Mixed Media Jeweled Box Class!

Here are some pictures from a fun day teaching!    These ladies did such a great job...  Thank you ladies it was a pleasure to watch you all create these lovely boxes. A special thank you to my friend Susan for helping teach. xo


  Taking a plain little wooden box and turning it to a little gem...

Thank you Claire for the use of your space! xo

Sweet Angel Guide Me

MY NEWEST PROJECT! 

I made this for a group I belong to as an inspirational piece for the entrants.  I thought a video would be a good idea for those artist just starting out and need a little more then just a picture to look at for inspiration.

This was an easy fast piece.  I didn't want to do anything to involved I just wanted something to make me feel good.  I was feeling sad, and I still am, about Robin Williams passing away.  I think we all need a little angel sometimes to help us get through the darkness.  She surely helped me feel better.

I hope this inspires a few of you.  Thank you for stopping by and I hope you enjoy. xo

                                      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LyQlBdGNXHw

Pretty Little Gypsy Boxes

Here are some of the little wooden boxes that I will be using for my class on Saturday the 16th.  I have them all sanded and ready for 2 coats of gesso.  They will be all prepared for my students to pick their colors, paint them, and create their own pretty little Gypsy Boxes.  I just can't wait to see all the lovely creations that they will make.  What fun!

My Gypsy Artist partner, Susan Commike, will be flying in on Friday to stay for a few days, and will be here to help with the class.  I am so excited to see her and to have her here to help.  

ArT FuN DaYs At ThE BeAcH!

Recently I had 6 of my grandchildren over for some beach and pool fun days... I managed to get 3 of them to have some art fun.  We played with my Geli Plate and they made some lovely pictures. They were quite amazed how much fun they could have with this. Even my 12 year old grandson had a blast.  Here are some pics of the lovely artwork they created... also, some pics of Mackenzie and Ellia painting and coloring their stampings.  I just love when they create art because they are always so amazed at their work and really know how to appreciate the art they create.

  Unfortunately as we get older we get so insecure about our artwork and can sometimes be our own worse enemies.  If only we could stay thinking as a child.

We did 2 layers on these sheets and I got them to step out of the box with their color choices.  Especially the little one who really only likes pinks and purples...her roses are amazing.

Clay Tiles for Mosaics

MY NEWEST PIECE OF ART AND INFO ON CREATING IT

I did this with Shiva Oil Sticks...I haven't worked with oil in over 25 years.  I bought the oil sticks years ago for something I was going to do, but you know, I can't remember now what it was.  Well, anyway, I found them and decided to use them.  It was fun to try something different and they were easy to blend.  I do have the blending stick and I wouldn't use them without it, so if you decide to ever use them, remember to buy the blending stick or they are very hard to blend.  This was certainly a very mixed media piece... 

 

What I used for this piece and how I did it.

I sketched her in pencil on water color paper then sprayed her with a workable fixative.  

I then cut up old music sheet paper for hear headdress (cut in feather shapes) and on the wings I used napkins. I just ripped a napkin up in small pieces, layered the papers and the napkins down with Decoupage.  

I then used Golden Fluids Quinacridone/Nickel Azo Gold and Iridescent Gold Deep to color the wings mixed with an acrylic glazing fluid.

The headdress I used Golden Fluids Teal, Quinacridone/Nickel Azo Gold, Hansa Yellow Medium, white Uni Ball 153 gel pen, black Uni Posca Marker,  and cut scrap book paper for the small feathers and flowers. The circles I used a piece of card stock and did a color wash with the same colors I used on the feathers. Then I let the paper dry and cut out circles with my little 1" circle punch, stamped them with a writing stamp and Black StazOn Ink Pad...I then rubbed around the edges with the black StazOn. I wanted to make sure the headdress had some dimension to it, I find if you highlight your paper pieces it pulls them forward.

Her face is done with the Shiva Oil Sticks, Titanium White, Burnt Siena, Yellow Ockre, Fuchsia, and Colorless Blending Stick.  

