Art Of Tracy Verdugo Blog

Bonjour mes amis! Just a small post today as it is the weekend and I am in France with mi amor after all for the first time.... plus I actually wrote this whole blog last night and POOF!! It vanished...just like that! Oh well, what can we do?? I want you to know that I am writing this post with a French accent in my head so you must read it that way too d'accord? :) Grateful for these little heart rocks collected in Wales. The beaches there have the most I've ever seen!   THIS view from the window of our budget hotel the first night here~ the beautiful Chateau de Carcassonne!!  THIS view from our VERY BUDGET "chalet" our last night in Wales...we actually worried it might fall down the hill from the obvious termite damage AND its the first place we've ever stayed where the shower head was missing! But the views...oh my!! THIS perfect vista through an ancient window at the ruins of Tintagel Castle in Devon to the wi...

This time last week I was up to my elbows in paint,ink and pastels, hanging out in a stable with 13 gorgeously brave creative seekers, surrounded by gum trees, horses, kangaroos and cockatoos! Heaven! In these beautiful surroundings I got to deliver my very first Paint Mojo two day workshop~ the format I will be bringing to the U.S in Sept. I can't tell you how much I am loving spending an entire weekend teaching and inspiring others to recognise and own their unique creative mojo and in return being taught and inspired by my students in oh so many ways. Thank you for allowing me into the landscapes of your lives, your creative space, into its wonder..... its childhood memories... its performance anxiety.... its tender, vulnerable beauty.... its limitless possibilities....its critical voice... Even though I have been teaching for twelve years I'm feeling something very new unfold inside me and it FEELS SO RIGHT ♥ During the weekend we shared our stories, fo...

Hello beautiful bloggy friends! I just had a little giggle when I read back my title...it sounds like I've been drinking too much! In reality I've been holed up in my studio for days working on a Major submission for a painting unit I'm doing towards my Fine Arts Degree. A lot of the time its not much fun painting to someone else's specifications or being graded on your art but these exercises have actually been a lot of fun...with Exercise titles such as Method and Madness and Art for Arts Sake I have been experimenting and having lots of fun just seeing what happens when.... One of the exercises called for lots of experimentation with pouring, spilling and staining. Lots of layers were suggested and so I did just that! Here are the results...aren't they just gorgeous!! I wanted to experiment with a couple of different surfaces so I started with some pieces of unprimed plywood and randomly dripped some Golden Fluid colours on... a little spray of water and magical ...