Original art, tutorials, and more. One, former number cruncher's journey to find her own unique artistic style. I'm going to try it all and see what sticks!
Donna Downey came out with some wonderful flower stencils a couple years ago. I have several of them and I love to get them out every once in a while and play.
This piece is similar in technique as the pieces that I've created on the past two Mondays......but this time I'm using purple instead of blues.
Lots and lots of color today.......and lots and lots of different supplies. I started out making a very colorful background, then cut the paper into smaller pieces to make cards.
Have a great Monday and a wonderful week. Check out my new CeeCeeART Patreon page. I've uploaded my first full project and one mini-project, so far, for February.
I have accumulated quite a few watercolors over the past year. On top of everything that I already had, I just had to buy the new Jane Davenport waters. They are so bright and beautiful. In this painting, I'm using all of my different brands together. I just went nuts making lots and lots of watercolor blobs, hoping that they would look like flowers in the end.
Today, we're doing a mixed media project, using handmade stamps and the Gel Press plate. I'm using the Gel Press plate, mainly, as a stamp pad. Here we go...........
Have a great Monday and a wonderful week. PEACE! Cyndi
I've been playing around with Ranger Alcohol Inks again. The colors are so vibrant and the possibilities are endless. I just bought Cathy Taylor's book, Pigments of Your Imagination - Creating with Alcohol Inks. It's very inspirational.
Here we go........
Supplies
Ranger Adirondack Alcohol Inks
Yupo Paper
White Fine Point Paint Pen
White Sakura Gellyroll Pen
Check out my art printed on clothing, accessories, and home decor!
I was, super, busy this week and couldn't get a, regular, Monday video finished. However, Alicia was over, so she is my guest artist for our video.
We made a couple pieces to attach to greeting cards, using Lindy Stamp Gang Starburst Sprays, Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist, and Lindys Magicals.
Here we go.....................
Supplies
Bristol Mixed Media Paper
Lindy Stamp Gang Starburst Sprays
Lindy Stamp Gang Magicals
Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist
Faber-Castell Pen - Black
Sakura Gellyroll Pen - White
Cyndi's
Cyndi's
Alicia's
Alicia's
Be sure to check out the Gel Press® Hop on Friday - September 30th.
Also, check out Society 6 and Redbubble to see clothes and accessories made from my art!!
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!!
