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Art Process: When Disaster Shows Promise and When Promise Turns to Disaster

This (above) is my disaster that ended up showing promise. I was working on something else in the art studio today. This was just an afterthought. It was beckoning me somehow. I dont work on it often, and lately, it seems I only add a bit here or there after I get done with somethingContinue reading “Art Process: When Disaster Shows Promise and When Promise Turns to Disaster”

Faux Rice Paper

I learned a new technique to make faux rice paper. It’s pretty cool. This is my first ever attempt to make it!! It can be used as a journal cover or as collage fodder that you incorporate into a different art piece. It’s made with a mixture of Elmer’s glue and water (half and half)Continue reading “Faux Rice Paper”

The Owl that Could

So I have a little Owl. He emerged spontaneously this week after I made a collage to demonstrate how to do collage at work. I went with that idea and turned the image into an owl, and added the branch. His eyes ended up looking funky. So next, I scanned it and digitally attempted toContinue reading “The Owl that Could”

Golden Healing Art Process, Part 5, still in progress

I added a gold glaze to the entire picture to cover over where the clear gesso clumped together and wasn’t clear. It’s best not to use clear gesso over beads or anything bumpy…I thought I could be careful and wipe up the extra…after weeks it was still white certain places…but I think the gold tookContinue reading “Golden Healing Art Process, Part 5, still in progress”

Golden Promise

It’s coming along. This image is strictly digital. It may or may not be done yet. I’m not sure. I do like it. Go here for earlier versions. version 1 and Version 2.

Mixed media skins and digital art: Golden Promise, version 2, in progress

Below is the digital art I’ve been working on called Golden Promise. This is really version 11, and even more if you count all the inbetweens, but I’m counting this only as version 2. I end up with so many saved versions of my digital art that I have to make a separate folder, justContinue reading “Mixed media skins and digital art: Golden Promise, version 2, in progress”