Silk Painting Retreat in Durfort France

with Master Silk Painter Christine Sutherland

Date: Sept 25- Oct 2, 2013

Instructor: Christine Sutherland, Master Silk Painter, SPIN

Find yourself living in the rich ambiance of La Cascade retreat in the medieval village of Durfort, France, loving the food and laughter with new creative friends while learning to paint on silk.

Learn the basics of soy wax, bees wax and Resistad used to create cool textures and new techniques developed by Master Silk Painter Christine Sutherland with over a decade of experience painting exclusively on silk.

This workshop & retreat experience will give any level of artist a great level of inspiration to reinvent yourself and your artistic endeavors.

The daily projects will be created on a 15” x 15” silk, along with a scarf a day. 

Bring your own designs to paint or be inspired by the beauty of France in the fall where you will find plenty of time for sketching the countryside and being intrigued by the people walking through the enchanting streets of Durfort. 

Please share this info with those you know who may enjoy it!

Christine Sutherland

Phoenix, Arizona USA

602-284-4388

http://www.csutherlandart.com

Friends - I've worked with Christine for decades - her first silk painting was actually the cover of my folktale Twiga, & she went on to became an International Master Silk Painter. If you have an inkling of desire to learn this unique art - Christine would be the perfect teacher!

Marcy Hope Williams

A Different Scenery 

Can you guess where I am?

Yep - California here I come

Right back where I started from...

This was a very unexpected trip.

I shouldn't complain as I was able to miss part of Utah's winter.

Instead of -8 or even zero degrees,

I've been enjoying crisp 60 degree to nice warm 80 degree days.

I wish I could tell you that this was a joy trip,

well I suppose visiting your mother should bring joy into your life.

But this trip was out of necessity.

Anyone else out there caring for an elderly parent?

Roles certainly switch places. strength replaces weakness

and weakness replaces where strength once was.

But this is a time to cherish, this is a time to learn more about 

your roots, your parents and yourself.

I only had to begin at the refrigerator:

"Yesterday's the past, tomorrow's the future, but today is a GIFT. 

That's why it's called the present."

or

My goal in life is to weigh what my driver's license says I do!

or

A Prayer for the World

Let the rain come and wash away

the ancient grudges, the bitter hatreds

held and nurtured over generations.

Let the rain wash away the memory

of the hurt, the neglect.

Then let the sun come out and

fill the sky with rainbows.

Let the warmth of the sun heal us

wherever we are broken.

Let it burn away the fog so that

we can see each other clearly.

So that we can see beyond labels,

beyond accents, gender or skin color.

Let the warmth and brightness

of the sun melt our selfishness.

So that we can share the joys and

feel the sorrows of our neighbors.

And let the light of the sun

be so strong that we will see all

people as our neighbors.

Let the earth, nourished by rain,

bring forth flowers

to surround us with beauty.

And let the mountains teach our hearts

to reach upward to heaven.

Amen.

-Rabbi Harold S. Kushner