Destiny: Playing with Wire

Hi Everyone!

I have tons of wire and I never use it. It just sits in box.  Do you have lonely unused supplies? I bet I'm not the only one. 

I don't use wire very often but I see so many mixed media creations using wire so I had to try it. I looked through Pinterest for ideas but then I was overwhelmed. I decided to just go for it by first choosing the colors. I chose black and gold. Here are all the supplies I used.

8x8 cradled wood panel

TCW Black Gesso

TCW Black Modeling Paste

TCW Heavy Body Acrylic Paint - Iridescent Gold

Dr.Ph.Martin's Ink - Iridescent Copper Plate Gold

TCW Stencil #661 - Many Textures

Seth Apter's Word Circles 1 Stamp & Die Set

Ultra Thick Gold Embossing Power 

Gold Wire

Beads

Gold Glass Beads

Beacon Power-Tac Industrial Grade Adhesive

I painted the wood panel with black gesso, let it dry, using my finger and a little water I added the heavy body acrylic paint. To add a little texture I scratched in some marks.

Using the black modeling paste I added the Many Textures stencil and let it dry. I made sure I added the stencil on top of the marks. I let the iridescent copper plate gold ink move down the panel with a little help of water.  I let it dry on it's own.

While it was drying I used the destiny stamp and gold embossed it on 100 lbs. black card stock. The hardest part was getting the wire to do what I wanted. It was auditioned in many different positions and shapes but in the end it stayed round.  I added lots of beads plus tiny glass beads to the piece.

I add the Destiny right in the middle of the wire design.

The little gold circles are the black card stock painted with the heavy body acrylic paint that I marked up.

Here is the finished piece. It's so hard to take pictures of metallics. You can see more of the iridescent gold in person.

My thoughts......

I like using the wire and beads.

I'm not a gold person but I'm loving the black and gold combination.

I really love mark making and don't do it often so that will definitely change.

I'm looking forward to using the wire again in a group of mixed media paintings.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

TCW and CCBrands Match Up - Spring Time in a Bottle

Hi Everyone.

I'm up on the TCW Blog with a project for Match Up with Canvas Corp Brands.  We were given a wonderful selection of materials from Canvas Corp to use. It was a lot of fun.

 

 

 

The Crafter’s Workshop provided me with stencils and mediums to create this project. The opinions I share are solely my own because I do love to use them.

 

Oh don't forget to head over the blog and leave a comment for a chance to win a great prize!

 

 

Here is the project I created.

 

You can see how I created it and all the supplies I used by clicking HERE.

 

Here is all the information about the prize. HEAD ON OVER for a change to win.

 

Here is your chance to get your hands on a wonderful collection of products from The Crafter’s Workshop and Canvas Corp Brands.  Here is all you need to do….

1. leave a comment here on any or all of the Match Up Posts during the month of February with The Crafter’s Workshop  and CCB.  You can leave one on each post for more chances to win.  Don’t forget to include #tcwccbmatchup so we can find you!!!
2. and/or leave a comment on the CCB Facebook page. Don’t forget to include #tcwccbmatchup so we can find you!!!
3. and/or leave a comment on any of the CCB Instagram posts where you see any of the projects from the CCB team or the TCW team.  Don’t forget to include #tcwccbmatchup so we can find you!!!

You can follow along by searching #tcwccbmatchup too.  If you love what you see and would like to join the Facebook group the CCB Collective – ask to join today.

 

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Good luck!!

 

 

 



Photography Fun

Hi Everyone!

I've been playing with my cell camera and having lots of fun with an App called Photolab.

 This is the Willow tree down the street from my house.

Here it is after I finished editing it.

There are so many different styles and layers that I can play on it all night.  Here are a few more.

These metal deer are in my living room. I was playing with the light coming in from the window.

Here is what it looks like after I edited it in the App.

Here are some other photographs I edited. I can't find the original pictures. These are pictures taken outside.

I'll leave you with one of me. I'm also love playing with Snapchat.

That's all for now.

Thank you for stopping by!

Mixed Media Painting - TCW Design Team Project

Hi Everyone!

Just sharing my Design Team project for The Crafter's Workshop.

It was created using their new stencil called Rose Garden and it's on mixed media paper. 

You can see my tutorial on The Crafters Workshop Blog.

The Crafter's Workshop provided me with stencils and mediums to create this project.

The opinions I share are solely my own because I do love to use them.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Oh How I Love Experimenting

I love pulling out my art supplies and experimenting on different techniques, colors, mediums, styles, etc.

 

One of the many things I love is layering and black and white paintings. I keep telling myself to keep experimenting with it but then never follow through. For 2017 I'm following through with it. 

 

 

Today I'm going to show you my first work in process paintings. I decided to go tiny. These canvas panels are 3"x3" and 3"x6".  I have more success when I work on a smaller scale than starting with a 12x12 canvas/paper.

 

I also pulled out rubber stamps, stamped on deli paper and adhere it to the canvas in between the layers.

 

 

I don't know where I'm going with them but I will post pictures when they are complete.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thanks so much for stopping by!