France, and met a new group of 13, and taught for a week.  Next year, I'll be teaching sketching and watercolor on a River Cruise on the Danube and in Greece. Hope you'll join me, if you can. You can see, we have lots of fun! 

Menton, France

 photo by Jane LaFazio

Yours Truly, at work

Menton, France, is know for its citrus. So, of course I painted a lemon.


If it seems we spent a lot of time in cafes painting, well, it's true, we did!

from my sketchbook, in progress ~ by Jane LaFazio 
(with my Jane LaFazio Watercolor Kit)

Barbara, our Lady of Macarons 

from my sketchbook, in progress ~ by Jane LaFazio

So of course, I had to draw and paint a macaron, before I ate it!

from my sketchbook  ~ by Jane LaFazio (in my JaneVille Etsy shop)

 photo by Jane LaFazio

Menton is everyone's favorite city, on the French Riviera. At  least in our group. It just has a vibe. And, oh, the colors.

 photo by Jane LaFazio

 photo by Jane LaFazio

It's almost as if the buildings of Menton were painted to match these berries,
 I found in the market.

Walking (and eating) on the French Riviera

Some of our group

These two trips were created and led by the fabulous Carlo Roberts. She does art walks, with me, but she also does The Blue Walk, for walkers who (gasp) don't want to draw and paint. So, on my trips, we mix the drawing and painting with walking the simply gorgeous French Riviera. Here's one of those walks...

Of course, we had to do Yoga Poses in Public Places!

and on another note:

See these women. They are sitting in a chocolate cave! yes, the walls are chocolate! I have very very few regrets in my life, but I regret not sitting down with them and ordering a couple of these fabulous desserts...

from my sketchbook ~ Jane LaFazio (in my JaneVille Etsy shop)