Cath Sheard Art

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Week 5 – self portrait
This week’s Wanderlust25 lesson was taught by Shawn Petite, who I’ve followed for years. The project involved journaling, prepping the page with collage papers and ephemera that have meaning to you, and using washes of colour that relate in some way to what you wrote. The last step was a self portrait. I won’t go into all the details with it being a paid course.

We started by doing a practice colour wheel. I chose to go slightly off the primary colours, and used DWM Lemon, Lapis and Ruby, with DWM Umber and White, and Liquitex Parchment. It’s not a combination I’d tried on a colour wheel before and I like it.

People who know me well will understand why “voice” is the word I ended up with to summarise my journaling…

My initial layers, there’s journaling under the collage.

My colour wheel, complete with a smear thanks to Sabrina’s paw!

My completed page.
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February 2, 2025
Wanderlust week 4 completed
This tested my patience a bit, but it was fun too and I’m pleased with the end result. I’ve glued it into my art journal so I can fold it out and add to it if I want. The panorama shot is a bit off and wobbly because I’m not that steady but it gives you the general idea.
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January 27, 2025
Working on Wanderlust week 4
I’m working on Wanderlust week 4, with Kasia Avery. The project is designed to be slow, which is not how I normally work, but I’m determined to try. So far, so good … although I did have trouble with the stitching ripping the hand made paper because the gel medium on the paper wasn’t completely dry. So I used gel medium to add more paper to the back, and tried to keep going – and of course it ripped again. Did I learn to wait? Sort of 😂

Here’s what I have done so far:
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January 26, 2025
Wanderlust week 3
Week 3 was a watercolour lesson with Nicole Warrington. We painted a postcard and incorporated some of the watercolour trial pieces into a collages layout. I’ve got Kuretake Gambai watercolours, which are a little more opaque than standard watercolours. I have two sets of 24 and enjoy using them but I’m an absolute beginner. This was a fun class, and I’m pleased with the final pages.
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January 23, 2025
Wanderlust25 week 2
This has been a mixed weekend – I took Tony for a haircut and brunch, Sandra & I’ve been out playing Munzees, I packaged up a painting to mail, and tidied my art room. I’ve also done weeks 1 to 3 of Wanderlust25. I prefer to work week by week, so it was good to have consolidated time at my art desk.

Week 2 was lead by Carolyn Dube, who I’ve followed for years. I enjoy her relaxed “oh well” style. Part of the lesson was choosing a word for the year and Carolyn provided an inspiration list. And there is was — REST. The universe is crystal clear I need to rest without feeling bad about it. The style of the page is based on the process Carolyn demonstrated. The colours are a deliberate move away from my usual palette.
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January 19, 2025