Creative Heart Monday - Mixed Media Abstract Circles How To

Happy Creative Heart Monday!

I love using lots of supplies.  This is one of those pieces.  I just started playing with paint and ink.....not really sure where I was going.  I had several ideas, then decided......circles it is!!

Here we go.......




Supplies

11" X 14" Canson Bistol Mixed Media paper
Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist
Lindays Stamp Gang Starburst Sprays
Ranger Distress Paint
Ph Marten Bombay Inks
Black acrylic paint in a Fineline Bottle
White acrylic paint in a Fineline Bottle
White Gesso
Gelatos
Miscellaneous decorative paper
Gel Medium
Black charcoal pencil
Faber-Castell Black Pen

For your special friends who love art as much as you do....... Live and Wear ART!!

Throw Blanket

Framed Print

Have a great Monday and a wonderful week.

PEACE!

Cyndi

Wear ART!!

Look at these big scarves!!!!  I just ordered one from RedBubble.....can't wait!!

I hope everyone is having a good week!

PEACE!

Cyndi

Acrylic Ink Abstracts

I am loving these acrylic inks.  I have Dr. Ph. Martens and F&W.  I also used some High Flow Golden Acrylics.  The scribbly writing was black paint in a Fineliner bottle.

I can't wait to do more tomorrow!!!!

PEACE!!

Cyndi

Creative Heart Monday - Shapes in Sienna and Green

Happy Monday to all of you Creative Hearts!

Today, I'm changing it up a little bit.....no flowers, no circles (OK maybe a few), and different colors....for me.

I did a post/video for Gel Press last week.  It was all squares and circles that ended up looking like stained glass......so, of course, I called it "Stained Glass".  If you haven't seen it....check it out!  That piece put me in a "geometic mood".

The only materials used were my Gel Press prints, Decou-Page, and a black charcoal pencil.

So,,,,here we go.......

hanging on my kitchen wall

By the way, I started a Facebook Group - Mixed Media Passions.  I only have a few members, so far. Sign up.......I would love for you to share your art on my page.  (but, you don't have to feel obligated to post anything....just enjoy the work of others).

Also, please SUBSCRIBE to my YouTube Channel!!

Have a great Monday and a wonderful week!

PEACE!!

Cyndi

Creative Heart Monday - Colorful Shapes

Happy Monday to all of you Creative Hearts out there!

This weeks piece is very different from what I usually do.  It was inspired by artist, Fred Fowler.  I was introduced to his work by Tracy Verdugo (an artist that I LOVE!)

Tracy has some little ecourses called Mini Mojos.  I took the one on Pattern, Color and Texture.  She created a piece in the course inspired by Fred Fowler.  So, I figured that I would give it a try.

It's, basically, just playing around with little shapes and colors.  It's really a wonderful exercise because it's sort of meditative, which I need.  I have a bad habit of worrying about the end result.  I need to BE IN THE MOMENT!





List of Supplies:

Strathmore Bristol paper
Liquitex Basics - Cadmium Red Medium, Bright Aqua Green, Alizarin Crimson, Cadmium Orange, and Medium Magenta
Golden Heavy Body Acrylics - Paynes Grey, Teal
Montana Paint Pens - White, Black, Red, Blue, Pink, Yellow, Green
Valspar Satin - Toasted Pumpkin (I pick up sample paints in Lowes and Home Depot....I've never used one on a painting before, but I liked this color and it was, actually, a very nice acrylic paint)

Have a great Monday and a wonderful week!

PEACE!!

Cyndi

Six Degrees of Separation

I have always been intrigued by the theory of "Six Degrees of Separation".  Yes, it was a movie, but even before that I was aware of the idea.


According to Wikipedia, it goes like this:

Six degrees of separation is the theory that everyone and everything is six or fewer steps away, by way of introduction, from any other person in the world, so that a chain of "a friend of a friend" statements can be made to connect any two people in a maximum of six steps. It was originally set out by Frigyes Karinthy in 1929 and popularized by a 1990 play written by John Guare.

The game "Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon"^[22] was invented as a play on the concept: the goal is to link any actor to Kevin Bacon through no more than six connections, where two actors are connected if they have appeared in a movie or commercial together. It was created by three students at Albright College in Pennsylvania,^[23] who came up with the concept while watching Footloose. On September 13, 2012, Google made it possible to search for any given actor's 'Bacon Number' through their search engine.

Of course, the internet has made this concept easier, but I prefer to only count actual, physical, contact to qualify as a "degree".

So.......while driving down the road a few weeks ago, I started thinking about it and decided to create a piece of art.  I had this, kind of wack piece that had been sitting around for a few months.  I stamped the circles and hearts on tracing paper, then cut them out and attached them to the canvas with Golden's Matte Medium.  I carved the circle stamps out of rubber several years ago, but never used them. (you just never know when you might find a use for something).  I used a paint pen to draw the lines.  You know how I like to add words to everything, so I was going to put "Six Degrees" on it somewhere, then changed my mind.  People will just have to figure it out for themselves.

By the way, I am two degrees from Elvis Presley,two degrees from Madonna, three degrees from President Obama, three degrees from the Dalai Llama, and three degrees from Kevin Bacon.

You may be thinking....."Wow, Cyndi must have a lot of time on her hands".....and you would be right!

Peace!

Cyndi


PS.  just listed on Etsy:  https://www.etsy.com/listing/253741502/original-mixed-media-painting-six?ref=shop_home_active_1

My Art Journal

I've been meaning to start an art journal for a long time.  So I actually worked on my first page.

You know it's funny.  All of my llife I have worked with numbers.  Right out of high school, I went to work at a bank, then moved into real estate for 25 years.  I did a short stint as a mortgage broker and an insurance agent before I stopped working full time.  A couple months ago, I left the part-time bookkeeping job that I've had for the past 2 1/2 years.  It's always been NUMBERS!!

Even though I've been surrounded by closing statements and spreadsheets most of my life, I have always dreamed of a more artistic life.  So, it's time for a change.  I'm trying to create something (no matter how simple or small) every day.  I have found, however, that I'm much more comfortable with more linear or geometric designs (it's that "numbers" thing again), but I'm pushing myself to be more free with it.

Here's the front and back of a folder that I made to hold my pieces of art.  I got the idea for this from Mary Ann Moss at dispatchfromla.typepad.com.  I've tried stenciling a few times and I stumbled upon this blog.  She offers an online course in stenciling.  The first thing that she has you do is make one of these files for your work.  Here's the link to the stencilry class:  http://dispatchfromla.typepad.com/dispatch_from_la/online-class-information-for-pure-experimentation-stencilry-.html

 And then, I had to get my fix by drawing some lines:

I'm kind of proud of my cute little leaves!

Greeting Cards!

Here are a few cards that I've made.

I would like to make a series of cards and try to sell them on Etsy.com.  We'll see.