This week’s challenge for Sunday Postcard Art is Use the Letter of your First Name. What a fun idea!
For my card I’ve got the following “C” words:
Child
Cat
Cuddle
Curls
Cyan
And of course I’ve used a page from an old dictionary from the “C” section.
Thanks so much for joining me today! Stay safe out there.
This year I went all in on the Februllage challenge on Instagram - wow what fun! even though I am not one to follow prompts, I did each one.
I started out in a small journal - the first prompt was Butterflies:
Day two was Text - I didn’t feel like I’d hit my stride yet, and I wasn’t really feeling the small journal.
Day 3’s prompt was Triangle. I expanded into a 10” square kraft journal - phew! Room to play. Now we’re getting somewhere.
The next day was Joy. I made this page based on that platitude “choose joy”. This woman is choosing which smile to paste on since that seems to be important to people - (although with a mask on, no one can tell if I’m smiling or not - just saying).
Next up was Windows (as in the eyes are...)
At this point I’ve lost track of which day was which so - in no particular order...
Street.
Bug
Leaves
Aeroplane
Thread - yes I stitched!
Sea - (anyone else reminded of The Lion King?).
Spooky
Zebra - by far my most popular piece for this challenge!
Feather
Canary (did you know the Goldfinch is also known as a wild canary? - I didn’t, but now we both do).
Prison
Chair
Ideal - I really struggled with this one so I just made something pretty.
This one was Shout - I’ve always found seagulls to be a bit shouty. I still like them though.
Then things got a little crazy... Meet Disco. I can’t even tell you how long I spent gluing all these silver dots. Sure I have silver paint and silver paint pens, but this is a collage challenge!
The next prompt was Book. So instead of making a collage featuring books, I made a book of collages. Actually it’s an 8-page zine format. For the collages I did a mash-up on each page of more than one prompt from the challenge. Here it is before it gets folded up.
Left page - spooky / window
Right page - Ocean, aeroplane, triangle
Left page - shout, thread
Right page - Bug, Rose (Wait you say - I didn’t see any roses! Some of these prompts are later)
Left page (which is really back cover when folded) - Zebra, Jungle
Right page (which is really front cover when folded) - Spooky, Butterfly
Left page - Leaves, Text
Right page - Feather, House
This one was Teacup (once you’ve put a creepy doll in a window you want to keep doing it).
This was Close - can you believe people used to pack in like sardines just over a year ago at sporting events and concerts etc.?! these two are floating above the crowd in their bubble.
More craziness ensued for the prompt Hair. Gluing paper hair is very time-consuming, but also quite rewarding.
Next was Rose.
And the last prompt was House. I thought about doing something 3D but went with an Alice theme.
Last but not least - quite a lot of the artists who participated in the challenge made a special thank you collage to post on March 1 to thank the hosts. Here’s mine:
So thank you for joining me today on this look back to the Februllage challenge - it was a blast and I saw so many amazing art pieces.
Stay safe out there!
Well one more edition of The Sketchbook Project is complete. I’ll be mailing this in over a week before the deadline - imagine that!
I chose the theme “Marks and Markers”. I don’t really use markers per se but maybe paint pens count. At any rate, the themes are loose and this seemed to fit the best.
What could be better than a Bingo cover?
Inside front cover:
Other pages in no particular order (because I’m lazy like that). I’m not going to comment on each page, just my faves...
Like this one - look, I hand stitched!
I loved the colours of this one - as you can see I’m using lots of gelli prints.
This might be my favourite composition.
I had fun doodling on this one and doing a bit of asemic writing.
And this one I liked the shapes cut out from paper and what was left behind.
Someone said they saw a red alligator in this one - once you see it you can’t unsee it!
This might be my all-time fave because of the colours and shapes.
And the inside back cover:
This project was a lot of fun as always. And as usual, I did the bulk of it in the last week or two.
Thanks so much for joining me today! Remember you can also find me on Instagram where I post pretty much daily. Stay safe out there.
Well, it’s been a long time since I made a “regular” post here. I am posting daily on Instagram though, so feel free to find me over there any time!
Here are some mixed media squares.
And some small 10” square paintings.
And a few art journal pages...
That’s enough for one day - I’ll post more catch up shots in the next few weeks. Happy New Year, and thanks for your visit!
I haven’t joined the challenge for a couple of weeks. This week Sunday Postcard Art has an open theme. I made a couple of holiday themed cards awhile ago that I’ll share for this weeks challenge. I submitted them to Collage Lab for inclusion in a new book called Vintage Holiday Collage Collection
I haven’t seen the book yet, but apparently at least one was accepted - yay!
So here are my entries for this week:
The first one features classic ARTchix images plus some other bits.
And the second one is more whimsical, featuring a couple of young lads who’ve transformed into Santas, well kind of. :)
Thanks so much for joining me today! I hope you have a magical holiday season, whatever you’re doing in this strangest of strange years. And above all, stay safe.
This week’s been so darn busy again. But, I’ve kept up with my squares - some abstract and some collage (I make the rules and break them!). The season changes are showing up in my colour choices!
Next, I wanted to share the book I think I mentioned I’d been accepted into. This is the cover (not my work, but for context). I love the title and concept - art definitely does not have to match your sofa, or anything else!
And here are my two pages:
And last but not least, I’ve been gifted a big stack of library index cards and have been having fun playing around with a few of them.
Thank you so much for joining me today - I hope you have wonderful week, and please stay safe.
I managed to get a short break from work and go on a driving holiday with friends. Such fun to get out and about. A different world than last year with masks and social distancing but that’s ok. I’ve been carrying on with my little squares. Some abstract and some collage.
I also made some bookmarks...
Thanks so much for joining me today. Stay safe, and see you next time.
This week I finished the last of my small square collages for the month of August.
So what to do for September? Well, I decided I liked the small format and that I’d like to explore abstracts this month. I’ve been doing it, but I’ve been busier than ever at work so I’m not sure this is going to be my best month!
The first couple of days went well...
Then I did this one. I didn’t much care for what I had done, so I covered it in a fairly thick coat of titan buff paint and carved some abstract shapes into the top layer of paint with the end of my paintbrush handle.
The paint was still quite thick (and wet) so I took a print from it with another paper square.
I think I like the print better than the original!
Then the week really went to heck and I made a few little 2” squares over a couple of days.
Today I finally got a little art time in but still not as much as I would like! A small square abstract...
And two little 2” discs.
Thanks so much for joining me today - I hope you have a wonderful week, and please stay safe.
This week again I’m been very busy so I’m going to stick to my daily square collages.
Thanks so much for joining me today. I hope you have a great week, and stay safe!
This week was very busy again outside of art, so I’m just posting my small square collages again.
The first four days were pretty usual...
But then I decided to mix up some animals... And things got a little weird.
Thanks so much for joining me today. Stay safe!
