She Gambled It All for Love

This 24" x 24" piece has a very large gel transfer, water slide decal, stained glass insert, vintage playing card, collage, and pearls. In addition, there are various techniques from the new book, Surface Treatment Workshop, such as crackle, alcohol and Elmer's glue.

All That Glows

10x10 by Sandra Duran Wilson

This painting started with a gesso transfer, using gold gesso and a laser image. A stencil was used to add dimensional shapes, clear layers of acrylic add more depth and more paint completes the work.

All kinds of transfers

City Serenade 24x24 Sandra Duran Wilson

This painting has about every kind of transfer you can imagine from gel, plastic heat, water slide decal, gampi tissue, paint and gum arabic transfers. All of these and more are found in the book. Darlene and I have just finished the art for our second book and we go to Cincinnati for the photo shoot at the end of the month. More exciting techniques to come.

Windows on Time

Where does the time go? It goes out the windows. This image is made from a gum arabic transfer and the preserve-it rub on transfer. The target was printed first onto a rice paper using gum arabic, or paper plate lithography as it is sometimes called. The photograph I took of the windows was transferred using the preserve-it technique described in our book. This is a great way to use photos you love.

Darlene and I will be at the Contemporary Hispanic Market in Santa Fe on Lincoln Ave the weekend of July 25-26. The show runs 8 to 5 both days. I am in booth #58 and Darlene is in # 48. Please stop by to say hi, catch up on art and look at the latest work. We will be glad to show you the book, sign your copy and share our latest transfer techniques.

See you at the market!




Sandra Duran Wilson
Octopus's Garden
30 x 10
acrylic gel transfers on Venetian plaster

We Did It!

The Image Transfer Workshop website went up today so the blog will be in full gear now. If you have questions, show and tell or whatever please leave us a comment. Sandra and I got our authors copy of the book and love it! We found a few small glitches which will be fixed in the next printing.

Both Sandra and I will be posting to the blog, showing you samples, and discussing techniques. If you want to learn more about us you can go to our websites - sandraduranwilson.com or darleneoliviamcelroy.com. If you are in Santa Fe for Artist's Material Expo 2009 "Creative Expression" (Sept. 17, 18, 19, 20), come for either of our demos.

Creative Touch, 16" x 20" mixed media with gel, gesso and gampi transfers by Darlene Olivia McElroy