"Echos" of Colour - USTREAM

"Echos" of Colour

I so enjoyed creating this canvas on USTREAM tonight!  THANK YOU to all who joined me live and I see that quite a few of you have also watched it recorded too!  Fabulous!

LOVE how it turned out.  I wish you could see it in person.  So lovely.   It was inspired by a technique I saw used by Alex Skinner that removed white paint to reveal some fabulous colour under it  ...  I immediately envisioned trying the technique with my favourite Crafter's Workshop Stencils.  There are LOTS used in this canvas but featured is "Echos" designed by Julie Balzer.

I uploaded the recording to my youTube channel and embeded it here for you too!
Enjoy!!  And thanks for watching!!!

Have a creative weekend!

Journal Girl......

Okay - by popular request I am sharing my "Journal Girl" here with you today! *smile*

I am on a mission to be happy with FACES so I have been practicing different ways of doing them.  I started a "faces journal" in a Dylusions Creative Journal to keep my try-sees (sp?) all in one place.  I love it!!  This is where I did this figure.

The girl's face was completely shaded to get the look she has.  There were no sketch lines , no nothing ...  I used a picture of a girl I liked and used it as a guide to where the shading should go and...   this is what I got.  NOW...   I HAVE TO PRACTICE MORE!!   cause I don't think I would be able to do this again with any more ease.   It's a process - one that I am enjoying!

For those who are interested.  The background is watercolour.  The girl was silhouetted with Gesso and then shaded in with Prisma Premier Pencils and blended with solvent and a paper stomp.  The foreground was some Dylusions ink sprays (Turquoise)  though a Donna Downey Poppies & Peonies Stencil (Mix 6) and an old Plastic Alpha Stencil - Yummy

I did this during our last ART JOURNAL DAY here in the studio.  There is another journal day THIS THURSDAY...  if you are interested in coming, contact me in the studio and I will save you a space.  Love to create with you.  Its a studio fee only ($2/hour) come and play with us.  Maybe even do a face!  *giggle*

Have a creative day!

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Ho Ho Ho ... A Tree for My Studio Window Display - USTREAM

 Okay...  last night was fun.  I thought I was totally crazy for broadcasting the night before my Grand Opening (which is in just a few hours.... Saturday 10 - 4) but I am sooooo happy I did.  I needed to do something creative and this hit the spot!

This is a 24x36 canvas that I created using Crafter's Workshop Templates, Perfect Pigments from USArtQuest and some silks by LuminArte  ...  oh...  there there are some Faber Castell Big Brush Pens and UTEE in there too *smile*

 Love it!!
Come check it out in the studio window at our Grand Opening in Cambridge!!

Saturday 10 - 4 (I said the right, *wink*) we'll have some nibblies, a chance to play with some product in our make n takes, and there just might even be a gift with purchase .....   you never know *wink*.

See you there!!

For those who 'd like to watch this being created, here is the USTREAM video I recorded and posted to my youtube channel.  Enjoy!

Asian inspired textural canvas - USTREAM Follow

I had such a marvelous time on USTREAM last night chatting with the gals and creating this sample canvas using the Bird Song Paper line from Graphic 45 and some wood embellishments from Prima Marketing and Paper Butterflies from Petaloo.

Yes, I said sample canvas.  I will be displaying this alongside the paper line in my booth at ScrapFest in Oshawa next weekend.  If you are going, be sure to drop by the Art House Studio booth to see it in person!!

Here is a closer view of some of the texture.   See the molding paste through the "fish scales" template from Crafter's Workshop?  And look at that colour! Yummo!   LOVE LOVE LOVE Silks by Luminarte.  Its the layering effects these give that really make it pop!  ... and the coloured UTEE rocks my world too!  *wink*

Thanks again to all who joined me live last night while I created this.

If you'd like to watch my USTREAM broadcast, here it is on youTube.   I am merging my videos to a NEW CHANNEL and I hope you subscribe.   I will be putting my USTREAMs there as well as all my technique videos...   These will slowly move over to the new place over the next few weeks.  Have fun watching!

"Time flies when you texturize".... USTREAM recap

LOL...  I still can't believe that came out of my mouth while on USTREAM broadcasting live last night.  LOL.  Crazy Crazy!!

I can't tell you how much fun I had simply creating again for the first time in weeks.  I REALLY REALLY REALLY missed it!

I was inspired by a youtube video posted by RachO113  - she totally got my juices flowing again after my creative (moving) hiatus.   My hands are STILL gluey.  *smile*   I am itching to create some more but I have to wait

 This morning I came into the studio to finish the piece.   I built up the left corner with some texture paste and added another cat, a lamp post and some spider embellishments and then went over them all with the silks and layered more UTEE too.   You might notice that I added some gold coloured UTEE to the canvas which, in my opinion, helped make it pop!

I added some words - "There's something strange in the neighbourhood"  (any Ghostbuster's fans out there? *wink*)  I thought it was fitting .... *smile*

Hope you like!   I put it in my front window display.....

Life is GOOD!

For those of you who would like to see how this piece came together,  here is the recorded show from USTREAM last night.  ENJOY

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USTREAM ReCap - Pan Pastel Goodness!

I had a lot of fun creating with PanPastels last night on USTREAM.  

Thanks to Michelle (who was inspired by Donna Downey's PanPastel From the Heart Class she took here a couple of weeks ago) who brought her latest project into the studio to play with, I couldn't resist the urge to PLAY!!.  She totally got my PanPastel juices flowing!!

