Flowers

Today I went to one of my favorite art supply stores Jerry's Artarama. They have so many wonderful brands. I am like a kid in a candy store. I love to look a paper and found this awesome paper pad by Faber Castell called Black Paper Sketch Pad. The pad was only $3.50. It is a little thin but I used it for this effect. I first drew my picture with a Uniball Signo White pen and then colored it in with my scrumptious Caran D'Ache Neocolor II crayons in Turquoise Blue, Yellow Green and Ruby Red. I used them with out water. I love the effect on the black paper.

The paper is very thin. I can't decide if I should mount it to a piece of book board to give it some strength.

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Kitty and Me

I made this journal page using watercolor crayons, Pitt markers, Tim Holtz stamps and washi tape.

 

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Jeans

Another one of my girl drawings.  Her face is a little flat.  I did this one a few months ago but I am still working on shading.

Foil Flowers

In the Lifebook 2013 class a few weeks ago we learned how to make foil flowers.  This is my interpretation of the assignment.

The foil flowers are made by coloring coffee filters with dylusions spray inks and assorted stencils then tearing them up and glueing them to foil.  I then took different size circle punches to punch the circles out of the paper foil.   After placing five sizes of paper foil circles together with a brad in the center I curled the edges to reveal the shines underside of the foil.

Mix Media Playing Cards

This project is part of Lesson Five at Lifebook 2013.  These cards were so much fun to make.  I used acrylic inks and ranger paint dabbers for the backgrounds.  Stamps are by Studio 490.

Sweetheart

I made this sweetie for Valentine's Day.

Mad Hatter

This one was based on my daughter's halloween costume.  She was a cute mad hatter.  I am not liking this one as much.  The colors are so drab.

More of My Artwork

I have been drawing up a storm the last few weeks.  I bought lots of art supplies with my holiday money.  Boy is it fun to paint and draw when you have good supplies.   Both of these were done with Prismacolors and Faber Castell Polychromos.

Fairy Art Mother

This is my Fairy Art Mother for the class I am taking called Life Book 2013.  She is going to whisper words of encouragement to me when I loose my mojo.  I used Neocolor II watercolor crayons, Pitt markers and Stickles for her wings.

Dream Big

This is a collage I made last weekend.  The drawing is my attempt to draw my daughter.   Unfortunately the paper buckled under her face but it does resemble her.

Fabulous Faces Week I Homework

Today I am posting a painting I did for a class called Fabulous Faces.  I used Neocolor II watercolor crayons, Prismacolor pencils, ranger acrylic paint dabbers, stewart gill paints and a Pitt black marker.

Digital Poppies

This is a poppy drawing I did on my iPad using an app called Paper 53.  I used it to make Thank you cards for my daughter for her holiday and birthday gifts.

More Poppies

Here is my second attempt at poppies.

 

 

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Poppies

I just love poppies and decided to take two online classes on panting poppies. One is taught by Martha Lever and the other by Michelle Brown. They are both wonderful. Here is my first attempt. They look more like tulips.

 

 

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Handmade Journal

These are a few pages from a handmade journal I put together. The design I got off of a video by Teesha Moore. It was fun to put together and I used various Watercolors to color the pages. Now to fill it.

 

 

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Peerless Watercolors

My teacher Jane Davenport from my online course recommended these fun watercolor paints by Peerless. They come in paper form. Here is the travel palette I made with the papers. I will use a waterbrush for no mess water coloring on the go.

 

 

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Faces and Mixed Media Page

Last week I started taking several online classes. One class is Supplies Me by Jane Davenport. It is a wonderful class with lots of online interaction with the teacher. We are learning how to draw the human form while discovering different media and supplies. So far the class is worth every penny. I am having so much fun. Here are my first face sketches.

This is my first mixed media page. I did step by step instructions. I did this page before practicing the faces.

 

 

 

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My First Holiday Cards of the Year

I wish this card photographed better as I just love the way it came out. The stamp is by Stampendous. I got it at Michael's on sale. I inked the stamp with Ranger Archival Ink in Vermillion. Then I inked the two colors of Distress Inks with a foam pad into the leaves and flowers. The sentiment stamp is by Amuse. I finished it off with Stickles accents in Fruit Punch. I think this will be my go to card for the holidays. It was extremely easy.

 

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More Fun With Distress Stains and Stencils

Yesterday I picked up the new Distress Stains from Ranger. There are 12 colors and each one is scrumptious. I made this card using the stains, Distress Inks and a stencil by Dylusions. The lace and the button are antiques. The tissue tape is by Tim Holtz. The stamp is by Oxford Impressions. I can't remember where the photo is from. Please let me know if you recognize it.

 

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This week I received a bunch of goodies from an online store called Eclectic Paperie.  I ordered a bunch of stuff because they were have 25% off all their Studio 490 products.  I love the new stencils and bought them all except for two that I picked up at the Stamper's Anonymous site.

This is a card I made with my new stash of Studio 490 stuff.  I used Distress Stains for the background and Distress Ink for the stencils.  The honey comb I made with the metallic Distress Stain.  The flower image was stamped with Archival Ink in black and colored with Distress markers.  I finished the card off with some Pearl Mist spray ink.