Nita Leland's blog is about her creative and family life, including book reviews, art links and essays on color, creativity, watercolor, writing, teaching and other subjects.
Sunday, April 06, 2008
Creative Renewal
For me the best kind of workshop to teach is one where I feel like I'm learning along with the class. This was a great four days. The twenty-three students were among the most responsive I've ever worked with and very sharing, as well. We covered so much ground. In fact, this class got the five-day workshop in four days, including creativity, color, collage, monotype, plus daily critiques, slides and individual conferences. There was a brief power outage yesterday and nobody missed a beat. Everyone came with an open mind--this became clear when they introduced themselves. I think each artist has discovered something special that will help her move ahead, to be and feel more creative. Ladies, start your vibrators. Ummm, I meant to say, mute your cell phones.
Nita,
ReplyDeleteYou are pure delight.It was such a wonderful experience to be in your workshop. I am smiling with my whole being. Have a safe trip home.
Sandi
Morning Nita, Koreen here.....
ReplyDeleteI, too, would like to thank you for taking the chance and coming back to Calgary. It was a most creative workshop, and I loved working with all the many talented people, whom also had a lot of information to share. Thank you for the encouragement & many positive critiques & ideas, you are a treasure. Polar bear hugs to you
Nita,you are a consummate teacher. I was fortunate to be with a wonderful group of artists, too. It was exactly the workshop I needed. Thank you so much for giving unstintingly of yourself as you did. It took me a whole day to come down afterwards!
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