ANNOUNCEMENT

All Norah'S Art, my Ning classroom network will be closing July 31, 2015.

Before that happens, I want to offer all of my current online classes at a huge discount starting now!

All classes are discounted at least 50 percent. You can access class information by clicking on the page buttons above or by visiting my classroom network: All Norah'S Art.

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I have made a huge decision about my Ning classroom network. 

You may or may not know that Ning has and is changing their ways. 

I have had plenty notice of this and plenty of time to consider what I wanted to do. 

However, the decision has been very hard to make.

Big decisions are always hard for me and I typically swing back and forth from to-do or not-to-do.

Even though I have had many great ideas for new workshop offerings, I just haven't had the energy or I should say passion to go forth with them. 

I have finally realized that this decision hanging over my head is stifling my energy. 

So, once and for all, I made the decision to give up my Ning network at my annual renewal day of July 31, 2015. 

I decided to go out with a bang!

A bang of offering all the classes for the next several months for a huge discount. 

You will find all of the class descriptions and paypal buttons on the Main page of All Norah'S Art, as well as, here on my blog pages.

You can click on the class buttons in the top page heading or by clicking on the picture icon of each class in the right sidebar.  

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FACES IN COLLAGE

now $32.00

WIProgress of My Garden Lemons

My Garden Lemons

Audio about Signatures

While changing all the paypal buttons and making sure the classrooms were in order, I came across a bit of audio that I added at the end of one of my favorite classes, Faces In Collage.
I'm sharing this snip of audio today with you because it is something that I feel really strong about. 

(hopefully, the audio embed works)

If you are reading in a reader, you may need to click over to the blog to see and play the audio. 

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Recap of the New Class Fees.

A Diary of Faces - Part One    $35.00

A Diary of Faces - Part two    $35.00

Faces in Collage    $32.00

Faces in Technicolor    $25.00

Tree Castle Apron    $35.00

*Inktense Faces on Fabric (mini class) $20.00

**Norah'S Darker Skintones (mini class) $20.00

Faces:  All Norah'S    $32.00

*   Inktense Faces on Fabric is a part of the class, Tree Castle Apron.  

**   Norah'S Darker Skintones is a part of the class, Faces: All Norah'S.

Access to all class will end July 31, 2015

Important change announcement

My swing made with an old bedstead by my father who passed away in the early 1980s
for my mother who passed away in 1991.
The swing back is the headboard and the sides are from the footboard cut in half. 

I will be brief with this important information. 

As you may or may not know, Ning, the site where I host my online classes, has announced
changes.

In addition to various formatting changes, they announced a new pricing structure based on number of members. The formatting changes give me some concern as to the way I present my classes; however, I am more concerned about the new cost to me as the creator of allnorahsart.ning.

First, let me say, I love my class site and I am not moving from Ning.  I am committed to staying at least one more year to see how it all works out.

I'm sharing this for the following reasons:

To let you know

• all classes are still available and will be for at least one more year.
• I have purged all members who were not enrolled in a class.
• the home page is invisible and not accessible unless you are enrolled in a class.
• if you are interested in a class, click on the tab at the top or the class icon in the right sidebar of my blog for class information and paypal button.

Online CLASSES

A Diary Of Faces

Faces In Collage

Faces in Technicolor

Inktense Faces on Fabric

Tree Castle Apron

Faces in Darker Skintones

I look forward to new students, so if you have been holding back because of the Ning changes, know that nothing is changing for me for at least one year. 

♥

Message Board To-Do

Little by little, I'm getting it done. And making progress on last weekends to-do list. Marked off several major things and took this pic before I replace those items with more major to-do things.

This kinda keeps me from stressing too much. I need to be able to mark something off a list somewhere and where better than my message center.

I still have some major thing to add to this list.

Thanks to all who sent me happy birthday wishes at Facebook. That was huge fun and I'm still celebrating with a three day weekend. I get to do that every year.

I wanted to share my third face from Faces in Technicolor. Can you guess what my color inspiration was for this face? All the videos are up now. Of course the class is still in progress and will be indefinitely. That means you can jump in anytime and won't miss a thing. You have the advantage of all the videos up for you from day one.

Please allow me to share a testimonial from one student:

"WOW...wow! Just watched the last class and can't thank you enough for being
such an awesome teacher. Your class combined the PERFECT balance between
visual demonstration and verbal instruction...with wonderful tips thrown
in! You really are amazing! I learned SO much!!!"

Well, what can I say, thank you and you have no idea how huge my smile is.

♥ Sharon

Class ART

It just dawned on me that I haven't shared the class ART for Faces in Technicolor here on my blog. Well, I did that because I wanted it to be a surprise to the students. I didn't want to reveal the whole background until they could see it in the videos.

