Posted in Farm Animals, tagged Chickens in the Road Retreat, farm animals, Sassafras Farm on October 14, 2014| Leave a Comment »
Cute Goat
Cutest goats!
Another shot of the cute goat
Chickens everywhere
The Chicken Poses
Maia in her Tutu
Maia Can’t Wait for her Animal Crackers
Maia in her Super Hero Cape
One thing I love about going different places are the reference photos I take so that I have loads of material to choose from when I paint. Of course, at Sassafras Farm this weekend there was lots and lots to photograph. Here are some shots from the weekend.
Posted in Workshop/Retreat, tagged Chickens in the Road Retreat, Sassafras Farm, Shenandoah Artist, Virginia Artist on October 13, 2014| 1 Comment »
Painting buckets
Painting more buckets
Beautiful Buckets
Great job on the Folk Art Buckets
Bread Rising
Loaves of Grandmother’s Bread ready to go home
The second day of the Pioneers & Primitives Retreat at Sassafras Farm with Suzanne McMinn was just as much fun as the first. (See the first day here.) The attendees spent the morning making bread…homemade, old-fashioned bread and each created a loaf to take home. They also made the “Burnt” Sugar Cake cupcakes to take home.
They completed their potpourri by gathering more items and incorporating dehydrated sliced corn cobs, orange slices, apple peels, cucumber peels and some amazing scents.
And of course, we painted Folk Art Buckets! And each person painted their own amazing design! GREAT JOB!!!
So many other fun things happened as well with the many animals at the farm and I will try to describe some more of it to you tomorrow. In the meantime you need to consider coming to one of our retreats next year. We will have several scheduled next spring and summer. Suzanne will post the descriptions and dates soon and I will share those with you. It’s fun to learn new (or improve) on skills.
Posted in Travel, tagged Art Retreat, Chickens in the Road Retreat, CITR, Creative Retreat on May 12, 2014| Leave a Comment »
Photo from “Chickens in the Road” website
A few weeks ago I taught art at a retreat at Sassafras Farm in West Virginia. Click here to read Suzanne’s report on our Creative Retreat.
It was so much fun that we are planning another one for September 13-14. Be sure to sign up early and join us for another great weekend!
The Studio 