More faces

Love watching Nika Rouss' YouTube channel, she inspires me! ...and I am still learning to draw faces, practice will eventually make perfect!

A few things I've been working on...

I decided to get creative again this week, and am looking forward to the weekend! Getting my paints out, and ready to get messy again.  Here are a few paintings I've done with inspiration from my online gurus, hope you enjoy!

I decided to use a stencil with squares, and create texture with paste.  Adding the flowers at the end, I love texture!



This is a small Stampbord tile, and I used Alcohol Inks.  The technique was blowing with a straw!

Mixed Media Creations

These are my most recent creations of Mixed Media ... Having a blast with canvas...hope you enjoy!

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Canvas #4

A little morbid but I love it! Loving the eyedropper tool ... And you can see how the painting progressed ... definitely not how it started out.

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Canvas Day 2

I'm really getting into this! I love how it's so messy and turns into something that grows on me :)

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Canvas Day 1

Decided to try a Donna Downey canvas create class. This is my first try, not bad. Definitely going to take her monthly 2013 classes. Glad I tried it! Can't wait to work more on canvas!

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Altered Art for Walls...

I've been working on some framed art for my walls ... Working on canvas this week so I can really add some dimension.

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New art room, new inspiration!

Been a few months, been busy, but now that we've moved (and I'll post pics of my new art room later, which I love!!), I started some art on water color paper.  Here are 2 pieces that I'm in love with, can't wait to do more.

Art Journal

While taking the CC101 class, it got my interests into Art Journals and distressing pages.  There are so many mediums out there, I figured this could be so fun!  So while on the prowl of YouTube, I came across some GREAT resources on how to start one.  This is my first attempt.  My husband got me this journal for my birthday a couple of years ago, and I wasn't quite sure what to do with it.  It's all made of handmade papers, and soft leather outer wrapping.  I've decide that I can do an art journal on these hand made papers, but I have to be really careful, as they're so delicate, but it was fun to try this, and something I'm definitely going to continue.  I also bought 2 more journals at our local art supply store, made of Cold Press Water Color paper, so when I want to get really dirty and inky, I can try it in those books.  But I really like the way this turned out.

Creative Chemistry 101 (Day 3)

Here are 2 tags using Day 3's techniques, Alcohol Ink Agates and Archival Resist.  There is a 3rd tag, but need to get the embossing folder this week, stay tuned. Stamps and Hybrid inks by Club Scrap, and also used inks and stamps by Tim Holtz.

Creative Chemistry 101 (Day 2)

I recently took the Creative Chemistry's 101 online class with Tim Holtz.  Here's my attempt at the techniques for Day 2, Blended Spritz & Flick, Brushless Watercolor, and Wrinkle-Free Distress...I really didn't like my first attempt... so I watched all the videos, went back and took my time, using the correct papers, tags, inks, etc... I like this much better. Enjoy! ...and if you weren't able to take his class, you can still sign up.  The forum isn't live, but the videos, etc. are there for a lifetime...   Signup is to the left of my blog :)  I used all Ranger Distress Inks, and Club Scrap's Green Thumb stamp.

Finished....!!!

This is the finished product of my CC101 Binder....I replaced a skeleton embellishment that I was going to put on with with Tim's distress paper flowers (using my cricut)...I'm walking away now, or I may add more... ! But I think this is enough :)

A Work in Progress...

Here's my CC101 Binder that I'm working on... still need to embellish the front with the Creative Chemistry title and some other goodies, but the alcohol inks and stamps were a good start. Now to get busy on some tags and cards! I've been so busy reorganizing my area with storage cubes, I haven't had time... but, sooooon!

Altered Book

Crossposting here ;) from my 365 Blog... but perfect for this one as well.

I've always got projects going for pictures,  albums, altered art... so my goal this winter is to complete at least 1/2 of the ones I've already started.... big feat, but I think I can do it ;)    Here's a pic of my latest to finish.  I started this altered book about 4 years ago, I only got the inside pages cut, glued and painted with acrylic paint.  Then started on the embellies.  So here is what I did today.  It's going to be an altered book, with pics of our day with the grandkids at the park this summer.... The pictures came out great, now to just finish the book so I can add them !  Coming up with a design for the cover...that's another story... maybe it will just floooow... this is a great way to use up all the swaps I've been involved in, everyone had such beautiful artwork, I wanted to display it!

View of the front cover...

This is a project that I worked on this spring, it's from Club Scrap, and it's call the Nook Book Project.  LOVED doing this!  I love things that require ink, paint, glue!!! The 2 pictures below this post show the book opened and the 2 acrylic panels slid out.

This is the "book" opened, but the pages are inside its nook, with pull tab at top and side ready to pull out 2 other pics.

This is the inside "book", the pages (2) pull out of the book (actually a box made to look like a book with a cover).  So this is it opened and pages out.