So I thought I would give you a description of that class I talked about last month,
Unexplainable Solutions
- Answers From The Other Side Of Your Brain-
Heather Rouge and John Vandebrooke will host a 3 hour experience in the basement of
Gallery North in Edmonds 508 Main St ( John's cell 425-773-4002) on June 5th from 12-3 pm where you will be invited to come with a problem or situation you are looking for clarification
within a group dynamic. You will be offered an experience where John will demonstrate
and teach a wax painting technique using hot irons and while you are drawn into the
magic of melting wax and seeing the abstract patterns appear effortlessly while that
experience automatically slides you into a relaxed state. During the class there will be
Isochronic tones played in the background.
Isochronic tones are the most powerful type of brainwave entrainment, utilizing equal
intensity tones, increasing the pulse speed, and synchronizing your brain with the rhythm. Isochronics use a distinct and clean wave form which is designed to harmonize with the
brain much more efficiently.
The specific Theta patterns we will use relate to Balance, Problem Solving, Free Flow and
Visualization so that the solution for what you are searching for has a chance to appear
during this creative experience.
Heather will at the same time be facilitating a process with the group to explore the
situation that is brought to be examined by each one to determine what it does to serve
them and how to access the wisdom within to discover the solution that they are seeking
for its resolution.
The brain will be multitasking and out of this creative bath clean and fresh solutions will float to the
surface of your consciousness to be recorded for your use. Because we offer this class on a donation only basis to cover some of our costs we would ask you to facilitate the evaluation of the experience by
returning a form to us with your critique.
Hows that for going off the grid with wax painting?
So the class went off on schedule and we had a very focused session with 5
students. Overall
comments were great so we will plan another one for some more feed back
and tweaking on July 17th. This time we will go for 4.5 hours with one problem
and one possibility to work with. I am
very excited about our project as some deep work was accomplished.
Now hats off to the readers that sent in some images.
Remember Sean Bajek? He sent in one prior to this issue. But look what he
did this time putting the wax right on a skate board surfaces. When I tried this
I used a photo process so I was impressed with his effort. Check out his
penny sized miniatures. Go Sean!
Then two other great compositions from Trena Brannon who used a stamp
along with her wax to create this picture. She used Stampscapes stamps
for this project.
She has an interesting web site to explore as well.
Check it out at http://thebrannonfactory.com
It has been awhile since I did an overlay with a photo so here is one
that I printed with my inkjet and then dipped into clear wax on the
backside. Once that is done I work on the front side.
Here is the image being dipped into clear wax.
And now after I worked on it with the stylus.
This is a fun process and for those of you who like photography a great
match.
A great video presentation you might enjoy called the visual bell chant
I am so excited to have another submission for the newsletter from
two long time students.
Cheri Prestek and Joyce Mitchell have been creating encaustic painting and art
cards for 5 years. Cheri and Joyce are long-time friends who have been involved
in a number of creative processes over the years. Cheri was a junior high art
teacher who is constantly creating art in her environment and Joyce, a retired
RN, has been involved in acrylic painting, Japanese woodblock painting, and
other medium over many years.
Five years ago, Cheri and Joyce took several classes of encaustic painting from
John Vandebrooke and were hooked. It relieved years of frustration about how
to express their creativity without the time consuming process of using oils,
acrylics and other media. Both enjoy the fluid spontaneity of the medium and
the vivid, intense colors and the fact that they can do it in short intervals without
the previous hassles of preparation and cleanup they had become so accustomed
to in the past. Over the past few years they have had the privilege of painting
with John in his studio and benefiting from his positive "can-do" attitude. Both
women have been able to take their painting to the next level. John's creative
energy is contagious and inspiring.
Joyce and Cheri have had the good fortune to hang their paintings in several
coffee houses in town - from Shoreline to West Seattle. For the past 3 years
they have been hanging (and selling!) in the Wayward Coffee House in the
Greenwood neighborhood of Seattle. Because of being affected by a fire
adjacent to the Coffee House, Broenwynn, the owner is looking for another
location. Currently their art cards are in a retail corner of their Tai Chi
instructor's studio, Triple Two in Fremont.
Cheri and Joyce are re-creating web sites at this time. Joyce's e-mail is - ZenWaxArt@comcast.net
Cheri's email address is cprestek@gmail.com
Here are some encaustic paintings by Cheri and Joyce.
Poetry Rising - Joyce
Meditation III - Joyce
Primary Fantasy - Joyce
Nevermore - Cheri
Peace On Earth - Cheri
I am so thrilled that the invitation to show your work on this site is gaining
some interest. Keep them coming please. It makes it so much more
interesting to involve everyone and to share.
Here is a quick video clip on a fun site that I will be doing some
more things on in the future.
This video is over an hour long and I hope it will give you good information
in one chunk instead of in bits an pieces. I did it on a very small table to
show that this can be done anywhere, small apartment, to an RV. You do
not have to have a studio. Here is the link for the video. The sound can be
controlled on both the video and your computer.
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