#59 of 365 (Feb 28)

4x6 Gothic Arch, Bird and Fairy for a Play It Forward swap. Stamped script, paper napkin adhered with matte medium, vintage images, inks, stabilo pencil.

#58 of 365 (Feb 27)

4x6 Gothic Arch - Collage using decorative paper background, bird & boot images, text, stabilo pencil, inked edges.This is for the swap I'm hosting on atcsforall.com.

#57 of 365 (Feb 26)

4x6 Gothic Arch - Old text page, stamped flourish (dove gray), tinted with inks, book image, bird image printed on tissue, beeswax, letter stickers, inked edges.

#56 of 365 (Feb 25)

These are cards I used to play with the peeled paint technique... inspired by my friends Martha's swap on atcsforall.com. These were old cards that had not traded. I decided to see what it would look like on a variety of backgrounds.

The cards were sealed with gel medium, vaseline added in streaks, acrylic paint layered on, dried, and vaseline rubbed off for the streaking. Some have two layers of paint.

#55 of 365 (Feb 24)

Journal page - torn paper background, inks, stabilo pencil.
Posting a bit early, as we are driving to Seattle at 5:30 tomorrow morning for the Northwest Flower and Garden show. I hope to get some interesting pictures while we are there.

#54 of 365 (Feb 23)

Waves tumbling the rocks back and forth at Marine Park. I love the sound.

#53 of 365 (Feb 22)

Photo of my favorite tree in Marine Park in Bellingham. It will have white on it this morning... if I'm brave enough I'll go get a picture... snowy roads and a cross town drive.

#52 of 365 (Feb 21)

Photo of an old watering can from the back yard... to get the number 9 for a swap on atcsforall.com. I really liked this cropping of it.

#51 of 365 (Feb 20)

Another watercolor with a sense of humor...

And it occurs to me that, amazingly, I have made it for 50 days doing some type of art every day. And not all of what I create ends up posted here... *happy face here*

#50 of 365 (Feb 19)

Another attempt at watercolor... must practice.

#49 of 365 (Feb 18)

Watercolor Artist Trading Card created for my friend Nancy's "Walk Like A Duck" swap on atcsforall.com. Watercolor is way outside my comfort zone... I think I'll play with it a bit more. :)

#48 of 365 (Feb 17)

Altered Playing card - gesso applied to mute the numbers, stamped with script, paper napkin, my pastel drawn hummingbird image, text, beeswax

#47 of 365 (Feb 16)

Old dictionary page, distress inks, oil pastels, images from napkins, text, beeswax.

#46 of 365 (Feb 15)

Altered Playing card - gessoed to mute the numbers, paper napkin, stamped images, Artchix Studio clip art, beeswax.

#44 & 45 of 365 (Feb 13, 14)

Feb 13: Altered Playing cards created for the collage a-thon at atcsforall.com, tinted with ink, paper napkin, beeswax, image,

 Feb 14: Geisha ATC - Created using decorative paper, paper napkin, german scrap edge and image... oh, and  beeswax was involved. :)

#43 of 365 (Feb 12)

Another prototype for the pins I'm making for our local art journaling group. Old shorthand book page, image, test printed on tissue, beeswax.

#42 of 365 (Feb 11)

Prototype for a series of pins I'm making for our local art journaling group. Distressed vintage sheet music, bird printed on tissue, text, micron, inks, beeswax.

#41 of 365 (Feb 10)

Journal page that is almost complete... needs just a bit more

#40 of 365 (Feb 9)

Recipe card for a Play it Forward swap on atcsforall.com. Collage, inks, stabilo pencil

#39 of 365 (Feb 8)

Photo ATC's created for a numbers swap on atcsforall.com :

 

 

#38 of (Feb 7)

Winter Blackbird - Slight digital altering of a photo from a snowy day in our backyard.

#37 of 365 (Feb 6)

This is the final (I think) week 3 page from the Strathmore Visual Journal class. I'm not fond it of, and hope the week 4 process helps it come together better for me.

#36 of 365 (Feb 5)

Mixed Media 5x7 canvas in progress. Layered text pages, matte medium, wash of Quinacridone Nickel Azo Gold acrylic, piece of paper napkin adhered with matte medium, wash of Burnt Sienna acrylic... more to come.

#35 of 365 (Feb 4)

Digitally enhanced and cropped photo of the sunflower that came up near the sunflower seed bird feeder. Taken last August, I believe. I needed cheerful images on a gray and dreary day.

#34 of 365 (Feb 3)

Journal page in progress using techniques from the Strathmore Visual Journaling class. This is week 3.

#33 of 365

4x6 Gothic Arch - Alter Ego. Background is layered acrylic paint scrubbed dry, textured with lighter colors, layered with torn papers, stamped with flourish, layered with images, inks.

#32 of 365

 

4x6 Arch - collaged with copy of old map and dictionary page, tinted with inks, text, cup colored with Tea Leaves VersaMagic Ink and Tombo pens, micron pen, stabilo pencil. Made for a trade on atcsforall.com.