Ready to Paint Shades?

It's taken about a week but I have my designs ready to paint for my new class "Hand Painted Shades Easy Polysilk Painting" with 5 flags designs and a bonus! Super excited to share this, I think we will start to see more guards this year with there very own hand painted flags. 

Design a Band Color Guard Show Theme Board

I really love the simple lines and complex structor of this Color Guard Flag, with each box being in its own space. This is one visual effect that can be done with hand painted flags.

This flag design was inspired by aspen tree shapes, it's subtle cracks and snaps of her twigs. The individually hand painted box for each flag is something thats been an image in my head for a long time but getting the concept to translate into something that everyone else can see and understand was hard to do with out a photo. So, here we are introducing my first design board!

What shall we call the theme? I have a few ideas in mind but I want to hear yours. Post and let me know your great ideas.

Concept Board #1 Twigs Flags in Gray and Red Box

Adventures in Summer

Most of my summers, growing up, were spent traveling.  When I was very young my parents would pack up our VW bus and off we would go from Utah to California all 10 of us! As a teenager and young adult my summers were spent touring with the Blue Knights Drum & Bugle Corps in Denver. Living in Utah and commuting to Denver took a tole on my social seen in Utah. The few friends I had didn't really understand why I was gone all summer and when I cam back I was transformed into a super human beach body.

It is only fitting that I am still traveling with my kids across the world. Doing what my parents did to me as a child. My evil plan starts with hiking, swimming, national parks, maybe a few lakes, my brothers weddings, our family reunion and if they are really really good I will take them to there first Drum Corps show.

The hi-light of my summer will be my 20 year reunion with all the lovely "92" BK guard/instructors, Drums Along the Rockies and the after party. I am so excited and its been such a long time and wouldn't miss it for the world. The friends and memories I have are truly the one of the most beautiful experiences in my life. I will forever treasure the endless summers spent performing, eating, sleeping, running day after day with my friends which became my family even if it was only one summer a year.

Life on the road