PORTRAITS IN A PANDEMIC: Circe Olson Woessner

Join Circe Olson Woessner for part one of her [Self] Portraits in a Pandemic workshop. This podcast is brought to you by the Museum of the American Military Family & Learning Center through a grant from NM Arts as part of a series of workshops, town halls and exhibits in our addiction/recovery series.

“Self” Portraits Materials Needed: Watercolor paper and water color paints and any combination of: markers, colored pencils, tempera, ink, “puff” paint, stickers, magazine letters, glue sticks or glue or anything else you want…

Elements to incorporate into your portrait:

• Title of a favorite book
• An expression you use a lot
• A line from a favorite poem or scripture
• Things you love: people, animals, places
• A flower
• Something which brings you peace & contentment

 Something that symbolizes:

• Where you live now
• Where is “home”
• A favorite animal or your spirit guide
• Your heritage
• Your roles
• Who you really are
• A challenge you have overcome
• Your talent(s)

 Colors to include in your portrait:

• Red-Security (I am)
• Orange-Creativity (I feel)
• Yellow-Confidence (I do)
• Green-Love/compassion (I love)
• Blue-Communication(I talk)
• Indigo-Intuition/imagination (I see)
• Purple- Interconnection/spirituality(I understand)