Happy Monday to all of you Creative Hearts!!
This week, things are a little different. Last week was, extremely, busy for me and I never got around to making a "real" Creative Heart Monday project.
So....I'm trying to make up for it by including 2 videos. The first one is a video of a project that I made for the Gel Press Blog a couple of months ago. The post was a "step-by-step" with photos. I filmed the project, but did not include the video in the post.......so here it is.......
Check out the "step-by-step" post on the Gel Press Blog for supplies.
Now for Number Two
I've been taking an online class by Donna Downey - Abstract Florals. I just love her abstract flower paintings, and would love to be able to create lovely abstract pieces. Over the past couple of years, I have taken several of her shorter, online, classes, and have always been very pleased. I, finally, couldn't stand it anymore and signed up for the Abstract Florals course. I have not been disappointed. She includes so many videos. She does each painting "start-to-finish" and she is very easy to listen to. I have taken many, many online classes by other artists....most I like....there have been one or two that I ended up disappointed (but it's all personal preference)....I'm sure that others were able to get more out of them than me.
Anyway.....here's my first attempt at a painting from the course. It's wack. I think that when I have the video camera on, I tend to rush thru things (which is kind of ridiculous because I can always hi-speed in editing). I'm going to be working on my flowers and backgrounds this week. As I go, I'll put some pix on my blog and Facebook, so that we can see if I'm getting any better.
List of Supplies
8" X 10" canvas
Liquitex White Gesso
Liquitex Basics - Deep Purple Hue, Magenta Light Hue, Cadmium Orange Hue, Titanium White, Cadmium Yellow
Golden Heavy Body Acrylics - Green Gold, Quinacridone Magenta, Red Iron Oxide, Hansa Yellow, Teal
Miscellaneous Brushes
Have a great Monday and a wonderful week.
PEACE!!
Cyndi
