Harrumph

Well, i have no photos to share with you of my art play from last night, because my attempts at using transparencies and the clear, acrylic caulk were an epic fail.  I did manage to get very pale transfers when i used plain white acrylic paint, but again, not the results I had hoped for. Not sure what I am doing wrong, because i have done this type of transfer (with acrylic paint) and had it turn out fine.  Perhaps stress and lack of sleep have me forgetting some crucial point...

What types of transfers do you all have success with?

FINALLY!!!

It seems like it has been forever since I had any art time or even time to read other blogs!!  We've been in the new house for about a month now, and as you can imagine, it has been one thing after another. We've had 3 floods (all non related and in different parts of the house), issues with contractors, and I was almost flattened when a shelf of books in my new studio fell on me...(not just A shelf, but an entire section of shelves....)

My awesome new studio is still a ways from being complete, but about 75% of the stuff is in, the tables are set up and it is functional! On Tuesday, i locked myself away and worked on Michelle Ward's latest street team challenge--mono printing

Here is a group shot of my finished pages:

My favorites from the group--this one was a first pull after spraying the paint/glass with water:

I plan to go back over this one with a black marker to sketch in the details of the flowers and leaves--or maybe zentangle them!

                                      

this was a first pull of one mono-print, with a second pull of another manon-print layered over.

                                         

Another layered print--first layer was a second pull, and for the second layer, i layed the tyvek shaped that were thick with paint on the glass to pull a print of just them.

                                         

For this one, after pulling a second print, i painted flowers on the glass with black paint, sprayed it with water and pulled that as a print.

Definately a great technique with lots of possibilities! I'm curious to try it on fabric---Thanks for the inspiration, Michelle!

In desperate need of artisitic diversion

Packing, moving, unpacking, organizing---certainly NOT artistic endeavors! But they are necessary evils that balance out the awesomeness of making our new house home!  Even though my art studio looks like Dorothy's cyclone has passed through, I still enjoy being in it--even if it is only to drop more stuff on the floor!

My muse is patiently waiting--living vicariously through the blogs of my kindred spirits and eagerly absorbing all the articles in my latest magazines...

maybe i should do some 60 second sketches/doodles....hmmmm....

Progressive

art journal pages +

Hidey Cat =

the beginning of my first attempt at digital collage!

Feeling Zen

Creativity has mostly been put on hold the last two weeks as my life revolves around the acquisition of our new home.  Today we have our inspection and we move one step closer to the American Dream. I guess creativity hasn't truly been put on hold, it is just taking a slightly different guise...such as picking out cabinets and designing the space for my new art studio!!

You may have noticed the new look of my blog as well! Creativity has cropped up there as well as i spent the better part of the week learning how to tweek the css and html to make my blog more "magickal."  I photo-shopped my Samhain BJP images to create the banner and background, added some buttons, blogroll and a nifty moon phase widget (did you see the witch fly by??) and voila! Let me know what you think of the new look!

And finally, i finished up two zen doodles--one that includes "x"s and "o"s for my second contribution to the Street Team and one that reflects my longing to get back to my garden!!

Hugs and Kisses

GPP Street Team challenge this month is to create "love letters"--to be exact, the letters "x" and "o"

---inspired by some of Michelle's hand carved stamps, i cut out some stencil letters in a "gothic" sort of font and used black ink on red cardstock to create both positive and negative images.  i outlined some of the letters and then stamped text here and there...

Whole lotta creative goin on....

While i didn't work on any of my "home" themed projects last week (well, not directly, but I have been researching the techniques I want to use on my Hearts at Home art quilt and we did go see a few more houses this weekend), I have been creatively busy.

With Valentine's Day less than a week away, I am scrambling to complete several of each of my two designs for this year.

Being a BIG BIG fan of Tim Holtz and all of his products, I just had to create a log book to keep track of all that I have and all that I want! It's still i a work in progress, but I like the way is turning out! More to come---

Cover showing tabs....                                                                                 ....page showing stamp pads etc.

And my latest obsession--"zentangles"--if you haven't tried them, you should! There are lots of examples and tutorials out there! The are so simple and so relaxing! I have so many ideas for this artform!! Definitely more to come!