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!
It’s really hot today and that means I’m cranky and tired - hahaha. So I’m just going to post my week’s worth of square collages and if I did anything else this week I’ll catch up next time.
Thanks so much for joining me today - stay safe and stay cool. See you next time.
As I mentioned last week, Monday was a holiday and I managed to finish a couple of paintings.
This first one is called Jardin Moderne. It’s 24” square
The next one is called Rearview Mirror. It’s 30” square
I carried on with my daily square collages:
I worked on a small journal.
And I did some doodling on chipboard. I have some grey tone mixed media paper and I may do some more of these “on purpose” because I really like the black on grey. I did some more gelli prints on black and the doodles are sitting on one of my latest papers.
Thanks so much for joining me today. I hope you have a great week, and stay safe.
Well, it’s been an exciting week. ICAD wrapped up, I had four paintings accepted for a show at the Federation Gallery in Vancouver (3 will be in the gallery and online, and 1 will be online only), and I found out that one of my collages was accepted for an upcoming book on collage. Wow!
let’s start with the end of 2020 ICAD.
That was a wrap for this year. I made my “heading” card at the end this year:
This is what they look like all in one place (61 + 9 bonus cards).
I decided to keep the momentum going - I’m going to make a square collage each day of August. Here are the first two.
Speaking of collage - I finished up the challenge of tiny collages with five final entries - each around 2” square:
I also said goodbye to my latest submission to The Sketchbook Project. My favourite contribution so far (this is number 11 for me).
Front cover:
Inside front cover:
Final spreads:
And inside back cover:
That’s a wrap. I have a couple more things that I’ve done today but I will keep them for next week. I’m a day late posting this. It’s a civic holiday here so my days are all mixed up. Thanks so much for joining me today - stay safe!
