Today I went to the first session of an art journaling course taking place at La Casa Azul Bookstore in Spanish Harlem. The bookstore recently opened this year and is a very cultural, colorful and friendly space. They have been hosting many cultural events this summer and one of them is the six week art journaling course given by fellow blogger and artist Diana Gonzalez. Diana is a very talented mixed media artist who has given many art workshops in the past. It was a lot of fun to sit and do art with a group of creative souls. We did up to six journal pages and each of them using different mediums such as stamping, collaging, and water color painting. Diana shared all of her amazing art tools with us and even gifted us some colorful fabric tape. I took some photos of her class so she can share them on her blog and here are some more shots I took that day:
Colorful Mural at the bookstore (not sure who the artist is but I will find out!)
Beautiful vintage dolls
Paper, Paper, and more paper!
Diana, our art instructor, who guided us every step of the way.
Loved using the stamps!
This was one of the art journal pages I created using stamps, fabric tape and a vintage doll.
This was the group in action.
Colorful inkpads!
This was another one of my journal pages using stamp and water color paints.
I was really glad I came out to this class and it was great to meet and connect with Diana. It was also great to meet Aurora Anaya-Cerda, who is the owner of La Casa Azul Bookstore. Lately I have been connecting with many Latina women artists in the city of New York. I am grateful to get to know them and their work, they are true inspirations for me and other Latinas who are starting to recognize their own work as an artist and sharing it with the world. Below are some links to the AMAZING work of some of the Latina artists I have been connecting with that I truly admire.
Hope you support and enjoy their work as much as I do!
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