This is what I created:

Here's the link to the USTREAM feed...  Hope you enjoy!!!!!
My PanPastel re-stocking order should arrive early in the week.  I'll keep you posted as I know there are some gals out there chomping at the bit to get some specific colours.


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Art Journaling .......

So Christy -- Do you recognize the people?  They are from the Napkin set we split last time you were in Ontario.

Napkin?  Yes, napkin!!  The couple is an image from a napkin that I adhered to my painted page with gel medium.  Love it!   Paper is paper -- it's all good.   TRY IT!!  You'll never look at a napkin the same way again.   Here's the original:

Have a creative day!

Painting up a Storm ....

of circle flowers? *smile*  Nothing like a little paint on the hands to start the week off right!

E came into the studio yesterday for a canvas class and I was thrilled to have her.  Love teaching canvas making.  So fun!  Especially when you get to paint with your fingers!!! *wink*

Here's what we did...

The "In Progress"

E's final creation -- LOVE IT!!  Makes me want to make one with Orange fleurs!!  ... love the "Art Is" template added with Light Molding Paste too! (Size 12x16)

Here's Mine....   in all it's "purply" goodness *smile*  (Size 12x24)

If you'd like to come in to do one too....  let me know!  Love to create some more and share the fun with you all!!  Classes are booking now.  519 954 6620

Have a creative day everyone!
T minus 2 days until Mixed Minded at the Cambridge Hotel and Conference Centre and me having to pick up Donna Downey... ! Can you tell I'm excited? *smile*

Do More of What Makes You Happy - USTREAM

Okay -- I loved creating this canvas inspired by the lovely and talented Stephanie Ackerman  who very graciously joined us on USTREAM tonight!  Thank you, Stephanie.  So glad you could join us!!

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So here's the story - I saw a canvas that Stephanie posted on facebook that truely inspired me, so I commented and asked her if I could create my own version of it on my USTREAM broadcast tonight.  She said yes and voila...  this is what I created!  A canvas within a canvas.....

I wrote a quote out on watercolour paper and then used my watercolours to "rainbow" colour it.  Painted a 12x24 canvas with a couple of little textural elements in gesso and molding paste and then cut up and adhered the watercolour painting.  Add some PanPastel shading and there you have it!  A canvas that does make me happy!

My internet did cut out on me tonight so there are two vids here.
I hope you enjoy them as much as I enjoyed creating them!!

Have a creative day!

Do More of What Makes You Happy - Part 1



Do More of What Makes You Happy - Part 2

Spirit Girl flies a Kite

Painting again....   samples this time but FUN samples!!

Here is a canvas (6x12) I created yesterday to showcase some of my studio products when I'm at the Coast to Coast show in Mississauga next weekend.  Whatcha think?  Ain't she cute?   Love Suzi Blu Stamps!

This is Spirit Girl by Suzi Blu.  I painted her with the new Letraset Aqua Markers.  I was a little skeptical about a watercolour marker but Whoa Baby!  Me LIKE!   Love the vibrancy of these markers.  I'll have to show you in a future USTREAM broadcast ...  but I digress....  back to the painting.

If you look closely - you will see I collaged the background with scrapping papers (She Art paper by Pink Paisley as I had some left over scraps from ScrapFest) used some Crafter's Workshop templates and paint, stamped with Christy Tomlinson's She Art background stamps, used Light Molding Paste  to add some "flower" dimension on the "ground" Spirit Girl is standing on AND then highlighted with Terra Paint from Viva Decor, some Golden Bead Gel (on and under the clouds) and some Inka Gold too!  Phew!  Loved every minute of it!  Hope you like!

I loved Spirit Girl so much I decided to use her image on a "smile" card to my young pen pal -- Here's what I made her (mom, please don't show her until it arrives!!)  I painted her with the Aqua Markers too.. so pretty.

 

Have a creative day everyone!!
Here are the products I used in the canvas piece - we are currently updating the online store to include the Letraset Aquamarkers...  stay tuned! *smile*

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Painting for the Love of it!

Words cannot describe my need to paint this week and I finally had the chance to put aside all the "business" things for a bit and just CREATE! Oh how I missed that.

Here is the fruit of that labour. Jen calls it my finger painting - teehee

Yes, I used my fingers for parts of it but if you look closely you will also see some template and pen work going on. Lots and lots of scrumptious layers. I was in my happy place.

I wish for you some creative play this week -- it's good for the soul!
Have a creative day everyone!

Happy Earth Day!

Yesterday was indeed a creative day for me...  I created 3 projects that I will share with you here...  last night's USTREAM canvas posted last night and now today's Upcycled Necklace!!

These are scraps of papers from the Christy Tomlinson "She Art" line from Pink Paislee.  LOVE!  I folded strips of the scrap papers and rolled them up.  Protected them with some spray gloss varnish and then strung them with some leather cording I had left over from yet another project!  Easy Peasy and oh so fun to wear!  Soooooooooo me!!

Have a wonderful Earth Day....  hope you get a chance to upcycle something today too!
If you do -- post it here in the comments section!!

Playful Adventures - USTREAM CANVAS

Thank you to everyone who joined me on USTREAM tonight!  I loved creating with you.
Here is a photo of the completed project...

Some acrylic paints, some papers, and a little play with the new fine line painting pen.   yumm!!!!
Enjoy!
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