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Category Archives: mixed media

resurrecting an art journal project

I recently watched a video from Ingrid Dijkers about re-purposing a three ring binder into an art journal. The concept got me thinking about an address book I bought years ago and never got around to filling in. My contacts are all digital now so it seemed like a great idea to use it for an art journal. I ended up collage-ing over it.

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So now I had this fun new art journal binder and I thought about what I should use for pages. I remembered I had watched another video years ago on creating journal pages with Teesha Moore. I had a big stack of “card” pages and by chance they were exactly the right size for the binder. So I punched holes in them and now I am taking them out one by one and working on the base pages I had started. I felt so happy resurrecting these things!

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trying an abstract

Abstract Painting 1

 

a close up of the details…

 

Abstract 1 details

 

bee & tree complete

Bee and Tree final

 

Bee and Tree Detail Fina;

octopus’s garden

Octopus's Garden

sketchbook project – may 2013 -”mysterious maps
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tree & bee in progress

tree & bee ~ mixed media

tree & bee

tree & bee detail

Michael DeMeng’s Crusted Crumbled & Cracked Class

I signed up for Michael’s online class to get me out of my art rut…it is blast and I am just getting started…

prepping some stuff to try Kroma Crackle

Using Michael’s secret quick method – mine turned out with a large crackle pattern -
but I am ok with it -I am playing and experimenting
a still wet application of Kroma Crackle using their method and waiting for it to dry
(can take up to three days if you put it on thick)

the beginnings of a triptych
the center inside is made with regular Kroma Crackle application
it turned out with a much finer crackle

another project from ages ago that I pulled back out to try to finish up
using some of the new techniques I am learning plus I finally have a “vision”
of how I want to finish it (thanks to lots of DeMeng inspiration)
trying out Aves Apoxie Clay because my vision includes some fish and
I hate the plastic ones I found -so trying to create my own

Christmas gifts 2011

Re-done portrait

the original circa 1969
Black gesso goes down 1st to remove the scary little house on the prairie dress
a new dress and daughters added
enjoying the finished product
a bling-a-licious frame for my bling loving god-daughter


an art class project from last year – I finally finished it….

It’s July 3rd and we are off to Sherwood Forest tonight, dinner with our best friends and seven months later I finished her Christmas gift…..”Deep in the Forest”