Manja Uhlig from Germany! Congratulations Manja. I have your address and will send tomorrow. I thank all the participants – it was super cool to read your kind words and I appreciate the interest and enthusiasm you have for the new images. More will be unveiled soon, and this half sheet will be for sale on GPP in January.
I told you I was a lucky girl….now is your chance to be one too. I have a new half sheet of unmounted rubber I will give away this week. It's going to be part of the new collection – I had them made early for the Stairway to Heaven class. If you leave a comment below I will enter your name for a drawing on Sunday. The sheets will be available to order in January.
The graphic above shows the images spaced out – it is actually a 5 x 8 half sheet.
Try your luck….enter a comment below. Drawing on Sunday night.
I told you I was a lucky girl….now is your chance to be one too. I have a new half sheet of unmounted rubber I will give away this week. It's going to be part of the new collection – I had them made early for the Stairway to Heaven class. If you leave a comment below I will enter your name for a drawing on Sunday. The sheets will be available to order in January.
The graphic above shows the images spaced out – it is actually a 5 x 8 half sheet.
Try your luck….enter a comment below. Drawing on Sunday night.
Took a break from writing out cards….did some quick painting in my Ruby Tuesday journal.
Had two unexpected surprises arrive in the mail, I'm a Lucky Girl! Catherine gifted me with these PMC charms that she makes. She is a master at silversmithing and if I lived near her I would sign up for her classes in a heartbeat. Thank you Catherine, these are precious.
And from Cindi – this girl Gets Me too. I had to wear this today, even though it was 50 degrees. I wish you could see how soft it is, and the deep rich color of red and black. Perfect perfect perfect. Thanks Cindi. Heartagram hugs to you.
Took a break from writing out cards….did some quick painting in my Ruby Tuesday journal.
Had two unexpected surprises arrive in the mail, I'm a Lucky Girl! Catherine gifted me with these PMC charms that she makes. She is a master at silversmithing and if I lived near her I would sign up for her classes in a heartbeat. Thank you Catherine, these are precious.
And from Cindi – this girl Gets Me too. I had to wear this today, even though it was 50 degrees. I wish you could see how soft it is, and the deep rich color of red and black. Perfect perfect perfect. Thanks Cindi. Heartagram hugs to you.
In the beginning….Mom had a lovely tree in the living room, filled with glass balls of soft pink and green. The last time I held one it was speckled with stains from sprayed *snow*, from the days when that was cool. I'm not sure if any of them survived past my childhood – they may have been tucked away, leaving room on the branches for livelier colors and handmade ornaments. Recently I scooped up some of these pink *Shiny Brites*, (remember them?) from ebay, to add to our collection in remembrance of our family tree.
Last year we reclaimed pink for Christmas, as another remembrance. Judi sent this deer, a special sign, that draws attention in our stable…..and we just *wink*.
Last week I found this sweet little angel practically hiding on a store shelf. She's only about two inches high….but she caught my eye with her pink heart, and special message.
I will ask Mom if she has any pink glass balls left from her first tree in the 60s. If not, I will send her some replacements…..and she'll know their double meaning.
Here's to keeping things meaningful.
In the beginning….Mom had a lovely tree in the living room, filled with glass balls of soft pink and green. The last time I held one it was speckled with stains from sprayed *snow*, from the days when that was cool. I'm not sure if any of them survived past my childhood – they may have been tucked away, leaving room on the branches for livelier colors and handmade ornaments. Recently I scooped up some of these pink *Shiny Brites*, (remember them?) from ebay, to add to our collection in remembrance of our family tree.
Last year we reclaimed pink for Christmas, as another remembrance. Judi sent this deer, a special sign, that draws attention in our stable…..and we just *wink*.
Last week I found this sweet little angel practically hiding on a store shelf. She's only about two inches high….but she caught my eye with her pink heart, and special message.
I will ask Mom if she has any pink glass balls left from her first tree in the 60s. If not, I will send her some replacements…..and she'll know their double meaning.
Here's to keeping things meaningful.
I often get asked about what kind of acrylic paint I use. My answer: the cheap stuff. Those who have taken classes with me know that I like to tease the *paint snobs* who only use Golden. Don't get me wrong, that stuff is wonderful but for journaling purposes I have found it makes me crabby. My pages stick to each other. Nothing is more frustrating than to see a student work really hard on a great spread then suffer heartbreak when the pages stick together. Give me the cheap stuff. In my opinion, you can be more reckless and smather surfcaes with a abandon when you are working with less precious materials. Golden (and other pricier brands) are lovely and appropriate for use in finer art but when you are playing around on pages I say go cheap.
Even the gesso I use is cheap – student grade, from Pearl. $4.99 a quart.
I've also been asked about the scraping. Similar to *dirty brushing*, is *dirty scraping*. I covered some brushing effects in Crusade No. 29 where I point out that using two colors of paint on a brush makes for a more interesting surface coverage than a single color. That's what I call dirty brushing. The same can be done with scraping. Pour out some gesso and acrylic colors onto a paper plate. Dip your old credit card or scraping device into several colors and drag across the surface. Be light handed and random. Dip and scrape. Repeat. Repeat. Repeat. Let dry. Do some more. As your surface gets built up with paint you'll see some terrific textures emerge.
I often get asked about what kind of acrylic paint I use. My answer: the cheap stuff. Those who have taken classes with me know that I like to tease the *paint snobs* who only use Golden. Don't get me wrong, that stuff is wonderful but for journaling purposes I have found it makes me crabby. My pages stick to each other. Nothing is more frustrating than to see a student work really hard on a great spread then suffer heartbreak when the pages stick together. Give me the cheap stuff. In my opinion, you can be more reckless and smather surfcaes with a abandon when you are working with less precious materials. Golden (and other pricier brands) are lovely and appropriate for use in finer art but when you are playing around on pages I say go cheap.
Even the gesso I use is cheap – student grade, from Pearl. $4.99 a quart.
I've also been asked about the scraping. Similar to *dirty brushing*, is *dirty scraping*. I covered some brushing effects in Crusade No. 29 where I point out that using two colors of paint on a brush makes for a more interesting surface coverage than a single color. That's what I call dirty brushing. The same can be done with scraping. Pour out some gesso and acrylic colors onto a paper plate. Dip your old credit card or scraping device into several colors and drag across the surface. Be light handed and random. Dip and scrape. Repeat. Repeat. Repeat. Let dry. Do some more. As your surface gets built up with paint you'll see some terrific textures emerge.
Carmen!! Congratulations! Thanks to all who left a comment – I sincerely wish I had more to give away! Stay tuned….I might have something else to win later this month 😉
And thank you to those who wrote about the new rubber. I recently had a little glitch with a new sheet and it took a while to resolve so I decided to wait until January to launch the new line. And about the Stairway class kits: I appreciate the interest, truly, and I will be working on that for early 2010.