Plain Jane Scraps

Day 4 – Seek:  Pen and watercolor. Check out the challenge on Facebook group Art Joy of Sharing and search on Instagram #artjournalhabit2017 for other artist contributions.

Day 3 – Abstract: Pen and watercolor. Check out the challenge on Facebook group Art Joy of Sharing and search on Instagram #artjournalhabit2017 for other artist contributions.

Day 2 – Horizon: Pen and watercolor.  Check out the challenge on Facebook group Art Joy of Sharing and search on Instagram #artjournalhabit2017 for other artist contributions.

Day 1 – Bird:  Pen drawing and watercolor. Check out the challenge on Facebook group – Art Joy of Sharing and search on Instagram #artjournalhabit2017 for other artist contributions

Come play along on October 22, 2017 at 12:30 at Life’s Memories and More in Palmer, MA and learn how to create your own pattern papers for collage, journal backgrounds, etc., using a gel plate.  We will use multiple items to create patterns and visual texture.

See class schedule for more details.

I created this canvas for my Magenta Design Team Blog post.

This canvas celebrates my favorite season in New England.  I love the crisp air, breezy days, cooler nights, but most of all the hues of gold, red and orange in the changing leaves.  Please visit the Magenta Blog for a step by step tutorial and list of supplies.

I created this mixed media tag for the Magenta Blog, as a fond farewell to summer in anticipation of autumn – my favorite season of the year.

I cut a tag from watercolor paper and applied crackle paste through the Wavy Texture Stencil and allowed it to dry thoroughly. I sprinkled Hot pink, Scarlet and Red Nuance powders over the surface and spritzed with water. I inked the edges with Jet Black Archival Ink. I stamped Dancing Leaves, Doodled Heart and Large Zen Sunflower Bird onto watercolor paper and painted them with Nuance powders, highlighting images with black and white pens. I fussy cut and assembled the images on the tag with glue and dimensional tape.  I added copper paint to random areas of the crackled surface and the leaves.  I mounted the tag on cardstock, created a faux stitch line around the edge and attached ribbons and twine.

My first post as a Magenta Design Team Member truly is a dream come true. I hope you enjoy my interpretation of how a creation starts in my head, is formed by my hand and is now shared with the world.  Please visit the Magenta Blog for tutorial on how I created this canvas and for a list of supplies used.