02.17.11
Art Journal #45
I did this on Valentine’s Day…
It’s 8 1/2 x 11, watercolor, colored pencil and grease pencil :)
Lots more watercolor pieces (mostly florals) to follow!
It’s 8 1/2 x 11, watercolor, colored pencil and grease pencil :)
03.13.10
Yet Another New Digital Collage Sheet :)
Gray, green, yellow and white flowers now on sale in my etsy shop:
Print this and use it in shadowboxes, for collage, mixed media art projects, scrapbooking, paper chain… lots of fun stuff! I think I may paint this pattern over my mantle, personally ;)
03.11.10
A New Digital Collage Sheet…
Black, gray and white chintz now on sale in my etsy shop:
Print this and use it in shadowboxes, for collage, mixed media art projects, scrapbooking, paper chain… lots of fun stuff!
03.10.10
A New Digital Collage Sheet…
is up on etsy :)
Pink and yellow chintz…
I’ve been inspired, the chintz flood gates have opened! ;)
03.04.10
oodles of doodles…
I’m a doodler. When I’m on the phone, I doodle. When I should be paying attention, I doodle. I doodled all through school to stay awake in classes that were yawn-fests. I made teachers angry. I just can’t help myself. That’s why I loved being at Calarts, they encouraged aimless doodling.
I have tons of little fun sketches and doodles on shopping lists, notes, to-do lists… they are everywhere. So, I decided to cut them out and keep them in a drawer to collage with later. I even have stacks of fun receipts, scratched lottery tickets and other “slice of life” slips of paper… all telling a story. (Sort of like Babs’ 10 foot long Ralph’s register receipt of 30+ animal cookie boxes when I was 5? hmmm?)
Here are two of the collages…
I water colored a quick background on the first one… then glued down my house sketches from our Oak Island trip, some of them I punched holes in, then added some texture with colored pencil on top. Voila… an art journal entry!
The second one was from a month of doodling. I wish I would have put down a background color first, but… it’s a start. This page sort of tells a story of that month. I remember each little sketch and my level of boredom during each. Splendid!
On that note…It’s sort of strange how you can look at a piece of art you created and recall the emotion you were feeling as you made it, or at least what you were doing when you put it together. I used to be able to pick up a necklace and remember which sitcom or movie I was watching when I wrapped that wire… sometimes, I would name the necklace after the TV show’s theme, plot line or character. I went through a Sundance Channel phase where everything was named after artsy documentaries, an odd subtitle or things you’d find on Robert Redford’s ranch or in his catalog. I love theming, don’t you? ;)
02.24.10
Art Journal #43
Had a wonderful weekend. A friend from high school came to visit and we had a great time. We went thrifting and got into a lot of trouble… I think she’s now traveling with double the luggage… oops ;)
Here’s the latest art journal. I think he’ll be put on the front of a card and above him in scrolly writing… “Who is having a Birthday” or “Who needs cheering up” or “Who needs to get out the house more”. The possibilities are endless :)