Eyes...  Shiva Oil Sticks,Viridian Green, Yellow Citron,  Burnt Siena, and black & white 

Uni Ball #153 gel pens.

Hair... Shiva Oil Sticks, Burnt Siena, Raw Umber, Yellow Citron, Yellow Ockre, Colorless Blending Stick, and Titanium White...

Lips... Shiva Oil Sticks, Fuchsia, Burnt Siena, Titanium White, and Colorless Blending Stick.

Dress... Scrapbook paper for her dress, glued down with Decoupage, then I used acrylic glaze mixed with Golden Fluid Iridescent Gold Deep over the paper, and stamped with stamp block and StazOn Ink.

The background was color washed with Golden Fluid Cerulean Blue Chromium and Golden Fluid Iridescent Gold Deep, then I stamp with a block stamper and StazOn Black Ink pad.  I also used some rub-ons I had left over from another project.  Any little doodles and dots and such are done with my Uni Ball #153 Gel Pens...I love them and they seem to go write over all surfaces.  I also used miscellaneous brushes...with the oil sticks you want to use a little bit of a stiff brush.  If you have oil paint brushes on hand that would be helpful.

 I hope this information helps to inspire you.

Thank you! xo

Little Artist Tag Envelopes

I just started selling artist tags on Etsy and I thought how could I make little envelopes for them.  They really can be a gift all by themselves because they are little pieces of art to share.  The only thing was I wanted something more then a little white envelope to put them in so I made my own. You can use these little envelopes for all your tags that you create yourself or if you by another artist's tags.  These envelopes are just so cute and really make a nice place for your tags to rest.  Enjoy!  I hope you all get inspired to make some... Let me know how you like them.

Click the link below and you will go to my video.  Thank you!

    Little Tag Envelopes

                                                             

Thrift Window & Town Corner - Watercolor Art Journal

Thrift Window & Town Corner - Watercolor Art Journal

A New One!

Water Colors and gesso on mixed media paper.  

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Alcohol Inks & Tin Cans Fun Tutorial

This was a quick and easy way to make some organizing storage for my work table.  I needed to get all my markers, pencils and other tall items in containers so I could get them sitting in front of me.  If things are tucked away I forget I have them and then they don't get used.  I need my art supplies where I can be inspired by them.  These work wonderfully and they are so pretty to look at.  

I hope you enjoy watching! Please leave me a comment if you have any questions or just want to say Hi... XO

Easy and fun!

Alcohol Inks & Tin Cans

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Gelli Plate Art Envelopes for "Happy Mail" Video

These were so much fun to make!  I watched a video by Andrea Gamoll and I just got so inspired to make these envelopes.  My Krazy Island Family is big on Happy Mail so I thought these would be fun to send out.

This was actually messy fun, but I really enjoyed it and I had never used a Gelli Plate before so I was so excited these came out so pretty.  These will be going out shortly, and I hope you try making these because you will have a blast.

If you have any questions please leave it in the comments or if you just want to say hi please do.  I love hearing from you.

Thank you for stopping by and click the link below to watch the video.

 Have a wonderful Monday!


  Gelli Print Art Envelopes for "Happy Mail"

                                       

New Video "Fairies"

I hope you enjoy taking a little journey with me in the land of fairies.  Making these little fairies was lots of fun and easy to do.  I show you a new technique that I used to make the little fairy wings.  This journal page was done in my Dylusions Journal which I just love.  The paper is lovely and a joy to work on.

You can get these journals online at Joann's when they have a 40% off sale or use your coupons.  My store here in Daytona Beach does not carry these so I had to order it online and I think I paid $11 for the large one.  I have heard that the smaller one does not have the same quality of pages.

Please go to the link below to view the video...  xo

Please let me know what you think and if you have any questions please comment or email me.

Thank you so much for stopping by.



Mixed Media Journal Page "Fairies3"