The first piece above is from the first weekend of videos and this second piece is from this weekend. There is a third face which I have only given a little peak of ....with my technicolor lunch at the desk-in-town last week. Face three (lessons 11 through 14) will be up next weekend.

Remember you can jump in anytime......my classes have no end date.

I'm off to explore Lake Waco with dh and his new toy, and I plan to take my camera and maybe a sketchbook.

♥ Sharon

Technicolor Lunch

While scarfing down this beautiful golden butternut squash and juicy tomato from our garden, here at this desk-in-town, it occurred to me how much the colors were exactly mimicking my palette from this morning's ART.

My Faces in Technicolor class is kicking my butt. The most talented and willing group of students have assembled and from what I can tell, they are totally immersed in the technicolor process.

My painting classes include a Gallery for Critique inside the class room and after a quiet weekend of them watching videos, they very quickly begin to show me in the gallery.

Then it is my tern to tell....critique.
For example here is a snip from one critique, ".......well done and fine just the way it is. But, if you want to perfect it just a little, I wish for you to study where the lights and darks are in your models nostril area of her nose. Do you see how the flare of the nostril creates a hard shadow line that defines the upper side of the hole......."

or here's another,
"♥ The end of the nose/nostril area it beautiful. This is the hardest part of the nose for me and you were so brave to get that beautiful shadow of her nose right out there on her face. So good!"

from another,
"I'm so proud that you challenge yourself to do real known people portraits. And you do have a gift of getting the likeness.
♥ You captured the likeness of her mouth but you could set the corners down with your darkest dark. Study that area in your model.
♥ I know you can be brave with color. (LOL) And you can be more brave on her with color....but only if you would like it...."

You see, it is kicking my butt because this is my favorite part of the class even though it is very time consuming. It is like we are all in the same room and I'm teaching and everybody gets to read the critiques and learn from them. They will be the first to tell you how helpful it is.

The little peeper in the photo above with the golden squash is work-in-progress. I intentionally held up the video of the third face demonstration until the Faces in Technicolor class started. I wanted it to be fresh and maybe address some of the classroom issues. This third face starts with Lesson eleven and will be up Friday, July 2nd (ha that's my birthday).

My desk in town calls....
♥Sharon

Faces in Technicolor Winner is

But first, I want to THANK YOU all for putting out the word about my Faces in Technicolor class that starts Friday. You all did a wonderful job of showcasing my class on your blogs and I really got a kick out of those who told someone in person or by email. So cool. I'm very excited and I don't remember when I said I would draw for the second free spot, but I just thought it needed to be now. SO...............................................................................

Did you know you can collapse the comments and then just print the names in a list. I know. So smart. Anyway, I did and then I folded and then I drew and the winner for the second free spot in my Faces in Technicolor online e-course is.................

Rina said...
Hi Sharon,

I love for a chance at your workshop....I did post all
the info at my blog.

June 08, 2010 11:43 AM

Congratulations Rina, I look forward to having you in my class. Watch for the group invite in you email.

If you haven't signed up for the class, I hope you will. It is so much fun to start with the first wave of ARTIST. There is so much energy and encouragement and good vibes bouncing around. I love love love it.

♥ Sharon

Remedy for feeling stretched

I have a "feeling stretched" remedy for you. A friend told me this a long long time ago. She said when feeling overwhelmed with all the many task at hand, just pick one and do it. So, I did. The task that I managed was to update my sweet grandson's COTAforRyanT website. That was the most important task.

But I also have my own remedy that works. I made a list of the many task that were building up in my head and getting all crowded and pushed around and causing me to "feel stretched".

And then I managed to actualize and mark off several things. One of which was to get the Lesson Schedule posted over in the classroom of the Faces in Technicolor class. Here is the opening day:
JUNE 18, 2010
LESSON ONE (11:55): ♥About the class ♥Canvas preparation ♥Finding a model

LESSON TWO (13:47): ♥Sketch discussion ♥Value discussion ♥Sketch demonstration

LESSON THREE (9:37): ♥Color value exercise
( those aren't times....that is the length of each video)

I can't tell you just how excited I am about the class. It is a good class with great lessons to be learned; but the exciting part is getting to see all the students paintings and feeling their enthusiasm and seeing their pride with painting. Some of my students are painting for the first time and it just gives me such a warm feeling inside.

Remember there is a second free spot drawing. Read all about it in this post. The thing to remember is, if you have already paid for the class and you are the winner, I will refund your class fee.

So, I'm feeling not so stretched now.
♥ Sharon

PS: I have updated the Cloth to Cloth page. See tabs at the top, just under the header.

Got Guts

OK, this might be the first and only post that I "delete". But for now, you need to know that, "I am an ARTIST with Guts".


