Reverse Glass Painting

Lynn Leahy, Leslie Harris, Laurie Mika and Helen Shafer Garcia

We are having so much fun! We've been meeting at each other's homes and teaching each part of our wonderful Libro de Ofrendas for our upcoming retreat. This time, we met at Lynn Leahy's and she taught us reverse glass painting. So fun, so engrossing that in 6 hours I took only these 4 photos!

Helen Shafer Garcia's glass painting

Laurie Mika's glass painting

Jane LaFazio's glass painting

Fabulous book covers!

Jane LaFazio's first ever polymer tiles! 

We four teachers have been meeting and making our project for our upcoming mixed media art retreat this year in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico. And we are loving this project! Here are some of the results from when we met at Laurie Mika's last month, and she taught us how to make these tiles.

Jane's work in progress

Laura Mika's

Jane LaFazio's

Leslie Harris' (our retreat coordinator)

Jane's tiles

I'll photo Helen Shafer Garcia's and Lynn Leahy's and show you those too!

Mini workshop at Helen Shafer Garcia's

Helen Shafer Garcia demonstrating book binding, in her studio.

We love our 2012 Dia de los Muertos Libre de Ofrenda retreat project so much, we're meeting at each other's houses for mini workshops to create the project ourselves!

This time, Helen Shafer Garcia hosted us in her backyard, for paste papers and book binding.

Laurie Mika painting papers

paste papers

Our book papers drying in the sun

Our San Miguel de Allende workshop for 2012 is full, and we're planning our next art retreat for  Santa Fe, New Mexico,  April 21-28, 2013.

Planning sessions!

 (l ro r) Helen Shafer Garcia, Leslie Harris, Lynn Leahy and Laurie Mika.
Not pictured Jane LaFazio, who was taking the photo.

Lots of planning goes into an art retreat, especially a destination retreat like our upcoming Libro de Ofrendas in San Miguel de Allende. True, it's not until October 27, but we are hard at work on the details! By the way, it's nearly sold out! Only about 3 spots left.