Tearing it Up.

While Hurricane Joaquin was threatening to tear us up in Virginia Beach, students in my "Tear it Up" class at Art and Soul Retreat, tore it up creatively. The class is designed to be fun and freeing and to help participants see possibilites. A lot of these pieces use magazine, book, and collage images to suggest wild, imaginary flowers in these whimsical collages.

I don't think I got pictures of all of them, but here are some to get you smiling.

Styles ranged from the blissfullly serene (above) to the delightfully surreal (below.)

Thank you, students for such an enjoyable day!  To see work from my oil and cold wax class, visit my other blog," Wabi-Sabi Inspiration: Cold Wax & More."

"Tear It Up!" class grows wild and wonderful flower collages

This year at Art and Soul Retreat I brought back the first class I ever taught at this retreat--in 2009. Students created flower collages with torn and cut paper. I advised that the flowers need not resemble any found in nature! We had great day and the flowers got wilder as the day progressed.