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Cracker Box Canvas + Solid Gold
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 […]
Cracker Box Canvas + Secret Messages
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 […]
The Good, The Bad, The Ugly: Pop-Up Journal Page
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, […]
Heart Sick?
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 […]
More Faces
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 […]
LifeBook 2013: Painting Over a Picture
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 […]
Small Journal: Live Creatively
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 […]
Small Journal: High Wire. Caution.
Not much to say about this one. Just working out some feelings To make this I played with maps, pages from a technical manual, washi tape, acrylic, sharpie, water colors, tin foil, tissue paper, pencil, ink. The stamped text in the foreground reads: high wire. caution. The hand written text in the background reads: We […]
Small Journal: Layers
A quick collage I put together yesterday, reminiscent of this earlier map collage. I was feeling antsy and out of sorts and I needed a calming activity. Originally, I was just going to sort through some paper to see if I could get rid of anything (yeah, right…) but I mostly just sat there and […]
It’s My Blogiversary!
One year ago today I started this little experiment in creativity. I am thankful every day that I started this journey. I had no idea just how much I would learn about myself through the process of creating something, or just how much I needed to learn those lessons. My eyes are open now, and […]
