Week 20 More posies from My online Donna Downey class

More posies and finger painting, kind of decided I don't think this is so much my thing.  I'm a bit more straight lines, perspective than I am abstract and loose. But, that is why this class is great for me. I am exploring and abundance of new techniques and media, so rock on sister!

Week 19 Donna Downey's art class

Yes, I'm a scoosh behind, but you know life happens.  This was done with black gesso, very interesting stuff. The rest is collage bits, doodling and washi. I am realizing that I find refuge in art when life gets complicated and it helps ground me.

DD Week 18 dedication to Tiger

Week 18 at Donna Downey's online art class. There are several layers and a lot of texture on this that is hard to appreciate in the photos. There are Krink paints and markers, stencils, glazing, drips, and a whole collage on the initial layers, and I wrote a dedication to my sweet Tiger, who recently passed away.
I once again followed the art and strayed a bit from Donna's end result, but that's what she tells us to do. I think I can say I really like this one, which for some reason is usually hard to say. But I do, I really do... And I'm going to learn to be comfortable with that, so there.

Faux Tattered Roses CCC3#3

Tattered roses abound. I've always admired these, the many times I've seen them and think they are just beautiful. For my entry from Tim Holtz CCC#3 at Linda's L3 Studio, sponsored by Inspiration Emporium, I made several roses out of rose and pink lightweight paper to compliment the little lost relative I separated from her photo mate for the glittered entry last week. I also had great fun making the background on the tag. I first stamped the foliage in shabby shutters then embossed it, then worked on some broken china and salty ocean on top. The edges of the tag are slightly embossed too, it's adds a nice detail. Then on top of it all I stamped the text in vintage photo. Enjoy.

CCC3 #2 FLY

Checkout T!m Holtz, CCC3, Challenge number dos over at Linda's Studio, with the Crew sponsored  by Funkie Junkie. This one was using Distress Glitter. I had to think about it since I'm inclined to stay far away from glitter, as I'm not the sparkly kind and I'm too OCD for the thought of glitter.  I was however able to get over myself and come up with this little sparkly tag, using grunge board wings and flourish, covered in Victorian Velvet and Shabby Shutters. The winged Princess is one of T!ms new lost relatives, and I embellished her wings with perfect pearls. I survived the glittering and may just be a convert.

Compendium of Curiosities Challenge vol. 3, número uno, marbling.

The highly anticipated CCC3 is back! Join in the fun at Linda Ledbetter's blog, along with the curiosity crew, and this week's sponsor Inspiration Emporium, (who are also offering a 10% discount to help us stock up for the challenges!). This challenge is marbling, the technique for which you can check out in Tim Holtz's latest book, here.
This is a fun and simple technique with at least a bazillion combinations to achieve whatever look you want. And the best part is that you really can't mess it up. For mine I used mat paper and it really changed the affect, making it more subtle.
Go give it a whirl and thanks for stopping by. I'm looking forward to seeing everyone's contributions!

Donna Downey's 48 weeks art class. Week 16 More drips and drops

The lesson this week was a lady with dripped hair full of birds and flowers and the background was bright drips everywhere with black drops on the drips. I chose another route for the lady. When I thought of flowers and birds in the hair I envisioned this Marie Antoinette type lady so I went for that. I was feeling a lot more confident in the beginning which waned as I progressed. I did go with the drips and drops, which I thought would be an interesting contrast from Marie, but it only looks like a dark, drippy mess. But I had fun doing it anyway!