Author: Dina

I have a class that will start October 25th at Get It Scrapped…woo hoo! More info will come soon. Here's a peekie…

 

 

She's imperfect and almost spooky, but I think that's why I like her. I went over her w/ a charcoal pencil at the end and it increased contrast and made her seem even more moody. Funny how these take on a life of their own.

 

Update 9/19/2010–Thanks for all the interest, I'm overwhelmed (and slightly worried since there's only room for about 12 about the store…eeks!). I'll set up a date & let you all know. This will be fun!

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I've been toying around with this idea for-evah…and finally ready to get it going. Kathie from The Creative Quest said that we can meet at her store (woo hoo!!). So…is anyone interested in being part of a mixed-media group? We could meet once a month, create art, support each other, and just plain ole have fun. Think of it as a gathering for kindred art spirits.

If you're interested, email me! I'll start a mailing list & we'll get our first couple of meetings scheduled.

And, because every post needs a picture, here's an old piece…I think I gave this away, I don't have it any more.

 

Funny Boy tag…Tim Holtz products used: embossing texture plate, alcohol inks, patterned paper, stamp, typewriter letter.

This is the House that Art Built tag (inspired by Sharon Tomlinson).  Tim Holtz products used: various patterned papers, metal tag.

 

Funny Lady collage. Tim Holtz products used: various patterned papers, texture embossing plate, metal clips, metal tag, stamps.

 
 

 

Still painting faces…

 

And finally wrote on the "You're Disappearing" art journal page…

  
 

“No Paintbrush” Layered Backgrounds & Collages

$35, Friday Oct 8, 5:30 to 8:30 p.m.

Contact The Creative Quest to sign up. 🙂 623.847.2215

Come and learn a fun technique to create a layered, painted
background but with no paintbrush! We’ll make several backgrounds and
then you can choose your two favorites and create simple collages on them. 

Supplies needed:

–Acrylic white gesso

-Acrylic paints in a range of colors. I used purple,
gold/mustard, orange, various colors of blue, Payne’s Gray, and green. Contact
me if you want specific brands & color names.

–An old gift card or other rigid piece of plastic for
scraping paint.

–Good scissors for cutting collage elements.

–Matte medium or gel medium. For these collages, matte
medium is the easiest medium to use for applying the images. Gel medium will
work too, though.

–A brush to use for applying your matte medium or gel
medium.

–Pens for journaling & outlining (I use a white &
black extra-fine point Sharpie water-based poster pen).

–I will provide you with watercolor paper and the images
and papers necessary to make the two collages, as well as the words for the
Halloween poem. If you would like to bring your own images, though, you are
welcome to. You also might like to bring your own vintage book from which you
can cut out words & phrases for the little girl collage. I will have
several with me, but bring your own if you want something specific.

–If you want to work in your own journal, feel free to
bring it!

 

All images on these collages are from The Graphics Fairy.
  

See all the artwork on the Creative Therapy blog.

 


   

Looked over at my shelf and saw these 3 guys watching me work. Ah, the joys of living with boys…Lego minifigs are everywhere. I need to do a little album about all the places I've found minifigs. One time I took a shower & found minifigs stuck into the soap. That's a bit creepy, really.

 

I talk about this little birdie album over on the Maya Road DT blog today… 🙂

 

  

Started this journal page today…I'm calling it "You're disappearing." Will write on it when the paint dries. I am addicted to faces now, I think.