I am doing this and day dreaming about doing this and that is that!
I only showed one person...in person and he just rolled his eyes. Did you? I didn't really show him. I just passed by with a black marker in my hand baiting him. Sure enough he ask, "what are you writing?" I flashed my leg; he rolled his eyes; and that was that. Then the next day, yesterday, I had guts to begin to make the day dream happen. Maybe. It could. Then this morning I needed to tell U (Universe).
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ABOUT YOU: You guys are thrilling me with your comments and posting about my new workshop. I chuckle with delight reading what Wendy said"....Your message is being broadcast to all readers of Craft Dinner". Dolls with Destiny who is just now starting a blog said she has told her sister. Joeanns who is a new student in the Faces: All Norah'S workshop said she has told three people. Lynne from the UK doesn't have a blog but she has emailed the link to a bunch of people. And I ♥ ♥ ♥ all you guys who put up a button in your sidebar. Don't worry about multiply comments on that post, I am writing the names down as we go so I and draw from the hat. I'm so happy that I thought to make it clear to the ARTIST who don't yet have a blog.
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ABOUT THE WORKSHOP:
Class Name: Faces in Technicolor
Start Date: June 18, 2010
Cost: $55.00

My new class is now open for registration. The class is about painting faces with a wild and crazy palette of Technicolors.

I am so excited to share with you the fun of non-traditional flesh colors in faces as well as the how and why of it. In this class we will start with a blank white canvas, go on a model search, discuss the importance of values when painting faces, do an exercise to better see values, discuss the color wheel, go on a search for background inspiration and learn how to incorporate the colors in the background.

I will demonstrate using a few Golden heavy body paints and mediums. However, you do not have to use the same brand or colors that I will be using.

Registration is now open. The class Start Date is June 18th. There are 10 lessons of over 4 hours of video. I have not worked out the exact class schedule yet but the videos will be presented over a course of several weeks. I'm thinking 3.

As always, this class will not have an end date. It will be available for you at your leisure, dressed or not.

It makes me so happy to offer this because you know what? I love the "teacher love" that I have received.

You can visit my Ning network here. Sign up if you haven't already. I'll pass you through. There is a paypal button for the class there as well as here.
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Sharon Pendergraft, the winner of the first free spot is already over there in the classroom along with a few others. Nothing is up yet on the blackboard but I will be posting the class schedule and supplies and stuff asap. In the meantime, it is a fun place to meet and visit while waiting for the teacher.

I'm so thrilled with the excitement about the new class. Thank you.
♥ Sharon
hello hello...are you still here?

Almost ready for you to register for new class

Yes that is correct, just as soon as I can get the registration information and pay pal button up at allnorahsart.ning, we can get started.

I am so excited to share with you the fun of non-traditional flesh colors on faces.

I would have had this ready today but last night right in the middle of posting the class registration on the network, ZAP!!! a storm blew in and we were without electricity for about seven hours. So I lost all that I had been working on. I'm hoping I will have time to do it again from this desk later today.

In the meantime, let me tell you this. I am going to add a blog tab up at the top where you can click over and read all about the class. You know, what we will do, a little bit about supplies and all that good stuff.

But here are some facts I can tell you right hear and now: Class tuition is $55.00. Registration will start as soon as I can get it up. The class will actually start June 18th. That will give a couple of weeks for the Artist to gather and get ready. It is so much fun when starting with a big group all at the same time. The energy is so exhilarating and inspiring and I hope you will all join in.

If you haven't signed up with your comment for a chance at the free spot. You can still do that. But time is running out because just as soon as I go figure out that random number thingy, I will probably edit this post with the winner.

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Anonymous said...
Oh my goodnes....OH MY GOODNESS....how awesome! How can I pick a favorite? But if I MUST....it would be the colors used in LUSCIOUS LIPS! You are SO talented! Sharon Pendergraft WINNER!!!!!

BUT, I WANT TO GIVE A SECOND FREE SPOT.

For a chance at that:

1. Tell about my new workshop on your blog with a link back to me.

2. Then leave your comment in this post telling me that you did that.

4. If you do not have a blog, leave me a comment here and tell me that you have told at least one person about this new class. .....or something like that.

3. The day before the workshop starts, I will draw a winner for the second spot from comments on this post. If you have already signed up for the new class, I will refund your payment.

♥ Sharon

Faces in Thechnicolor

"Faces in Technicolor"

That's what it is. My new online workshop.

A lot of stuff jumbling through my head at the moment as I try to balance all ART in my life. Life is not in the way. The rope is tight and I'm up there with my arms out just trying to balance it all.

Workshop Give-away.

...short and to the point... leave me a comment with your favorite technicolor and I will have a drawing for a free pass to this new workshop. I will be ready to give you all the workshop details at the same time I announce the winner.

OK

Go for it!

Sharon