This week it’s been about art journals.
The last page...
The next two pages are in a new book. I found an outdated coupon book in my purse that I couldn’t resist repurposing.
I also made an oversized postcard:
And began some experimental Gelli prints...
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This week’s theme for Sunday Postcard Art is Favourite Colour. I picked teal with accents of red and Quinacridone Nickel Azo Gold. Thanks for joining me today, and I will be back tomorrow with my week in review post.
Now that the Index Card a Day (ICAD) challenge is over, I’ve returned to my regular mix of creations - mostly art journalling and mail art, with a touch of painting.
Let’s start with the latest art journal pages:
I’ve been on holidays this week and picked up some new stencils that I’ve used on this page. Check out the giant British postage stamp!
This one is more free from with mark making and doodling instead of stencils.
And last but not least this one is really all about mark making and doodling. Such fun.
I made a series of simple collages that I will mount on square greeting cards. I love the chess-themed postage stamps on these.
And this one, which features a chair stamp and my hand-carved house stamp.
I made some mail art:
This was just made of stuff that was on my work table.
I don’t usually name these little postcard-sized collages, but I did these next two. This one I’m calling “Neighbourhood Watch”.
And this one I’m calling “Drop me a Line”.
This one I liked so much I decided to try to make a larger painting - this one is about 5” square on recycled box:
And this is the 12” square version on a cradle board.
I also finished another 12” square canvas - much simpler and less colourful! Well I say simpler, but I mean it looks simpler. There is actually quite a bit of effort in colour gradation and texture.
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This week, I’m thrilled to be hosting Sunday Postcard Art, and the theme I’ve chosen is “tea”. I love my tea! I drink it black, and I am currently in love with a black/green blend called “Number 10” put out by a local company called Murchies. One of the things I had to get used to when I was living in the UK was that milk is often assumed and put right in the cup if you don’t ask for it black.
I bought a few of these tea bags just for the package. I also aged the papers with some of the tea I brewed with it - I like my tea quite weak, so it was way stronger than I would drink. Found text and a bit of doodling and mark making rounds out the card.
Thanks for visiting today, and if you are playing along, I hope you enjoy the theme!
Tomorrow I will have my usual Week in Review post - please drop by.
This week saw the wrap up of ICAD, as well as some art journalling and other miscellany.
For this one, I joke that this is what happens when you play dystopian dramas like the Handmaid’s Tale in the studio.
This one practically made itself - I see a landscape (purely accidental).
And the last card of the year...
Here they all are - 61 + a couple of warm-up cards. Now they’ve been safely taped into a book with black pages that also houses 2017 and 2018. Will need a new book next year.
I made a few abstracts on recycled boxes next - the colour is really off in the second one - they are both closer to the first but more grey, less blue.
And this one is also on a recycled box.
And a journal page.
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This week, the theme for Sunday Postcard Art is Statues. I used this lovely transparency image from ARTchix Studio.
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This week’s theme for Sunday Postcard Art is Butterfly Wings.
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This week, the them for Sunday Postcard Art is Texture. I decided to make mine abstract. I applied a design in dimensional fabric paint and let it dry over night. I then painted the card with Prussian blue acrylic. Once that was dry, I dry-brushed teal paint over top. For some additional texture I added some corrugated cardboard.
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This week the Sunday Postcard Art theme is Days Gone By. I used some vintage papers and an image from ARTchix Studio.
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This week, Sunday Postcard Art is going to the dogs! Yes that right the theme is dogs. Full confession here - I’m a cat person. But i managed to find a cute little dog that fit just right onto this fashionable outfit.
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