Evolution of the Poppies Canvas Painting into a Mixed Media canvas

 So I had alot of fun painting these poppies after the Acrylic Paints I didn't like it.

So...

I added Pan Pastels to the flower first..

Then around the flowers.

But it still wasn't perfect...

So... what to do!   I mixed Media Art Journal It.

Out came the rubber stamps - stencils - Washi tape - Modeling Paste - Packing tape - bubble Wrap and paint brush.

I can't tell you if it's done yet - but it's for sure getting closer!!

Hope you enjoy please as always I love comments and your free to share.

Mixed media - Art Journal - Inspired by Another Artist.....

So I love Instagram...  Love looking at all the art that you can see on it...

And one of my favorite artist is Ady Almanza

She is amazing...

I saw this post from her.

And then I was playing around on Pinterest and saw this saying.. and bingo I started playing.

Don't waste words on people who deserve your silence.  Sometimes the most powerful things you can say is nothing at all.

I loved that saying...  Below is what happen.

Used my pencil and sketched out the outline..

Then started playing with my Montana Paint Markers and filled in the hair... and details.

Close up

Then grudged it up a bit by adding water color and pastes on top. 

My Pentel White Pen..  Alot more detail with Pitt Pens.

I really love how it came out - the pastels they bring so much to the painting...

I hope you enjoyed this step by step....

Sometimes I get so into what i'm doing I forget to take the photos.

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And I love comments

Mixed Media - Art Journal Doubt Kills More Dreams... Watercolors

Here's an Art Journal - Mixed Media .

Doubt kills more dreams then failure every will.

This page started out just playing with Pastels...

Then adding Oil paints Sticks - never used those before - Just using my fingers.   

I love playing with hearts - and drawing them.

Started out with watercolors.

Then laying Pastels over them and rubbing it into the paperwork with my finger.

You can see how it gets brighter...

Sorry but once I started drawing I got on a roll and didn't stop until I was done.

Started with Black Acrylic Paint

Then grabbed my Pitt Markers one it was dry

 What I didn't like was those oil sticks it's hard to do anything on top of - so only add that at the end.

I hope you enjoy the blog post and please feel free to share and comment.

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Thank you

Alot of New Drawing... - Sharing my Mixed media & Art Journal with all... - My Mermaids

Since i'm so far behind I am just going to show some photos of the drawing's I have been doing lately...  Got a few video's I need to edit - and then will get everything caught up.

Products used above are:  Pencil, Colored Pencils, Charcoal, Neocolors II, Pastels, Pitt Pens

My Tracey Weinzapfel May Challenge... A Letter to my Infant, Toddler or Teen self.

So Tracey Weinzapfel May challenge was to write a letter to the infant, Toddler or Teen Self....   I'm taking the approach of lesson learned...

"It's Not Selfish to love yourself, take care of yourself, & to make your happiness a priority.   It's a necessary.

I used gelatos, Pastels, Paint, Washi Tape, PITT Markers, and Montana markers

I hope you enjoy...  I love her challenges

Been doing a ton of drawing... Here's a bunch of different Art Journal Pages I've created....

As I said I've been drawing and drawing... I've been self teaching myself to draw faces and I have to say I love it...   Highly suggest I would never have thought I could draw anything that even looked like a face...

Pinterest and YouTube are amazing tools...

Below if my first time using watercolor pencils.

Below is my first time using charcoal.

Below is my first time using watercolor paints.

Below is using water colors pencils, Using Caran D'Ache Neocolor II, and Gouache Paints, Pitt Pens

Finally below was my 1st attempt at Pastels

I hope you enjoy - and really hope you grab a pencil or whatever and you start drawing...

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Mixed Media Journal Page Flower Dream 2-26-12

So this is a page I did - that was one of those fast pages...   

I always love when I draw things... I'm not very good but getting better.

Used Donna Downey Stamps & her Flowers

Used Pan Pastels - Markers

Glitter Letters

Then wrote out what I need to do....

I hope you enjoy... And remember to be positive and give yourself a chance

Mixed media Journal Page Family Beach Fun 2/2013

So here's a fun page that I did in my Journaling Book

Used Pan Pastels

And Dylusion Pages

Washi Tape

Alphabet Stencil

And Modeling paste

As well as Donna Downey Stamps

And Dyan Reaveley's Dylusion Stencil Chequered Dots

Hope you enjoy please comment, share and follow my blog.

Mixed Media Journal Page 2-18-13 Learning to Heal

So this is a page from my heart....  I did the beginning of the page when my husband and I separated...  I just wrote out how I was feeling - was very angry, hurt, upset...

These last few weeks we have both been trying hard to fix things... so Monday night I actually felt moved to change the page...

This was just using Gesso on the page, then using a few stencils and Dylusions Sprays

Alot of dripage

And then writing these words with India Ink

I then took some acrylic paint and started painting over the page...  Of course realizing very quickly how deep India Ink is going to stay on the page.

So I pulled out the Chicken Wire Crafter's Workshop stencil - and Pan Pastels - and started having some fun.

I then pulled out another stencil by Crafter's Workshop Aspen Trees

And used 3 different colors of Pan Pastels

I also just used a few Tattered Angels - Glimmer Screen Winter Trees and used the black Dylusion Sprays

Pulled out the book and scissor and cut some shapes - and then used Modge Podge and glued them down.

Then painted some blue acrylic tape down and used a paper towel to pull some of the paint off.

Taking out my black market and highlighting those pieces - and then using my bubble wrap with white acrylic paint -and I really loved how it started looking at this point.

Then I took out my stencil by Dyan Reaveley's 9x12 Chequered Dots

Outlined the board in black Pitt Bold Markers - and then went over it in Black paint.

And used the alphabet stencil and wrote out 

Learning to Heal

Forgive

And then used my white pen to outline it so it stands out.

This was something that really came from the heart...

I hope you like it...

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