Fall Art Immersion Club starts September 9th. This is an after school club for students. They will come in and participate in all kinds of arts and crafts activities. The first week members will be working on clay and paper boxes on Monday, Paper beads on Tuesday, Book making on Wednesday, Painting on Thursday, and paper clay doll making on Friday. Once club members finish the daily project they can work on another project from home or there are some club supplies and instructions to work on individual projects. Cost is $60. a week for 3:15pm-5:30 Monday through Friday when School is in session. There will not be meetings during school breaks. Individual days can be arranged, with preference being given to members who want to come every day. There are only six slots still available for this it will be a small group.

Writing Meeting Tomorrow night at Dragon Art

I am excited to create a new writing group. I really miss my friends from past groups when we lived in Sheridan. I am hoping the new group can get me motivated and producing more books. I think the accountability of belonging to a writing group is what I really need to be successful. This group has only been meeting a few weeks and I have already finished one book and am working on at least seven other projects. I really needed the jump start. The meeting starts at 5:30 or 6. It is a pot luck for snacks, if you like to munch while you write. (We usually get them out after the first hour, when we switch to work time.) We are asking for a $5. donation to attend. This goes towards books, the space, and maybe we will decide to sponsor a fall writing contest for kids? It's a donation, of course you can attend if you don't have five dollars. Don't let that be the reason you stay away. We are looking for a few more writers or illustrators to join us.

The first hour: we share writing/illustrating news, do some prompts, critique work, share goals, etc. Then we break up to work on individual projects, unless someone is close to being finished then we could be having an editing session to help them find any mistakes before sending it out, or self publishing.

Blank Pages is now available! Link to : https://www.createspace.com/3658712 to order. Have fun!

Check out the fun art we have been creating: www.dragonartco.blogspot.com
The new book is being edited and is finished. The magazine is having another activity added. Very busy month.

I have been designing the pages for "After you are asleep." in my dreams. It must be time to work on that children's book. It is a story...well poem I wrote for my daughter Jessalynn several years ago. It is about how I miss so much of her as I rush around her and away from her working and going to school during the day, and that after she is asleep it is too late. I think it is timely and relevant with more and more families having to have all parents working. I really want to do the pictures in pastels (chalk). I used to be pretty good with charcoal and pastels, but I am out of practice and a little intimidated. I am hoping I can pull off what I envision.

Okay, if you haven't been watching what we are doing with our young artists. Check out my other blog: www.dragonartco.blogspot.com

As we move into the new building and start camps, we are also working on a deal for publishing equiptment. I may have found the equipment for perfect binding from someone who is willing to make a deal. Since my local publisher retired, I have been unable to find anyone able to bind my children's books. We may be able to do it in the new shop. I am excited by the possibilities.

camp classes offered

 Some of the art and craft camps being offered. (Remember this list does not include specialized classes, this is the camp list only.) A catalog of activities, costs, and descriptions will be posted soon. Registration starts Monday.

June17-21       

Fairy Camp

2:30-5pm

June 24-28th

Costume Class

2:30-5pm

July 1-5

Masks Camp

1-3:30pm

Henna Camp

4-6:30

July 8-12

Clay Camp

Part 1

2:30-5

July 15-19

Doll Camp

9-11:30

July 22-26

Puppet camp

9-11:30

 Painting like the masters camp

12:30-3

Clay Camp Part 2

3:30-6

July 29-August 2nd

Dragon Camp

9-11:30

Drawing camp

12:30-3

Weaving camp

3:30-6

August 5-9

Instrument camp

9-11:30

Basket Weaving

12:30-3

Print making camp

3:30-6

August 12-16

Henna Camp

9-11:30

Scultpy Doll Making

12:30-3

Book Making Camp

3:30-6

August 19-23

Jewerly making camp

9-11:30

Illustration

12:30-3

Puppet Camp

3:30-5

We leased a building and are opening soon. While the shelving is not in yet, we are taking registration  starting Monday, for summer camps . This is not the complete list of classes, just the list of camp classes. Each class will have multiple projects every day. For instance, our henna camp will start out with a watercolor henna design painting, for students to learn about the patterns and routes of henna design. The next day they will practice their techniques while using the designs decorating gourds. The next day we will work on space and composition while painting (?TBA). The fourth day they will use craft henna (henna paste without essential oils) to stain wood boxes with their designs. On the last day they will practice henna on each other. There will be mini lessons throughout, and hints about the tricks I have learned. Each of our camps will build up the students skills, until the student has the opportunity to show what they have learned in a final project. Each camp has limited space. So let me know if you see one you want. We will be adding a regular class schedule later on in the month. Make sure to check back often because we have teachers coming to teach all kinds of fun things! From Polly teaching sewing, crafter Karen Ledbetter traveling from Idaho to teach doll making in our doll camp, to several local jewelry makers and illustrators each teaching their own classes it is going to be a full summer of arts and crafts.

Busy

I have been really busy, finishing projects, teaching, and launching new business ventures. Vending Magazine is currently in the last stages of production and editing. It was placed on hold because we were hoping to launch it with our moving into a new building. As that did not work out, we have put it back into production but I am adding another 10 pages, of really fun projects and information that I have gathered since then. I just want it to be really great before I publish it.

In the mean time another project has snuck up and started to finish itself and is also almost ready to publish. It is so strange how that happens with me. I will start a book and put it aside for something more exciting at the moment, and then it becomes exciting to me again and I can't stop working on it till it is done. I may be publishing both projects in the next few weeks.

If you want a sneak peek at some of what I am working on I started three new blogs today. Two are book blogs, set up just for the two books. The other blog is for my business. I found out in a book writing conference that it is a good idea to have blogs for your books to help advertize them. So I am going to try it out. Check them out and see what you think.

Maybe a store front of our own

WOW! A lot has happened in two months. Production of Vending Magazine is on hold due to the possible opening of Dragon Arts Gallery and Craft Store. We will keep you posted if everything goes through. Cross your fingers. This may be really fun!