Okay, not really solid gold…but gold leaf. Yep, I gold-leafed a cracker box This originally started out as another “secrets type” of project made out of a cracker box (you can visit here for info on that project.) But it quickly became evident that this was going to go in another direction. I completely love […]
This is the story of how a lowly cracker box became a canvas and eventually a collage… This is a really easy technique and works very well if you are planning on doing some collaging or if you are painting and don’t mind a little texture under your design. First, you cover a box (I […]
This Life Book exercise was all about letting go, not feeling the need for things to be perfect. Getting a little wild. I loved this project, but of course I did not follow the example precisely. Lately I go where ever a piece leads. My theme (as it emerged) was more wild abandon, being free, […]
I debated for awhile if I should post this. I really did not intend originally for it to be a “dark” page, and certainly I did not intend for it to look like a crime scene. It started off very sweet and then when I got a hold of the red acrylic ink things started […]
Using the technique outlined in my earlier post, I did a few more faces. I have been calling these “cheat” paintings because the paint goes directly over a photograph. But I am learning that it takes more to make the painting actually come to life, a real attention to detail; and I love studying the […]
Hello all, I dropped back into Life Book this week, and I’m glad I did. This week we learned a simple way to paint a face that you can use in an art journal or collage or basically however you would like: painting over a photograph. When I was younger I used to draw fairly […]
I have been attacking this small journal lately to the exclusion of all other artistic pursuits, including LifeBook which I actually paid for Oh well, lately I’m all about just doing the thing that makes me the happiest, and that has been just collaging away in the small journal. This is a favorite quote, and […]
