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

Creative Heart Monday - Circles in the Sky

Happy Creative Heart Monday!!

Today, I pulled out a bunch of Gel Press prints, made copies, and went to work....ripping and gluing.  I was, actually, having a block and just couldn't think of anything to do.  Whenever this happens, I grab my prints.

Here we go.........





Supplies

Gel Press prints
Golden Glossy Gel Medium
Faber-Castell Black Pen
Black Charcoal Pencil

Have a great Monday and a wonderful week.

PEACE!!

Cyndi

Textured "Circle" Painting

 I took an online class by Tracey Verduga.  I loved the class.  One of the segments was about texture.  I painted a canvas, using textured papers, latchhook rug mesh, molding paste, and drywall tape.  I worked with and worked with it and just couldn't make it look like anything.  So...........I painted over it.

Here's was happened!




List of Supplies

14"X 18" canvas panel
Miscellaneous textured paper
Golden Molding Paste
Drywall tape
Latchhook rug mesh
Golden Gel Medium (to adhere paper, etc.)
Liquitex Basics Acrylic Paint - Violet
Master's Touch Paint - Light Violet
Liquitex White Gesso
Charcoal Pencil
Black Faber-Castell Big Brush Marker

It just goes to show that you never know what will happen when you start a painting.

PEACE!!

Cyndi

And The Winner Is......

We have a winner!  We reached 1016 (actually, 1019) views on my "Circles" video last night.  This is my first video to have over 1000 views!

Here's how I chose the winner.....

Everyone's name was written on a strip of paper and folded into an origami bird (not really, but that would have been cute).

Then, I tossed them around for a while.

Then I picked one.  You can tell that it's me because I have paint on my hands and my nails look like crap.

And......the winner is......Jane Wetzel!  (insert applause)  Congratulations Jane (please send your mailing address to ceeceestudio@yahoo.com and I will send the "Circles" to you.

Now wasn't that fun??

Again, thank you all so much for helping me over this 1000 view mark.

I will be having another giveaway in a few weeks.  I'm not allowed to tell you what it is, but it's going to be, really, good.

Have a great Sunday!!

PEACE!

Cyndi

My First Give-A-Way!!!!!

I've really started building a following since the beginning of the year.  I started making videos on a regular basis, and it has enabled me to meet so many nice people online, and receive some wonderful feedback.

I'm really excited because I have almost reached 1000 views on one of my videos.  (I know that's not a lot in Justin Beiber/Beyoncé land, but it's a lot for me).



The subscribers to my blog and "Creative Heart Monday" have increased and I would like to say "thank you".  So.....here's the deal....check out my "Circle" video and share it with someone (or several someones)...then, comment below.  Everyone that comments will be entered in a drawing.  The drawing will be held within 24 hours of the video reaching 1016 views. 

What will you win??????  The "Circle" mixed-media piece, of course.  I will contact the winner for your mailing address.

I'm not advertising this giveaway on Facebook or any other social media.  I'm just putting this out to my subscribers.  If you share this with someone, and they subscribe to my blog (before we reach 1016 views, I will enter them too!  We are at 973 views......so we don't have much further to go.

Thank you and good luck!!

PEACE!

Cyndi

Creative Heart Monday - "Circles"

Happy Monday to all of you Creative Hearts!

Today, I'm into circles, circles, and more circles.  This is a playful piece with lots of color and a nod to Valentine's Day.......and my 26th anniversary.



List of Supplies"

Liquitex Gesso - White
Liquitex Basics Acrylic Paint - Cerulean Blue Hue, Alizarin Crimson Hue, Medium Magenta, Deep Violet, Black, Cadmium Orange, Cadmium Yellow Light, Green Gold,
DecoArt Media Sprays - Magenta, Turquoise
DecoArt Decou-Page
Various stencils - hand-cut and purchased
my Gel Prints cut in circles

Stay tuned - this week I'll be trying out my new, round, printing plate by Gel Press.  I plan to video my printing process

Have a wonderful week.

Peace!!

Cyndi

BE in the MOMENT!!

I was talking with my sister the other day.  We were speaking about how important it is to live life "in the moment".  Everyone tends to worry about what's going to happen or lament about what has already happened.  It's important to truly experience what's happening NOW.....but it can be freaking hard.  We all know that life is fragile, volatile, and that there aren't any guarantees, but we still can't stop that little voice in our heads.  Oh, how I hate that little voice sometimes.

Here's how I made my "Be In The Moment" piece.

I started with a gessoed wood panel, then added some scrap pieces of book pages, music, etc.

Then I added some gesso to back up the papers into the board.

Stamped some circles with black paint, using jar lids and toilet paper rolls.

I used my fingers to rub some Dina Wakeley paint, randomly around the canvas.

I used stickers for the "be in the" and rubber stamps for the "Moment".  I also shaded the circles with charcoal pencil and rubbed some charcoal pencil around the edges.  Sprayed with fixative so that the charcoal pencil would stay.

The colors and circles in this piece were inspired by Denise Alloca.  You can visit her art journal page tutorial at:  https://youtu.be/leOrwP0WOLw

This was one of Donna Downey's Artist Gang Teusday videos.  You know that I love these....along with my Shawn Petite's Sunday Inpiration.....can't get enough!!

Peace!

Cyndi

Art Journalling Workshop

I mentioned a few days ago that I was taking an online workshop, Tracy Bautista's Art Journal Play Live 2015.

After the first two lessons, this is what I've created.  The first lesson was Circle Abstract Patterns.  Basically, she was teaching how to use the brush freely, play with different colors, etc.

The second was Floral Prints and Patterns.  I didn't have all of the supplies that she used for this tutorial.  It would have been better when Golden High Flow Paint.  She also used a paint applicator with a very, very thin tip to draw the outlines and miscellaneous marks in black paint.  My applicator was slightly larger, so I ended up with some thick lines and big blobs of paint.  Oh well!

I'm enjoying this and getting some, much needed, inspiration.

Peace,
Cyndi