On our last family vacation I brought with me a small art kit; my art journal, a few pencils, a micron pen, a paintbrush, and four delicious Caran D’ache water soluble crayons. Since we were headed to the seaside, I chose blues and greens for a color palette. I had an idea of what [...]
I have a bucket list accomplishment to report. After two watercolor classes I can now say that I understand the basics properties of watercolor painting. Mainly, the way it layers or overlaps to make other colors. I am certainly not fluent in this method of painting but I feel much more comfortable with it. I’m [...]
Well, my decalcomania tree died a slow and painful death. I went too dark too fast (a common problem in watercolor I am told) and I covered up all that awesome patterning. However, in learning you must make mistakes and I usually learn a lot from my mistakes. This was no exception. I have since [...]
I’m currently taking a watercolor class with the lovely and talented Linda Murray at Merrymeeting Adult Ed. I am still such a newbie to watercolor that it intimidates me…a lot. It seems so foreign to even begin the watercolor process. To mix up the colors on my pallet and to actually paint with that mixture [...]
Arts Are Elementary, a non-profit group connecting artists with students in the K through 5 classrooms of Brunswick, Maine, chooses 6 artists to complete a residency each year. Each artist works with one grade level and completes a project with those students. The project or process ties into some grade-specific curriculum. The 10 x 10 [...]
This is a conglomeration post of my last couple of weeks. I recently turned 35. Here is a pencil case that I whipped up to celebrate this “achievement”: Is age really just a number? I’ve realized that if I’m lucky my life is half over. Sure, I could live longer (or shorter!) but for sake [...]
I enjoy participating in artsy craftsy contests. I like challenges, with rules to them. When Joann announced it’s “Create with 8” team member contest my gears immediately started turning… The two $250 gift card prizes certainly helped those gears move! The goal was to choose eight items from a list of twenty and make something. [...]
So…I was about the place my Computer Grafix transparency photocopy of hardware cloth over my cross section…But I pondered how to affix it? Glue wasn’t the answer, it would show through…So I got out the hammer, some nails, tacks and I bought a package of Tim Holtz vintage-looking pins. I also nailed down my [...]
Let’s see…I last left off where I had used the Rub-Onz to add fire hydrant parts and child written words to my steampunk heart diagram. Here’s an close up of that work: Next, I adhered the whole thing to a primed 10 x 10 birch plywood board. I used a generous amount of gel [...]
I month or so ago I was sent some materials by Grafix, an art supply company that manufactures transparency paper, shrink plastic, rub on transfer paper, and more. My job was to create an original piece of work using the Grafix products and then send it off to Cloth Paper Scissors for an article in [...]
