Author Archives: Debra

About Debra

A mixed media artist and decorative artist, there is not a technique or surface that does not interest me! I should probably be a little more focused but diversity in mediums, surfaces and techniques has kept my interest and creative process expanding over the years. Never one to sit still after art school I dabbled in glass etching in commercial buildings and residential homes. Until the birth of my first child, which way laid my art endeavors for nearly eleven years and I stumbled upon decorative painting. A way to channel my creative yearning even though I was too exhausted to actually "think". Following others drawing patterns and painting instructions decorative painting satisfied my muse until my children were older and I had more energy to devote to my art. Now with an empty nest and the down turn in the economy I have so much more time to entertain my muse with all sorts of creative energy! So stay tuned you never know what you find posted in my blog or for sale in the Etsy shop!

100 day project 2025

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This year for the 100 day project I plan to draw or sketch 100 faces in my sketch pad using only  pencils, in the beginning only graphite pencils and later colored pencils. The sketchbook I bought is from Michaels and it has 100 pages. I didn’t purchase it for this particular reason but it is perfect for it – yay !

Here are some of the paper dolls that I created in a class on Fodder School 4 in Angela Kennedy’s class. She inspired me to draw the 100 sketches for this 2025 100 day project.

Paper dolls

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Three projects

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Fodder School 4

These projects are from the first three months of Fodder School 4. What amazing online classes have been offered so far. I have learned so much even though I have been “doing art” for many years and I am having so much fun creating too.The little book from the class with Jack Ravi was so interesting to include old photos and the case for the book is an altered Altoids tin. The second class was with Sally Hirst and we created fodder and applied it to wooden coasters. And the third class with Liz Constable we created a journal using master sheets that were cut up to create six signatures. So much fun !!

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Fodder School 2024 – 2025

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A new adventure to jump start my creativity.  This is a year long schedule of classes beginning in October of 2024 with an introduction of all the teachers every three days basically creating fodder and beginning in November a month long class with one teacher. Above are the first couple of classes from October.  Lots of fun !