More Gelli Print Backgrounds

I've been wanting to create some backgrounds on cardboard so I can create some mixed media pieces to sell.  I wasn't sure how the gelliprinting would go on the cardboard - but I'm happy with the results.  For the first and last background shown I simply brushed the paint onto the Gelli plate and took the print right onto the cardboard.

 

There are a number of layers on this one - using stencils and found objects to create the shapes.

The paper I use to cover things while I burnish the prints comes out just as awesome as some of the prints.  I keep these papers too - either to add to collages or I may start using them as book covers too.

Try having fun with paint - create something everyday.

Joan

Arting in Banff

My husband has meetings in Banff every August and I usually tag along as a groupie and enjoy the time arting at a resort surrounded by nature.  I always over pack…..my arting supplies.  There are 5 bags shown in the above photo and only two are clothing.

Upon arriving, I found a spot in the sun to sit and doodle in my new "I am" Book.

I'm always taking selfies - a bad habit.

We stay in a self contained unit with this wonderful long counter so I can lay all my stuff out.  The following are some of the gelli prints I made along with their ghost prints - no paint wasted - ever!

I do need practice with my plates - and with colour.  I suck at colour!

Anyway - it's always fun - and that's what counts.

Create something everyday!

Joan

Index Cards 59 - 62

I'm down to the last few index cards from the summer - the prompt for #59 was plaid….so I decided to create a plaid with some washi tape.

I don't remember the prompt for this one - it may have been to use a quote or a font

Prompt #61 - parachute.  These little parachutes are part of a stencil and I added the little bodies and strings.

And finished - until next summer.

Here are all of them together - it is blatantly obvious that I need to use a little less blue in my life!

Create something everyday -

Joan

August Art

In August I finally got around to finishing this particular page in my Paper Bag book.  The blue butterflies were left over from some Home Decor items we had from Stampin'Up!  My daughter had made a frame for a friend and these were left over.  I adhered them to the paper and ink sprayed some stencils over top - because they were plastic the ink came off the butterflies right away.  Eventually I doodled around the stencils and doodled on the butterflies.

My mentor Emily has moved beyond mandalas to these wonderful sort of creations.  I used some of my own designs, but I copied some of hers too so that I had them for reference in the future when I do more.

That's all for today.

Remember to create something everyday.

Joan

Index Cards 54- 58

I can't remember if the prompt for this index card was envelopes or mail.  I had saved some of the more unique pieces of envelopes when I was soaking stamps off in the spring - they make a unique collage.

Stamps? Paris?  Not sure of the prompt, but I've kept all these retired stamps because I love the memory of being in Paris.

This was suppose to be cogs or wheels and I do not like this card at all!

I created a sunrise on watercolour paper.  I love how the brush strokes turned out on this one.

Queen of Hearts was the prompt here - I stamped the crown and traced the hearts, putting zentangles into each of them.

If you are Canadian, I hope you are having a wonderful Thanksgiving weekend.  If I don't post tomorrow it will be because we're eating turkey!

Take time to create something everyday.

Joan

Scotland Travel Journal

I made a hand bound found paper book to take to Scotland with me to act as a journal.  Next time I will think more about the types of papers I put in!  But I had fun adding memorabilia and doodling around things - or on whole pages.  I also did a pretty good job writing about the trip - although, truth be told, I haven't finished yet.

The above is the first page in the journal - I took my neocolor watercolour crayons and a aqua painter so I could paint if I wanted to rather than using marker.

While in Edinburgh, we had gone to a pub one night that was called Tiles.  They walls were decorated with all sorts of ceramic tiles, so that was the inspiration for this page - which also had as a ticket to Edinburgh Castle.

I ripped up the pamphlet for the Wallace Monument - which we climbed up!  Two hundred forty-six steps - only one winding staircase - with people going in both directions.  I sketched in some bricks around the torn paper and did a bit of shading.

I had this gelliprint page included in the book and didn't want to cover it up with paper, so I just doodled on it.

I used washi tape to attach the ticket for Stirling Castle but glued in the other two papers.  The tower is the Wallace Monument - you can see where the winding staircase is.  Lots of doodled circles to fill in the page.  I like to add colour around the torn edges of my papers and then spread it out a bit to add distressing to the paper and to highlight the tears.

This is inspired by the same Jacobite ticket to secret meetings that I did on an index card.  This piece of paper in my book is very fibrous and so I thought it fit the memory of that stamp.

We went to two distilleries while in Scotland.  I tore up the pamphlet again, which had a bit of information on it.  I then sketched in some barrels and labeled them with dates that we saw on some of the barrels in storage.

Hope you have a great day.

Create something everyday.

Index Cards 48 - 53

Back to the index cards from this summer - This one got misnumbered and is really #49.  I don't do coloured zentangles very often, but they're fun when I do.

I do believe that the prompt for this card was kimono - I had to look up how to draw one - I added my own little dragon flies to the fabric.

The one thing I like about doing the index card prompts, is that no two cards are ever the same.  Each prompt brings a new idea and lends itself to a different medium perhaps.  And they're small!

Create something everyday - big or small!

Old Mandalas

Here are a couple of mandalas I did during the summer in a couple of my altered books - of course the above one is from Canada Day this year.  My maple leaves in the middle aren't perfect - but none of my mandalas ever are.

Have a great day -

Create something everyday.

Index cards 41-47

I loved the bridges that we saw through the countryside in Scotland - we didn't see the actual 'Harry Potter"bridge, but a few came close.  I sketched this out using a photograph I had taken.

Great way to use up some of the sticky letters I have.

I pulled the definition of doodle out of the dictionary - so that must have been the prompt for this card.

Focus or Blur

I love doing these sorts of designs - but it can be hard to keep things straight!

A Mandala on this spacey sort of background that was done on a gelli plate.

I can't remember what this prompt was, It might have been plaid or dancing.  I found a little package of kleenex that had these highland dancers on them.  I added blue tissue paper around the outside and let it hand over the edge.

Hope you're enjoying your fall day.

Create something everyday.

Joan

Mixed Media Canvases

Yesterday I attended a workshop at the Alberta Orff Chapter as part of my professional learning for my music classes.  However, I also had the honour of being able to display and sell some of my Mixed Media canvases which I created just for this workshop….they're all music themed.

I'm excited about the idea of doing more for their boutique and for creating others to sell.

Hope your weekend has gone well,

Create something everyday.