Don't Give Up

Today I am up on Shawn Petite's blog with my mixed media project:
Don't Give Up 3-20-2019

This project was inspired by the woodland creatures stencil rabbits. Spring arrived early in the Southeast Low Country. Daffodils are flowering, azaleas are budding and the trees are waking from their short winter’s rest. Easter is just around the corner too and what better to represent that holiday than bunnies. In this project I used both stencils for a Mama and baby rabbit. Mom gives her offspring good advice about how the fence should not be a barrier for her to get what she wants. Don’t give up, ever.

Enjoy The Video:
Mixed Media - Don't Give Up on YouTube

Product List:
Shawn Petite Stencils:
Woodland creatures rabbit
Numbers 2
Wildflowers
Arteza Acrylic paints and Real Brush pens
Inka Gold Metallic Gloss Paint – Old Silver
Woodpile craft sticks
Tim Holtz Vintage Things Stamp
Stencils by Tim Holtz: Bubble, honeycomb & splatters
Ranger Archival Ink
LIquitex Matte Medium, Matte Gel, Gesso and Satin Varnish
Deco Art Crackle Medium
Dreamweaver Crackle Embossing Paste
General Charcoal Pencil
Judikins Microglaze
Canson 140lb watercolor paper
Zig water pen and marker
Soho soft pastels
Uniball white gel pen
Prismacolor Final Fixative

River of Dreams

I took a break from florals to do a landscape.

This was for the Wanderlust 2019 Rivers category. Rather than an art journal I put it on a canvas. I love the rock texture. I created that with beads set in textured sand. It might not be grunged up enough. I did create a video for it. Short and Sweet. Took several iterations to get the river to look like it was not a quagmire. Enjoy
Mixed Media - River of Dreams

I have been very active this week creating florals from my Collage Flowers Class.

Liquitex Matte Medium, Gesso, Super Heavy Gel, Matte Varnish
Neo Color 2 crayons
Deco Art Acrylics
Soho soft Pastels
Fineliners
Zig Pen
Inktense Pencils
Marabu Art crayons
Prismacolor Final Fixative

Be Resourceful

If you want to get anywhere in life, you must be resourceful. You cannot rely on others to solve your problems or get your answers.

This project was inspired by a whimsy flowers class I started. These are not whimsy poppies, these poppies are realistic. In my next few projects I will be stepping outside my comfort zone to create paintings of non-linear whimsical flowers. Wish me luck. I can do it. I am resourceful.

This Video:
Mixed Media - Be Resourceful

Product list:

Liquitex Matte Medium, Gesso, Gloss Varnish
Stencils by Shawn Petite, Donna Downey and Martha Stewart
Deco Art Acrylics
Ranger Archival Inks
Soho soft Pastels
Fineliner no clog caps
Zig Pen
Dreamweaver Embossing Paste
Dina Wakley Clear Gesso
Alpha Stamp by Studio Calico
Marabu Art Spray
Fixador Final Fixative

If you want to fly...

Give up of What Weighs you down. Whatever your worries, let them go.

I struggled with this project. Started with purple and green, ended up with mostly beige. But I am happy with how it turned out. I especially like that I thought to add the text to the nest.

I hope you enjoy the video, I cut out a lot of footage that led it astray.

Mixed Media - Want to Fly

Product List:
Tattered Angels Mixed Media origins
Liquitex Matte Medium, Gesso, heavy body Acrylic Inks, Gloss Varnish
Stencils by DCWS
Deco Art Acrylics
Ranger Archival Inks
Soho soft Pastels
Fineliner
Zig Pen
Spectrafix workable fixative
Fixador Final Fixative