Woodlanders Retreat at Shake Rag Alley, July, 2024

I love taking workshops at Shake Rag Alley in Mineral Point, WI.  Woodlanders Retreat is an annual event at Shake Rag. It’s held in mid-July.  This year I signed up for “Silk Scarf Dyeing and Painting”, taught by Nancy Welch of Madison.  The class was held July 13, 2024.  Nancy has taught the class a number of years and it typically sells out.  Some classmates were repeat students.

We used “Spectra Bleeding Art Tissue” to add color to our silk scarf blanks. Nancy taught us her method and we all left the class with colorful scarves!

All text and images ©️Suzanne Myers Otto

Watercolor at the Peninsula School of Art

I enrolled in “Illustrating Nature in Watercolor” at the Peninsula School of Art in June, 2024.  This workshop was taught by Becca Jabs.  The school is located in Fish Creek,WI.  This was my first visit to the Peninsula School of Art.  I enjoyed my time there and I hope to return for another class.

Students and teacher.  Becca, our teacher is the second from the left.  I'm the fourth from the left.

I drove through nearby Peninsula State Park one evening.  It's as pretty as I remembered it from my childhood days.