Stencilgirlstudio

I enjoyed watching the artist-at-work and am going to give a try myself!

This course is more about the journey of the mind for journaling. Mary Beth shows a technique I have never seen used before and it requires the artist to let go and be good to ones self.

This is a beautiful and helpful lesson, literally the Phoenix rising from the ashes, and just like the Phoenix, it can be used again and again for cleansing and stimulating the creative process. Mary Beth has provided a valuable tool for accessing and shaping the forces of expression.

The Sandberg quote inspired me to try this course and I'm glad I did. I love what Marybeth does and hope my project will turn out as good!

I enjoyed your approach to this exercise and can definitely use this technique in my art journal. Thanks so much!

I was pleasantly surprised with this course, not fully grasping which direction it would go, based on the Intro and the supply list (candle, matches ???). It was like reading a book you haven't heard reviews of yet, just reading the inside cover synopsis; you can't put it down, and though anxious to see how the book ends, you still would like the story to continue. The title of this course makes perfect sense after watching the video. Really enjoyed the techniques, and gives me more creative ideas for journal pages based on this concept. Thanks Mary Beth.

OK...I haven't actually done this yet, but am excited to try. I have to wait until the weather is a little nicer since I don't want to be out in 30 something degree weather doing art and my husband would go ballistic if he saw me burning paper in the house. I can understand how writing and then burning and making art from the remains will be very therapeutic. This is an especially nice course with the list of supplies being very short and unless you feel like you have to have the exact stencil and exact paint color, most of us will already have what we need. I don't know what Sandburg had in mind when he wrote the poem but I think Mary Beth has done a wonderful job of taking the poem and giving me a way to "feel" it.

What an incredible piece of art...thank you so much.....so much more than just a lesson!

Mary Beth - I love this class. So very clever. Can't wait to burn holes in my story.