| By Hummingbird Arts, 114 contributed posts About the author: Pressed flower and Mandala fine art prints by Janet London influence the atmosphere in any room with a calmness and serenity desirable in many environments. Their natural beauty makes them a welcome addition to the décor in any home, office, spa or professional suite. Janet also teaches mandala workshops to release creativity and more. See Janet's listing at the Southern Oregon Artists Resource to learn more and make contact.  I just returned from a two week trip to Costa Rica. What a beautiful country! The rainforest is exquisite with so many birds and animals and beautiful trees and flowers. The people were also lovely and very warm and friendly. Th… Continue reading Artist’s Way II/ Pura Vida By Hummingbird Arts, 114 contributed posts About the author: Pressed flower and Mandala fine art prints by Janet London influence the atmosphere in any room with a calmness and serenity desirable in many environments. Their natural beauty makes them a welcome addition to the décor in any home, office, spa or professional suite. Janet also teaches mandala workshops to release creativity and more. See Janet's listing at the Southern Oregon Artists Resource to learn more and make contact. By Hummingbird Arts, 114 contributed posts About the author: Pressed flower and Mandala fine art prints by Janet London influence the atmosphere in any room with a calmness and serenity desirable in many environments. Their natural beauty makes them a welcome addition to the décor in any home, office, spa or professional suite. Janet also teaches mandala workshops to release creativity and more. See Janet's listing at the Southern Oregon Artists Resource to learn more and make contact.  My stepdaughter and grandchildren were visiting for a few days so haven’t been working on cards. Today I had a few minutes to work and created this card with an Asian looking design. I love the earth colors and the simplicity of the card.&n… Continue reading Card #7 By Hummingbird Arts, 114 contributed posts About the author: Pressed flower and Mandala fine art prints by Janet London influence the atmosphere in any room with a calmness and serenity desirable in many environments. Their natural beauty makes them a welcome addition to the décor in any home, office, spa or professional suite. Janet also teaches mandala workshops to release creativity and more. See Janet's listing at the Southern Oregon Artists Resource to learn more and make contact.  In this session I worked with my student on “Chapter 2: Our Bodies As Conduits of Light” from Judith Cornell’s Mandala: Luminous Symbols for Healing book. We started with a meditation entitled, “Bringing Prana Through the Hands” which… Continue reading Luminous Mandala Work/ One on One/Session 2 By Hummingbird Arts, 114 contributed posts About the author: Pressed flower and Mandala fine art prints by Janet London influence the atmosphere in any room with a calmness and serenity desirable in many environments. Their natural beauty makes them a welcome addition to the décor in any home, office, spa or professional suite. Janet also teaches mandala workshops to release creativity and more. See Janet's listing at the Southern Oregon Artists Resource to learn more and make contact.  I diverted from my card making process to work on this collage. I read the current World Wide Pressed Flower Art Newsletter and pressed flower artist, Barbara Hallman shared instructions on how to make a sun dappled leaf collage. Barbara ow… Continue reading Making a Translucent "Float Frame" Sun Dappled Leaf Collage By Hummingbird Arts, 114 contributed posts About the author: Pressed flower and Mandala fine art prints by Janet London influence the atmosphere in any room with a calmness and serenity desirable in many environments. Their natural beauty makes them a welcome addition to the décor in any home, office, spa or professional suite. Janet also teaches mandala workshops to release creativity and more. See Janet's listing at the Southern Oregon Artists Resource to learn more and make contact.  In this card I used the poinsettia petals that I pressed after Christmas and covered them with a sheer paper and added perfect paper adhesive and this process created a soft look. It is hard to see in the picture but the sheer paper has flecks of… Continue reading Card No. 6 By Hummingbird Arts, 114 contributed posts About the author: Pressed flower and Mandala fine art prints by Janet London influence the atmosphere in any room with a calmness and serenity desirable in many environments. Their natural beauty makes them a welcome addition to the décor in any home, office, spa or professional suite. Janet also teaches mandala workshops to release creativity and more. See Janet's listing at the Southern Oregon Artists Resource to learn more and make contact.  This card was also made with some flowers that were given to me by the son of a flower artist who had passed away. When I got them I didn’t think I would ever use them and then I was encouraged by another flower artist to keep them. No… Continue reading Card No. 5 Made with Faded Flowers By Hummingbird Arts, 114 contributed posts About the author: Pressed flower and Mandala fine art prints by Janet London influence the atmosphere in any room with a calmness and serenity desirable in many environments. Their natural beauty makes them a welcome addition to the décor in any home, office, spa or professional suite. Janet also teaches mandala workshops to release creativity and more. See Janet's listing at the Southern Oregon Artists Resource to learn more and make contact.  Luminous Mandala Advanced WorkshopThis workshop is for those persons who have completed the basic Luminous Mandala class and have learned the techniques of drawing and coloring luminous mandalas, or for persons who have previous art experience.&n… Continue reading Spring 2012 Luminous Mandala Advanced Workshop By Hummingbird Arts, 114 contributed posts About the author: Pressed flower and Mandala fine art prints by Janet London influence the atmosphere in any room with a calmness and serenity desirable in many environments. Their natural beauty makes them a welcome addition to the décor in any home, office, spa or professional suite. Janet also teaches mandala workshops to release creativity and more. See Janet's listing at the Southern Oregon Artists Resource to learn more and make contact. Luminous Mandala Advanced Workshop This workshop is for those persons who have completed the basic Luminous Mandala class and have learned the techniques of drawing and coloring luminous mandalas, or for persons who have previous art experience. Th… Continue reading Spring Mandala Class Offerings By Hummingbird Arts, 114 contributed posts About the author: Pressed flower and Mandala fine art prints by Janet London influence the atmosphere in any room with a calmness and serenity desirable in many environments. Their natural beauty makes them a welcome addition to the décor in any home, office, spa or professional suite. Janet also teaches mandala workshops to release creativity and more. See Janet's listing at the Southern Oregon Artists Resource to learn more and make contact.  Here is card No. 4. I had some left over hearts from a former card project and so made a design with thyme, verbena, coral bells and some little wildflowers. This process is quite a challenge, especially the part of coming up with a new des… Continue reading Card No. 4/ Valentine’s Card |  DISCLOSURE: SOAR/Art Matters! has affiliate relationships with the providers of great products and services below. If you make a purchase from one of the sites below, it helps defray the cost of promoting Southern Oregon Artists, so please use our links!   Utrecht's online discounts have been updated, though the graphics remain the same. The link above saves 40% off your highest priced item (coupon code AP1), the one below gets you 15% off any order of $100 or more AND Free Shipping! (coupon code AP3)    Ashland artist Pegi Smith sells her art on Yessy.com - View her Yessy gallery hereNow thru April 30: 
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