My 2nd impressionist oil. What does it need?
It is a take-off on a very foggy London skyline.
Can't remember if it was Money or not. I didn't like the buildings so tried to do mountains. It's darker
than the one I was using as a guide.
Saturday, September 30, 2006
This is the 9 x 12 collage I did at the Galorious Stampers retreat. I knew I'd bought a frame at a yard sale or Goodwill that had copper on it and today I found it. Had to trim the collage to 8 x 10 but it was worth it -- the copper and teal! Wow and I paid all of 50 cents for it. It makes up for the fact that I paid $8.00 for the handmade coffee card on top!! It matched my handmade paper and the colored piece of Tyvek I had so I "had" to buy it. It is made by
M.J. Berry and I bought it at a local arts and crafts fair.
M.J. Berry and I bought it at a local arts and crafts fair.
I went out to mail some things this morning and lying next to the mailbox was this incredible leaf. I ran it through the Xyron to preserve it but it wrinkled and I put it through the wrong way so I just put it on a piece of cardstock. Is there any way I can preserve this so the colors will stay. Isn't it the most incredibly colored leaf???
I call this one The Broccoli Forest! Again, I added some pieces
to the original with the smaller pieces of broccoli and then used
a very small piece for the grass. Luckily the small piece had a
thin vein which really stood out and made the grass-like image.
Also used both brown and green stamp pads.
This was so much fun I think I'll try other foods when I have
the opportunity.
to the original with the smaller pieces of broccoli and then used
a very small piece for the grass. Luckily the small piece had a
thin vein which really stood out and made the grass-like image.
Also used both brown and green stamp pads.
This was so much fun I think I'll try other foods when I have
the opportunity.
Playing with my food! This weekend is one of "finishing up some UFOs" (unfinished objects) and the first thing this morning was to work on an oil painting -- can't show that until it's dry and I can work on it some more. Next was to add to the single images I
stamped with a large stalk of broccoli at the stamp retreat.
Today I used a smaller piece and different stamp pads to give
a difference in color. I also cut the broccoli apart to apply the
tops a little better.
stamped with a large stalk of broccoli at the stamp retreat.
Today I used a smaller piece and different stamp pads to give
a difference in color. I also cut the broccoli apart to apply the
tops a little better.
Wednesday, September 27, 2006
Sorry that I'm still getting some of the writing over the artwork. I've tried putting in the
artwork first and everything looks good until it's published. Will keep trying to get it right!
I did manage to get one more modern art cat done between the Stamping Getaway and the
Art Bash North this past weekend (I'll post from that wonderful getaway in a day or so).
I found a book on Paul Klee and incorporated several techniques from various of his paintings
into my 3rd Abstract cat. His name is, of course,
Klee Kat.
I demoed my new Stamp Press -- with foil strips only. Gina tried alcohol inks on a piece and got some neat results. I tried DTP and it was so so. I didn't have a great deal of luck using the rolling ink pad but have since purchased the video and learned everything I did wrong and we'll play with this again with all kinds of media (cardstock, clay, metallic paper and different colors of ink cartridges. These are, of course, Paula Best, rollers.
Pat brought her Twinkling H20s and we played with them on both dark glossy and white matte cardstock. You apply the paints to the rubber stamp with a small paint brush and then spritz lightly with water. The card on the left shows 3 stampings from one paint application -- with water spritzed once more after the initial one.
Again, the dark one does not show the beauty of the final product.
Again, the dark one does not show the beauty of the final product.
Netta taught us to make paper dolls (or flat people) and I of course had to use the Paula Best cat stamp. We pinned all our
dolls (see next picture) to a cork board and when we woke up the next morning we found that the dolls had all acquired a miniature worry doll of their own. Who knows what other mischief they got into during the night while we slept soundly after a hards day's play!
dolls (see next picture) to a cork board and when we woke up the next morning we found that the dolls had all acquired a miniature worry doll of their own. Who knows what other mischief they got into during the night while we slept soundly after a hards day's play!
This one was so much fun. I just took the felt
blotter that I used on the previous card and set it down in rows all across the card. There was enough ink left in the sponge to do the whole card. Again, the colors are very vibrant gold, silver and copper with the black glossy stock showing through. I feel another framing job
coming up!
blotter that I used on the previous card and set it down in rows all across the card. There was enough ink left in the sponge to do the whole card. Again, the colors are very vibrant gold, silver and copper with the black glossy stock showing through. I feel another framing job
coming up!
At our retreat, Gina taught us lots of surfaces on which to paint alcohol inks. This is my first CD.
It is amazing to watch the interaction of the inks with the alcohols. This does not begin to show the beauty of the finished product.
We also did large and small tiles, dark and light glossy cardstock an loved them all. Below are samples of some of the paper versions. Gina will be putting a final finish on our tiles for us so will post those later.
It is amazing to watch the interaction of the inks with the alcohols. This does not begin to show the beauty of the finished product.
We also did large and small tiles, dark and light glossy cardstock an loved them all. Below are samples of some of the paper versions. Gina will be putting a final finish on our tiles for us so will post those later.
This is another collage I made at our stamping retreat.
The first sheet is a painted Tyvek envelope my friend Lin
sent me, the second sheet, wrapped with fibers, is one of
my recent pieces of handmade paper with various fiber
and paper inclusions. The card is one I purchased -- because it was about coffee and because it had the perfect colors to go with my two pieces of paper. The card has a piece of teal fabric, then a painted piece of brown paper, topped by a piece of decorative paper and then another, stamped with a coffee cup. Then a small strip is zigzagged on a sewing machine. I have since framed this is a gold frame. Where to hang it on my already full walls!
The first sheet is a painted Tyvek envelope my friend Lin
sent me, the second sheet, wrapped with fibers, is one of
my recent pieces of handmade paper with various fiber
and paper inclusions. The card is one I purchased -- because it was about coffee and because it had the perfect colors to go with my two pieces of paper. The card has a piece of teal fabric, then a painted piece of brown paper, topped by a piece of decorative paper and then another, stamped with a coffee cup. Then a small strip is zigzagged on a sewing machine. I have since framed this is a gold frame. Where to hang it on my already full walls!
Monday, September 18, 2006
On the Artists of the Roundtable group we are making the books in "Book Arts" by Mary Kaye Seckler. This weekend I got caught up and made the first two books: Memories of Paris and the second was supposed to Atlas' Secret but I changed it to an Asian theme. This has been so much
fun and especially since the ART team placed my Paris book on their web page! Yahoo -- my 15
minutes of fame!!!
Sunday, September 17, 2006
Friday, September 15, 2006
Several members of our Galorious Stampers
group at the Harmony House near Oxford,
Ohio, just across the line into Indiana, 9/9/06.
Wonderful friends, great fun with arty things,
superb accommodations, 4 days of sunshine
and moderate temps, too much good food,
too little sleep, and we can't wait to do it again!
Left to Right, back row:
Lorraine, Marti, Anita, Pat, GG and Debra;
In front: Brenna and Netta
group at the Harmony House near Oxford,
Ohio, just across the line into Indiana, 9/9/06.
Wonderful friends, great fun with arty things,
superb accommodations, 4 days of sunshine
and moderate temps, too much good food,
too little sleep, and we can't wait to do it again!
Left to Right, back row:
Lorraine, Marti, Anita, Pat, GG and Debra;
In front: Brenna and Netta
Another Fabric Postcard
This is my Sept. swap card. I think it's a bit out of season for
kite flying but I had such fun doing the last one, I thought I'd
do another.
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