Today I am sharing a 5” x 5” journal page. This is the gal I drew for the epic throw down with the Fab Kim Dellow (a couple of weeks ago) until I realized our challenge was for 2” or smaller. So this is the spare that didn’t get used back then. I left the hair uncolored in order to focus the attention on the face. Continue reading
So I decided to travel to my edgy side on this art piece 
I have always been inspired by the underwater mythology that appears in the Pirates of the Caribbean movie series. So this led me to discover what lies beneath.
Today I am sharing another 2” x 2” journal page. The one you see directly below I posted up on Instagram last week and some how Kim Dellow and I got on to a casual epic chat about how small could we make a face. I thought we said let’s see how small you could go, so when I drew her the 1st time she was about 4” tall. I missed the fact till I read on Show Your Face Friday (Kim’s uber cool challenge yourself to draw faces blog post) that I had committed to a face no larger than 2” tall EEEEEEEEK. Continue reading
I have a sweet BFF moving in to a brand spank’n new home hopefully in short time. I wanted to do something extra special as she is always some one who is there for me and I count those kinds of friends on one hand. I call them the Trues because they love you unconditionally, they don’t assume the negative in emails, they support your endeavors and they check in when they haven’t heard in awhile and lastly the True friendship can go weeks and months but when you call its like you just talked to them yesterday.
As those of you who follow me know, I have been knee deep in the ICAD challenge on Instagram. I previewed what you see below to some close friends who then asked me how I did this so I thought I would do a quick post. Continue reading
So it’s been while since I posted due to me being wrapped up with a challenge on Instagram called “ICAD 2015.” I will post some updates but you can follow my more frequent arty adventures so make sure to follow me on Instagram as well. Basically ICAD (index card a day) is about creating art every day on a small doable scale. Since it’s on an index card (3” x 5”) it makes it fun to give it a go. It’s allowed me to find my True North back to creating art and I’ve been able to test out ideas that I can now take on to a larger scale.
Tammy has once again coordinated a fab challenge ICAD (Index Card A Day) that runs for 60 days. So happy I did this as it makes me push myself to create something and it doesn’t have to be perfect or a lot or something to hang on the wall. It just needs to fit on the size of an index card! All these ideas in my head I now get to test drive on a smaller scale and when I do it this way I don’t feel so ACK about doing the larger version You can find all the details at Daisy Yellow Art along with prompts to get you thinking.
If you want to see what I do check out my Instagram page.
I play along Mon thru Fri though the other thing is there is no pressure to post every day. I will be summarizing weekly what I am able to do at the blog So here are my 1st week’s attempts though note I started on a Tuesday.
Huge RA222 Hugs!!!
This is a blast from the past I did back in 2013 when modeling paste had yet to become cool 
I stamped this Dragon Rubber Stamp”in to Liquitex light modeling paste. Continue reading
1st off I will occasionally post up things I have colored for the sheer joy of it – not to journal or mixed media it away but just the sheer joy of how something came out (I hope)
I have always been fascinated with how light plays on items. Not so much in the light source manner but in the way it creates transparency, opaqueness, color shadows (think petal lying over another petal), layers etc. Continue reading
I have always been fascinated with Van Gogh’s art especially Starry Night. So this piece is inspired from that work.
It started with the background where I applied Tattered Angel along with Art Anthology sprays. I then cover it all by using a very large soft mop brush with clear gesso, my favorite being Pebeo transparent gesso, that seals the layer fairly well for me. But as with all water based sprays I try not to push it as I’m adding items to the project. As with anything, always test it out on a sample piece first. Now if you use a mica based spray most sealers will pull of the shiny mica but still leave you with a cool base color like you see here. It does take some practice. I had started out thinking about using string art for the clouds but changed my mind and used a Mayco stamp instead (all of which you’ll see below). Continue reading