Category Archives: ART WORKS
Woven – mixed media
I did this acrylic/alcohol relief painting but didn’t like the way it came out so I sliced it with my paper cutter and wove it into a colorful design. Now I’m trying to decide on a background….stark white…dense black or something with color…
I do love the colors now that there is some separation and form. It’s fun to just play around with something like this and see what happens!
Illustration Friday…”Shades”
The Illustration Friday word for the week is “Shades” and this trio of cuties are sporting theirs as they head off to snail mail a letter!
Orange, yellow & browns…”Yield”
I really enjoy getting into a palette of colors and seeing the different ways I can translate them onto a canvass. This geometric acrylic painting uses the same colors as the abstract painting I posted a week or so ago. Isn’t it great to see how different these colors look when used in a more structured way? The Illustration Friday word was “yield” for this week so this is my depiction of the more traditional yield sign….
Think Spring journal page
I am thinking “mixed media” thanks to Leah of CED so I did this page in my art journal. Gave the page on the right a rough swish of pink acrylic paint but not enough density to cover all the calendar entries on the page (remember, my art journal started life as a beautiful Monet’s Garden daily planner.) So if you look closely, you can see the entries on certain days under the wash of pink. I can never resist stick on alphabet letters at the craft store so I looked through my stash and made a selection for the “think spring” page header and the rest of the page just sort of fell into place. I was thinking Paris in the springtime (humming it too) as I choose a Paris postmark, a French stamp, a flower, an old fashioned calling card, a black & white photo of a bashful looking young lady and a Victorian looking picture of two turtle doves and bouquet of roses. Look at the picture of the entrance to the house on the left page. Can’t you see that dreamy eyed girl floating through the front door? I actually laid the ground work for the next page in the journal as I glued in some scrap-booking papers, a wallpaper sample and some pretty ribbon trim. Just waiting for an inspiration to fill it in…
CED Mixed Media Month
The CED theme for March is “Mixed Media” so here is a theater themed collage with a background painting in acrylics with gessoed texture. I applied two different colors of tissue paper, did some stamping and affixed a number of objects including some ephemera in the form of an old “store and theatre” license from 1939. It’s both colorful and nostalgic.
Orange, yellow and brown
I opened my box of acrylic paints and these are the colors that called out to me yesterday. I applied them with a palette knife…nice and thick to create lots of texture to go with the vibrant colors. Yummy!
Texture and bold color…
I’m experimenting with texture and bold colors right now. I am struggling with acrylic paints to get the effects that I want and am becoming somewhat frustrated but this is an example of what I am working on. Not a completed painting by any means but it is a “start” at least…
Art Journal
If you need to jump start your “muse”, it helps if you can do a page or two in your art journal. I was inspired to do a “purple” page and an “orange” page recently….
They are such happy colors and I had fun searching through my stash of collage materials for items to go with each color….
Miss Maggie
Sometimes Miss Maggie sits in front of me like a little statue when she is trying to “stream” an important thought to me. Such was the case last night as I sat watching TV. She sat there so long that I was able to sketch her from life instead of a photo! What a little diva she is…
Just a Dream….
Boy, I sure have been lax in posting lately but life was very complex this summer in our house. That, plus the fact that artistically, I am never at my best in hot weather. Well, actually, never at my best at ANYTHING in the hot weather!! So here come my favorite seasons and I am feeling that creative stir in my bones again and it’s great to acknowledge it. Speaking of “bones”, today I’m sharing a painting I did for my last show. I started with a wonderful gold and green background and then layered on some gesso in an abstract pattern to see what would evolve. What jumped out at me was this wonderful, fleeing, skeleton figure that I enhanced. It appears that he is being pursued by a lot of flotsam and jetsam of a scary nature. I had many wonderful comments on this piece and it sure is fun to look at! One good thing I did get involved in this summer was the reorganization of our local Cultural Society. If you have such an organization in your community, it is such a worthwhile thing to get involved in. What could be more satisfying than helping to bring cultural events to the community? We have an Artisans and Farmer’s market scheduled for this Sunday and a concert by the Harmonic Brass (a group from Germany) on Monday! It’s all so exciting. The musical group has performed in our community before to a packed audience so we know that will go well but the market is a new adventure and with over 20 vendors to kick it off, we are hopeful that more will follow and that it will be well attended. It’s a great place for artists and craftsman to showcase their work and for local folks to sell their produce, baked goods, honey, cheeses, etc! It will be a busy week ahead and I am looking forward to every moment of it!! Hope you have a wonderful weekend too!
