I thought you might like to see my progress on the pieces I am working on for Paulette Insall’s class. I have been using a lot more water when I’m applying the acrylics and I think it does make a big difference.
Can you believe I am still using that Fleur di Lys stamp? It […]
This week, Step Outside Your Box Saturdays has a doodle challenge. It was based on Zentangles, which I’ve somehow completely missed. It is a very cool looking system. I will not buy it. I will not buy it. I will…what is that charge for Zentangles doing on my credit card?
Anyway, they have a few […]
Here’s my version of the egg challenge. I didn’t think about my scanner size when I was making it, so I had to crop off a bit of the bottom and the top of the piece, but it was just spacing around the bird to make the composition balanced.
The fern leaf is a home […]
Today, we saw a robin. I don’t think you can have a better kids’ spring craft idea than making a robin picture. It is such a traditional spring symbol. So, that’s what we did. We used a piece of paper lace to “stamp” our design over blue acrylic paint. Then, we tore another piece of […]
Have you ever spent so long thinking that you ran out of time to actually create? Today’s piece is about just that. And, if you’re wondering where I got my inspiration…we went on a nature walk today and this little nut just looked like an owl head. For some reason, that made me think about […]
Yesterday, I got the new Cloth, Paper, Scissors mag. Filled with ideas, as always. I was especially interested in the article on using die cut shapes in our art, but didn’t feel like pulling out my machine to play around. I just cut some bird shapes from paper instead. Then, I applied a layer of […]
Today’s challenge was going to be wings and I saw that Illustration Friday has a theme of multiple, so I actually combined the two. It isn’t done because my day has just been insane, but this is what I have so far. I have to stop working on cardboard bits just because they are there, […]
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Over at Mixed Media Monday, the challenge is to make a piece with texture. I used a really thick coat of acrylic paint over sequin waste to make my textured background. The bird is liquid watercolor and a bit of metallic golden […]
Theme Thursday’s challenge for today was Spring. Since I’ve been trying to drum up excitement for a Think Spring Fat Book swap, I was really happy to see a related challenge.
I stamped the letters for spring on the page, but they didn’t show up as well as I wanted them to, so I inked […]
Remember the craft kit I showed you on Sunday? This is the finished Valentine’s Day tree. To make it, I covered the tree in sheet music. This was an absolute pain to do, because of all the curves. If you do the same kit, you may want to paint and stamp it instead. That’s what […]
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