My day job finds me writing and talking more than ever before. That means I am exhausted by the end of the day and spend my weekends doing absolutely nothing. Sometimes, I don't even want to talk with anyone. It's a strange place for me to be in, but has been necessary to recover from the toll the stress has taken on my body.
Normally, I'm doing ten million things, barely sleeping and having a blast. But, I think it all finally caught up with me last year. So, rest I am. However, I had lots of fun last year, and took photos, but didn't write about it. So, I'm starting a series of Herstory (as in my personal art history from the last year or so). Last summer was filled with many art workshops and play days. I hope you enjoy. Even though they aren't happening right now, I find myself quite compelled to share and appreciate what I did and learned.
Normally, I'm doing ten million things, barely sleeping and having a blast. But, I think it all finally caught up with me last year. So, rest I am. However, I had lots of fun last year, and took photos, but didn't write about it. So, I'm starting a series of Herstory (as in my personal art history from the last year or so). Last summer was filled with many art workshops and play days. I hope you enjoy. Even though they aren't happening right now, I find myself quite compelled to share and appreciate what I did and learned.
Needing to shift my focus away from daily life and into art and more light hearted things, one afternoon, Mom & I decided to play with paint. And after taking Michael DeMeng's class and learning about the layers and layers and layers of paint that go into a single piece, I felt a little more free to try things and make mistakes without that looming fear of waste hanging over my head.
We just slapped paint around on canvas paper. Good God that was fun. We later took these first slashes and used the "Barbara @ Joggles" method of painting on stencils. I'll post photos of those at a later date. Little different because we used Acrylics and she uses stamping stuff, but fun to try the techniques that she videos weekly.
You might also notice 2 other art projects in the photo below. The one on the left is a sketch of a faerie I made before I turned it into a paper cut (another item I'll be posting about later). The one in the center bottom -- the EYES! Those are original eye sketches that I turned into pins. More on those later too! Ah, how I do love creating art and playing with my art supplies!
We just slapped paint around on canvas paper. Good God that was fun. We later took these first slashes and used the "Barbara @ Joggles" method of painting on stencils. I'll post photos of those at a later date. Little different because we used Acrylics and she uses stamping stuff, but fun to try the techniques that she videos weekly.
You might also notice 2 other art projects in the photo below. The one on the left is a sketch of a faerie I made before I turned it into a paper cut (another item I'll be posting about later). The one in the center bottom -- the EYES! Those are original eye sketches that I turned into pins. More on those later too! Ah, how I do love creating art and playing with my art supplies!
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