— Cheryl Rezendes

Earlier this week I was having coffee with an important new person in my life.

We were brain storming about what my next book should be.

During this conversation I spoke about my blogs and how difficult it is to post everyday.

I had to admit to her that I tend to be an all or nothing kind of gal.

As in everyday or not at all.

This tendency does not always help my cause.

Her advise to me was sound and simple.

So here goes:

you can expect to hear from me twice a week.

I will post on this blog Monday mornings and Friday mornings.

On my art journal blog, which you can find here,

I will also post twice a week,

but on Wednesday mornings and Sunday mornings.

Yipee

this feels so much more doable - while still being someone you (and I) can depend on.

OKAY

Now for something much more interesting:

Many of you know that I have 2 students who come to my studio every week for 2.5 hours.

They have been doing this since June of 2013. It has been amazing and wonderful process. I feel so honored that they have chosen me for the task
of guiding them through this particular stage of their art making.

The truth is that they give to me in so many ways as well.

One of the things they have been working on is to create an arsenal of surface design tools and images. This way when they are in the heat of creativity,
they will have an inventory or bank of things to draw from and use,
without having to stop and make something.

Or worse yet, try to figure out what to make and then loose their way in the process.

Silk screening is something brand new for both of them.

I had them create 3 screens with images that relate to each other that are of different scales,

giving them an array of choices as they work.

They have been extraordinarily productive over the past 6 weeks or so.

I thought I would share with you what one student was doing this week

as she was using her silk screens for the first time.

She used them on her own hand painted fabrics as well as some commercial fabric.