Filling up the creative toolbox is fun and the best of all possible play times. In the first Backgrounds and Textures course we did just that! I have three drawers piled with samples and experiments from the course.

But if you’re like me, once the lessons wind down, the question becomes Now What?

Backgrounds and Textures II: Complex Compositions is the answer to the “Now What?” question.

Backgrounds and Textures for Paper and Cloth is based on a series of mixed-media explorations I started in 2020. My interest in botanical printing inspired me to seek additional ways to add interest and meaning to the pieces that began as leaf and flower prints, but it didn’t take long for me to tumble down the rabbit hole of making textures and backgrounds for their own sake! Now I can hardly wait to share those explorations with you.