A video of a little stitched book. Made my me.

My little stitched book. by Jane LaFazio

See the VIDEO of my book, created in Mary Ann Moss's online Stitch Bookery workshop.

Workshops! a video of a past workshop and announcing an upcoming workshop

from my sketchbook ~ in progress ~ by Jane LaFazio

Here's a short video from a recent workshop:

If you're in San Diego/San Clemente, California my next in person workshop is "Sketching and Watercolor: Journal Style" on November 4, 2017

LavenderSage Art Retreat 2017

Here's a short VIDEO of my recent LavenderSage Art Retreat in Taos, New Mexico.

Yoga Poses in Public Places ~ Mabel Dodge Luhan Inn, Taos, New Mexico

Five hundred years ago, the large petroglyph rock (on my right) that marks one border of the courtyard of Mabel Dodge Luhan house, was placed there by the Tiwa Indians to help anchor the energy of the Pueblo Mountain. The rock has had an additional function over these years, as a navigational guide for extraterrestrial visitors because the site marks the entranceway to other dimensions.

Next year's LavenderSage Art Retreat will be August 19-26, 2018. Interested? Sign up here to find out when registration opens.

I love being a student! workshop with Bhavna Mehta

VIDEO of the book I made

I was privileged to take a one day workshop with Bhavna Mehta recently. She lives in San Diego, but does teach around the US sometimes. She's a gifted paper cutter and fine and creative artist. Not to mention, a first class human. (Do look at her website)

Bhavna's book

The workshop was from 10-3 and limited to six people. We each cut and then exchanged pages and then created our own copy of a collaborative book. 

My scraps while I worked

Student pages before they were assembled.

It's simple amazing what one can do with just an x-acto knife and paper!

my book (collaborative)

San Diego Workshop October 14

San Diego and surrounding areas! 

Join me for this fun workshop at Art on 30th on October 14. 

Layered Art Journal: Accordion Style
October 14
10-4:30
Art on 30th
$125

In this one day workshop, you’ll learn to create softly layered pages using stencils, ink and watercolor.
One the backgrounds are complete, you learn to draw, to stencil and stamp to create beautiful journal pages.
We’ll complete the day by making your art into a precious accordion book, complete with hard cover. (Your book will be unique, with your own colors and images)

Students Will Need To Bring:

• Watercolors (Prang is an excellent starter set)
• Niji Waterbrush (or #8 round watercolor brush)
• Permanent ink pen (Faber Castell PITT Artist Pen in fine point)
• Pencil
• Kneaded eraser
• Stazon ink pads (one or two colors of your choice)
• Paper towels
• Optional: your fave stamps and stencils
• Optional: dip pens

What Supplies Will Be Included? materials fee of $15.00

• Paper for journal (cut to size)
• Card stock for covers (cut to size)
• Stencils
• Acrylic inks
• Hand carved stamps to share
• Copyright free images
• Tracing paper
• Artist tissue
• Soft Gel medium
• Jane's magic collage box!
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​Register Here.

• Students are encouraged to bring a drink and snacks.
• The workshop will include a lunch break. 

A little handmade book.

My Garden (accordion book) by Jane LaFazio (cover size 6 x 4 inches)

Here's the VIDEO of my little handmade book.

poetry found. by Jane LaFazio

I forgot how fun it is to just randomly cut words and short phrases from a book, and then compile them into a sort of a poem. 

Kitties and Recycled Circles

Buddy

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BeBop

My sweet kitties love my recycled circles pillow. (Okay, they really just love being on the sofa with me.) It reminded me to remind you that I have a instructional video download for sale showing you how to make Recycled Circles.

This video shows you some examples of my Recycled Circles.

In fact, I have three different instructional videos:

From Art Journaling to Art

Recycled Circles

Wet Felting

Madeline Island School of the Arts in Wisconsin

from my sketchbook ~ by Jane LaFazio

I just returned from a lovely week at Madeline Island School of the Arts on the shores of Lake Superior in Wisconsin. It's quite beautiful and a perfect location for a real retreat from reality and an immersion in art.

Here's a little VIDEO of my week at Madeline Island School of the Arts

with my friend Suzanne Myers Otto (who happens to be one of my students)

The classroom at Madeline Island School of the Arts

My husband went with me, so it was extra fun!

from my sketchbook ~ another mini-tutorial using the Lace & Patina Stencil and metallic foil

from my sketchbook ~ using the Lace & Patina stencil by Jane LaFazio

from my sketchbook ~ using the Lace & Patina stencil by Jane LaFazio

Here's a video tutorial on creating these pages using the Lace & Patina stencil.

Lace & Patina stencil designed by Jane LaFaziofor StencilGirlProducts.com

Order Jane LaFazio stencils here.

After you watch the video:
I use this spray gesso in the tutorial.
Spray adhesive and foil.
To apply the foil:
1. place stencil on the watercolor paper
2. spray adhesive through the stencil
3. remove stencil
3. place foil shiny side up, on top of adhesive on the paper
5. iron the foil
6. remove the sheet of foil (the rest of the sheet of foil is reusable)

Order Jane LaFazio stencils here.

You can see all my videos here.

New stencil! New tutorial! introducing the Lace & Patina stencil

my studio! artist at work ~ photo by Jane LaFazio 

Watch this video tutorial to learn how I created the journal page below.

from my sketchbook ~using the Lace & Patina stencil for background texture
photo by Jane LaFazio

Lace & Patina Stencil ~ designed by Jane LaFazio for StencilGirl Products.

I use this spray gesso in the tutorial.

You can purchase my stencils here.

You can see all my videos here.

San Diego ~ one day workshop September 9

Saturday, September 9, 2017

The Value of Drawing ~ one day workshop

With Jane LaFazio

10AM-4PM  $125

in San Diego  

Art on 30th
4434 30th Street
San Diego, CA 92116

Drawing with just a pencil and eraser is so simple and satisfying. It takes the fear out of drawing (I promise!) and you can do it anywhere with basic, inexpensive tools. In this world of mixed media, art can be a never-ending series of layers and color and more layers. Let’s go back to the basics with just a pencil and focus on drawing and shading to capture the contours and dimension of an object. But, let’s do it sketchbook style, meaning relatively quickly and as another tool for your art journal

Join me for a FUN one day workshop, where we will draw from real life objects, learn to see the darks and lights and really work on shading and dimension. I’ll also show you how to add color to your pencil sketches with watercolor. And, we’ll do it all in an accordion book you make yourself in class.

REGISTER HERE