Sisters and Secrets

Went up to visit my sister for her birthday (well, actually two days later) and we had a blast as usual! We started the day by creating a collage from the series of video classes we are both taking called, 21 Secrets an Art Journal playground.  There are 21 different teachers all sharing their experience and secrets about drawing, painting and art journaling. The class we completed involved starting with a face from a magazine page and a collage from paper scraps. We then transform the page via painting, drawing, and stamping. Here are the befores and afters:
This is Stacie's before:

This is Stacie's after:

This is my before:

This is my after:

It was incredibly fun! 

We ended the day with art, too. We went to a class put on by The Muse on making fabric paper, which I actually knew how to do, but it was so much fun just playing again with a bunch of creative ladies. Stacie's friend and neighbor, Allison, taught the class and did a terrific job. The class was held at an awesome art studio in Frederick, MD. The woman who owns it is a fiber artist and her husband is a potter -- unbelievable house -- very artsy and well done, so it was an inspiring place to create.