Silent Night

I had a lot of fun creating this before Christmas.  The tree is a stencil with a multi-layered paint background.  I saw this bird on a Christmas card at school - it was easy to take off of the card, but I decided to doodle it onto my canvas so I could use the bird another time.  I traced the outline of the bird so I could paint the right shape and then copied the lines of the bird with Sharpie.

The falling snow is one of the stamps from "Gorgeous Grundge".  I painted snow on the branches, added a bit of music and finally decided what the words should be.  I wrote them by hand on a piece of card stock, glued them to the canvas and then added a bit of silver "Dazzling Details" around the edges.  

I've now made a fall tree canvas and a Christmas tree canvas.  I'd like to see if I can create one for each season so they can rotate through at my front door.

Hope your day is going well.

Create something everyday.

Joan

White Mandala

I did this mandala in November.  It's done on a piece of watercolour paper in a book I made full of ….watercolour paper.  I sprayed ink onto the page - let it dry;  Sprayed water in sections to re-hydrate the ink and then let the ink drip.  I did that process a number of times letting the page dry in-between and dripping in a different direction.

I actually did the page back in the summer, it took that long to decide what to put on the page - I decided that a white mandala was best, and some of the ink was picked up by the white sharpie too - so that worked perfectly too.

Have a great day,

create something everyday.

Joan

Book covers

I've been working on book covers again for "found paper" books.  I want to have a bunch ready to sell at the upcoming Teacher's Convention.  The above is a bit of a mode podgy - but it looks better than when it started!

A couple of nights ago I thought I'd experiment with my new round gelli plate on book covers.  I will be adding some extra colours to some, and some tissue paper and such - but I'm pleased with how they turned out.  

Hope your new year is off to a creative start - it doesn't have to be big and elaborate, just try to

create something everyday.

Joan.

Waves continued…..

I had done some of this page earlier this year - probably during the summer, but I added the shell, the sandpaper base, and the wavy doodles to finish it off.  The background is a watercolour ombre with some tissue paper added and some wavy paint using a wavy corrugated cardboard.  Don't think that all your work is finished - you may go back and add something new to it later one - it's all good.

Have a wonderful day - and Happy New Year.

Create Something Everyday.

Joan

Escape…..

Oh I had fun doing this page in one of my altered books! The giraffes are part of a napkin that I got from a friend.  I used pieces from a dictionary page with the word tranquil especially chosen.  I used some retired Stampin'Up! stamps….one of which was the little alphabet set.  I really like how this turned out - very therapeutic!

Have a great day!

Create something everyday.

Joan

New Gelli Plate

I got a new round Gelli Plate for Christmas from my daughter.  I experimented with it a couple of days ago.  Want to play some more - but there are so many things I'm trying to catch up on right now that I just flit from thing to thing in my art room……I'll get to more prints soon - it's just so much fun!

Have a fantastic day,

Create something everyday.

Joan

More Show Pages

I haven't done any pages in my "Showbook" for a very very long time and thought the Christmas holiday would be a good time to get some more created.  This book is a way of holding show bills and ticket stubs from the various musical productions that we see - as a family, or just my husband and I.  I collage bits and pieces that (hopefully) have to do with the show and then write the titles of the songs from the productions around the outside edges.

When I did this page and saw the date - I guess we've been going to Broadway Across Canada since 2008.  We've been pleased with MOST of the shows - not all, but most.

Have a great day - 

Create something everyday,

Joan