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This info came via: http://bettinaforget.com/InsideTheStudio/2010/12/03/transfer-magic-with-melanie-matthews/ Transfer Magic with Melanie Matthews By  webmaster Published:   December 3, 2010 Posted in:  Reviews of events Tags: What a great way to spend a Sunday: up to my elbows in acrylic gel, a bit of Quinacridone orange stuck in my hair, and learning all about  Image Transfer  techniques from artist  Melanie Matthews . Melanie is employed by  Golden Paints  and gives a variety of workshops on how to use Golden products. This was my second workshop with her, I had already participated in her basic image transfer session, and I had signed up for her advanced class at the Westmount Visual Arts Centre . Melanie is an energetic teacher, light-hearted and talented. Check out  her website  which features her own work besides snapshots taken during her workshops. Another great thing about her workshops: she brings the B...

Read more: {this is glamorous}  http://citified.blogspot.com/search?updated-max=2011-06-17T19:30:00-07:00&max-results=9#ixzz1ZgUTjQPl Under Creative Commons License:  Attribution {the top five things that inspire her work:} 1.  Day dreaming. I pretty much fantasize about beautiful things all day long, and then I think oh wow, wouldn't a lavender and dark green something be the best . . . off to paint! 2.  Fashion. The prints! The proportions! The drama! I am recently drawn to spare, modern clothes in the perfect shade of black, blue or grey, and it is making me want to do paintings with less color, and softer compositions and lots of nice clean space. 3.  Travel. I love to see what other people are wearing, how stores in different cities do window displays, the light and the sky and the ocean in places that are not land-locked Atlanta . . . even the trees, the colors of leaves. I am going to California soon, and I am super excited to look at some ...