Day 31 - Art Project 2012

WIP - 4x6 postcards created using torn papers from an old book I'm altering - layered and tinted with distress inks. 

Day 30 - Art Project 2012

Another journal page in progress using techniques from the Doodles Unleashed class, week 2. 

Day 29 - Art Project 2012

A page from my journal... still in progress. This is using techniques from the Doodles Unleashed class, week 2. 

Day 28 - Art Project 2012

Artist Trading Cards created for our local trade today. Acrylic paint mono-printed papers used for the backgrounds and for the die cut hearts. I'm not thrilled with these... the idea in my head did not transfer to paper. Ah well. 

Day 27 - Art Project 2012

 A few more mixed media house backgrounds. The blue house is acrylic paint monoprinting on black chipboard. Black and white house is security envelope interiors. Much more to come on these. These are both 4 inches x 6 inches. 

Day 26 - Art Project 2012

Beginnings of Mixed Media Houses for a collaborative art project with a local group of artists. These were cut from one of the backgrounds I've worked on the past week or so, and are 3 1/2 or 4 inches x 6 inches. A bit more embellishment will occur. 

Day 25 - Art Project 2012

Torn paper background - finished with doodles and more stamped images and ready to be cut into sizes for projects. 

Day 24 - Art Project 2012

Torn paper background, with additional doodles and stamped images. It has been cut into sizes for projects. To be continued... :)

Day 23 - Art Project 2012

I attended a wonderful workshop taught by Debi McManus-Plett... and this is what I brought home. I still have a bit of work, adding some spacers, doing a bit of coloring in a few spots, some "sewing" and adding a few embellishments. 


This is a shot from the first few hours of class, laying out the pattern and figuring out color and texture. Thank goodness we had a pattern template to follow, is all I'll say. :) 

Day 22 - Art Project 2012

Start of a winter spread in my garden themed journal - Work in Progress.
I'm following along with Tracie Lyn Huskamp as she creates a Garden Journal this year... check out her blog. She's doing some tutorials on it throughout this year.

I started with an old field journal from the 1940's - mostly unused so lot's of clear pages (I snagged this one in a free book box at a book sale), adding Absorbant Ground to the pages. I did a light blue wash of watercolor, dotting some away with paper towels, and then stamped the corners with a snow flake stamp in pale blue. This picture doesn't show it well at all. 

I sprayed this page with watercolor (for another project) and used the paint from the snowflakes I'd used as a mask to add shapes to the page (top picture).  

Day 21 - Art Project 2012

Another Doodles Unleashed Intuitive watercolor - WIP. I like this one a bit better. We'll see what develops. :)

Day 20 - Art Project 2012

 Intuitive watercolor 'painting' from Doodles Unleashed - Strathmore workshop. I was most unhappy with it, and whatever I did made it worse... so I cut it into ATC backgrounds. I'll add more doodling to them eventually.

Day 19 - Art Project 2012

More on the Doodles Unleashed spread. I've been making "marks" and have found trying to doodle with pens on top of oil pastels is quite a challenge! I don't think I'll use them again as an underneath layer in a journal. 

My Tombo markers seems to work a bit (wiping them off immediately) and I have destroyed a white Sharpie paint pen in the process of playing. 

We'll see what develops although I'm going to start the second week project for the class now, and come back to this while I'm waiting for things to dry. Maybe...

Day 18 - Art Project 2012

Still working on the Doodles Unleashed project and I'm not fond of where it's going. "Doodling" with paint brushes is not something I've mastered. But hey, it's just a start. We shall keep on...

Day 17 - Art Project 2012

Trying out the Doodles Unleashed techniques (Strathmore online class taught by Traci Bautista). I've used various objects as stencils, and used the ink from them to print on a second page. This is the start... we'll see how it evolves. :) 

Day 16 - Art Project 2012

More work on the torn paper backgrounds... I added a variety of stamped images in a few colors and some paint marks in white. A bit more to do, and then you'll see what I'm planning to make from them. :)

Day 15 - Art Project 2012

Gothic Arch - 4 x 6 beeswax, tissue images and paper napkin collage. Made for a trade on atcsforall.com.

Day 14 - Art Project 2012

Spread in my blue journal... started with left over paint from another project. I have more doodling to do. 

Day 13 - Art Project 2012

Altered Book - working on my zentangle page, adding some doodles and color. Not quite sure how this will  end... :)

Day 12 - Art Project 2012

I've added some layers to the torn paper backgrounds - a wash of acrylic paint, scrubbed off and then made marks using punchinella and some of my recycled texturing tools.

Day 11 - Art Project 2012

Torn paper background - the beginning. Two 9 x 12 pieces of medium chipboard covered in torn decorative paper scraps. 

Day 10 - Art Project 2012

4x4 Chunky pages - Mixed Media. Created for a swap on atcsforall.com

Day 9 - Art Project 2012

Journal spread - Rock. Still needs some details and writing added. 

Day 8 - Art Project 2012

Working in my blue journal - Sometimes you have to stop and smell the roses. WIP

Day 7 - Art Project 2012

Still working on this mixed media canvas. I've worked on dying lace to use as tree branches... we'll see if it works as I envision.

Day 6 - Art Project 2012

Happy Birthday to my sister Jane! 

These journal page backgrounds were made using paint left over from the various canvases I'm working on this week. Much more to come. 

Day 5 - Art Project 2012

Work continues (slowly) on this landscape. This picture includes the photo that inspired the painting, taken on a trip with my husband to Artist Point this last October. 

Day 4 - Art Project 2012

Continuing work on a mixed media landscape.   

Day 3 - Art Project 365

Artist Trading Card - using paint chip background, paper napkins, image, inks and beeswax. This is for a swap I'm hosting on atcsforall.com. 

Day 2 - Art Project 365

Another mixed media canvas in progress on 140# watercolor paper. 

Day 1 - Art Project 2012

Happy New Year, Everyone! 

I'm starting another year of creating some type of art every single day, This blog will document my work. I'm still working out whether I'll post every day, or once a week, but for now I'll continue in the format I used last year.. a post a day. 

For Day 1 - January 1 2012

Mixed Media Canvas - 8 inches x 8inches x 2 inches. Abstract Landscape using acrylic paints over textured base. This technique was one I learned from Tracie Lyn Huskamp in 2010, and I've added my own twists. This particular piece is being submitted tomorrow in the Allied Arts of Whatcom County Members Show, and will be on display from January 6 through January 28th.