Happy Creative Heart Monday!!
Donna Downey came out with a new line of stencils. She's been putting up a video, by a different artist, every day all month. The stencils are great, so, of course, I had to get them.
I'll tell you a little story about painting glass jars. In my art class in high school, we had to paint a still life. The teacher had placed a box, a shoe, and a glass jar on a table together for us to paint. I just could not paint the jar. I didn't know how to paint glass. Finally, my teacher came over and painted it for me. When I took the painting home (and for years after), people would look at the painting and always comment on the glass jar. I hated that because I knew I didn't paint it. They never said "nice shoe" or "nice box"....it was always the, freaking, jar. Now, I was honest...I would always say that I didn't really paint the jar....but it really bugged me.
This is why, when my, 10 year old protege, Alicia, comes over to paint, I never, ever touch her work. She has her canvas, paper, etc. and I have mine. When she takes her paintings home and people compliment them.....she knows it's "all her".
I still can't paint glass....but....this new stencil is going to change that for me. I figure that if I can get better with the glass by using the stencil, then, eventually, I will be able to do it without the stencil. We'll see.......
One other thing.....Nika Rouss (Nika in Wonderland) did a video and my painting looks a lot like hers, because she is one of my favorites and I am very inspired by her paintings. I used different stencils and paint. After you watch my video, you should check out hers....it's fantastic!!
Supplies
11"X 14" mixed media paper
white gesso
Donna Downey Petite Pot DD-108
Donna Downey Floral in Striped Vase DD-100
Golden's Heavy Body Teal
Golden's Heavy Body Quinacridone Magenta
Liquitex Heavy Body Medium Magenta
Windsor and Newton Studio Acrylic - Red Deep
Grumbacher - Cobalt Blue Hue
Black Oil Pastel
Black Charcoal Pencil
Check out my art on clothes, cellphone covers, rugs, etc. on Society 6!!
Have a great Monday and a wonderful week.
PEACE!!
Cyndi
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