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Confidence Kickstart

March 20, 2023March 12, 2023 Sarah

This neat little booklet is the result of me completing a class designed to increase confidence using a sewing machine for mixed media work. It worked.

Tagged booklet, class, mixed media, sewing, textile1 Comment
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Messy May “less”

November 18, 2022November 13, 2022 Sarah

The brief was to create a neutral-toned collage with a splash of colour. Starting with a variety of papers and fabric, I added some eggshell for texture. And I couldn't resist finishing it off with a touch of gold.

Tagged collage, Fodder Challenge, mixed media2 Comments
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Dyed paper tags

November 11, 2022November 7, 2022 Sarah

I rarely make tags so it made a change to follow this Fodder Challenge class and use some of my precious dyed papers and pressed foliage.

Tagged Fodder Challenge, mixed media4 Comments
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Messy May “belonging”

August 24, 2022October 25, 2022 Sarah

This Messy May challenge gave further confirmation that I am much more inspired by technique prompts than word prompts. And I got to use some of my precious dried flowers and Japanese paper in the process.

Tagged collage, flowers, Messy May, mixed media1 Comment
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Awaken #4 sign

August 22, 2022August 22, 2022 Sarah

The last quarter of the "scattered rings" alcohol ink piece gets enhanced with some asemic writing and a graffiti-inspired tag.

Tagged alcohol ink, awaken series, mixed media1 Comment
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Messy May “flow”

August 17, 2022August 17, 2022 Sarah

This Messy May prompt to achieve a state of flow was asking a bit much, but I still enjoyed making this Klee-inspired block painting.

Tagged Messy May, mixed media2 Comments
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Awaken #3 trails

August 15, 2022August 15, 2022 Sarah

The third of my doodled alcohol ink quarters. After some trial and error, I ended up foiling these particle trails over the cloudy background.

Tagged alcohol ink, awaken series, foil, mixed media1 Comment
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Messy May “home”

August 5, 2022August 5, 2022 Sarah

There are some bits of this Messy May page that I like, but the main lesson has to be "don't try to make positive art about things that you're not currently feeling positive about".

Tagged Messy May, mixed media2 Comments
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Messy May “habit”

August 3, 2022August 1, 2022 Sarah

This Messy May prompt was an easy one to follow. I already have the habit of rescuing (too many) things that could be useful from the rubbish. And, on this page, I made a point of using some of them for mark-making.

Tagged Messy May, mixed media1 Comment
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Messy May “imperfection”

July 30, 2022July 30, 2022 Sarah

"Embrace imperfection" they said, so I got out my little gelli plate, paints, some leaves, and a piece of grip mat and made an imperfect but interesting page for this Messy May prompt.

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Messy May “connection”

July 27, 2022July 24, 2022 Sarah

Another Messy May prompt and, while the finished page isn't one of my favourites, it did give me an excuse to both shop for art supplies and trawl through old photos, which was nice.

Tagged Messy May, mixed media, printed photo1 Comment
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Messy May “spark”

July 23, 2022July 22, 2022 Sarah

A little bit of paint and a handful of bits and pieces from the leftovers box that caught my eye as I was rifling through it were all I needed to complete the "spark" prompt for Messy May.

Tagged Messy May, mixed media1 Comment
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Messy May “mess”

July 20, 2022July 20, 2022 Sarah

I don't do journalling and I don't usually use words in my art, so creating found poetry from my own writing wasn't easy. The collage and ink splats make me happy though.

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Art Journal Joy

July 18, 2022July 18, 2022 Sarah

I enjoy doing art classes; it's always interesting to see what you can learn from other people's processes. This time it's using collage and mark-making to spark ideas.

Tagged class, collage, mixed media1 Comment
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Messy May “cultivation”

July 13, 2022July 13, 2022 Sarah

Just like working in series, only smaller. This Messy May miniature composition exercise is a fun way to do some quick experimentation.

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Hi, my name is Sarah and I live in London, UK with my very techy other half. When I’ve got the energy, my days are spent getting crafty and trying to remember to blog about it.

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