I think the colour on the background is alcohol ink, although it could be Copic markers, or refills... I have a vague recollection of getting a few drips of whichever on a piece of kitchen roll, quite liking the effect, and then deliberately adding a few more. It was quite a while ago, and it… Continue reading Art card: Crackle Vase
The base layers of these were made from a fabric-coated paper sample that I suspect is well over twenty years old — all things get used eventually 🙂 I left one of them plain and coloured the other with Copic markers. I can't remember exactly what the next layer was made of — I think… Continue reading Art card: Scattered Stars I & II
I like the way this one turned out, but strictly speaking it's a bit of a failure. When I set out to make these art cards, the idea was to make them with the leftover odds and ends from other projects and, well, I spent ages hunting through for something that would work with the… Continue reading Art card: Trellis Flower
Series: Wanderlust 2021 #27 A new theme: boundaries. This time Kasia was asking us to think about the boundaries in our art — the ones we have overcome, the ones we want to overcome, and the ones we choose to set for ourselves. The biggest boundary I have overcome in the last few years is… Continue reading Wanderlust: there are no words
The butterfly outlines were leftover from making birthday cards for the twins last summer. I cut the remaining alcohol ink scraps down to size, stuck them onto art cards and then stared at them for a while trying to decide what to do next. After much pondering, I decided to paint one of each pair… Continue reading Art card: Butterflies on Pink and Brown
When I started the process of creating this set of art cards, I got as far as placing this heart sticker (absolutely no idea where that came from) on a plain art card. The flourish is a metal embellishment that I had painted with gesso for another project, but it didn't get used and ended… Continue reading Art card: Black Lace
Series: Wanderlust 2021 #26 Some of the Wanderlust lessons can be a bit formulaic — start with collage, add paint, stencilling, focal point, more paint — but so far they've all allowed for a lot of interpretation and adaptation and the teachers all have numerous other techniques and strategies in their own work. This week's… Continue reading Wanderlust: out of chaos
The starting point for this card was a piece of an acrylic skin that I had peeled off a palette months ago and kept in my pile of scraps. It was just the right size for an art card and only needed a black background to sit on. When I did Wanderlust in 2019, one… Continue reading Art card: Blue Moon
Series: Wanderlust 2021 #25 I'm not a huge fan of using words in my art but I keep giving it a go in its various forms just in case something clicks with me. However, I did enjoy the process of creating this poem — take random pages from random books, cut out phrases that appeal,… Continue reading Wanderlust: found poetry
I have various small piles of art bits scattered around my craft room. All sorts of things. Purchases that haven't found a home yet, pieces that I've experimented with but can't decide what to do with, unfinished projects, collections of stuff for projects that have yet to be started, and lots of leftovers from completed… Continue reading Art card clear-up
Series: Wanderlust 2021 #24 For this lesson, the starting point was to think about something we needed or were grateful for and then find a related quote. I was feeling less than perky at the time so I chose the word "comfort" and then went searching for a poem. The poem I found was Inner… Continue reading Wanderlust: butterfly vine
Series: Wanderlust 2021 #22 The idea this week was to recycle old clothes, possibly adding in something a bit meaningful at the same time. Of course, we had a clear out last year (it did all go to recycling) and the only thing left was some denim I had saved from my other half's old… Continue reading Wanderlust: fabric collage
Series: Wanderlust 2021 #15 In a change from the inspirational art journal page that Kasia usually makes to introduce a new theme, this week she demonstrated two techniques that could easily be used to create silhouettes or more detailed work. Once again she used a picture of a person to work from and, once again,… Continue reading Wanderlust: two techniques
Series: Wanderlust 2021 #14 The most interesting part of doing the Wanderlust classes is coming across new ideas, whether it's a product I haven't come across before, a technique I haven't used, or just a different approach to creating a page. I was vaguely aware of the existence of bleeding art tissue, but hadn't been… Continue reading Wanderlust: mini collages
Series: Wanderlust 2021 #13 I don't know whether I was just in the wrong mood when I watched the video for this week's Wanderlust lesson, but it just ended up annoying me. I liked the technique she used to create the background and, although I don't use them in my mixed media projects, the pocket… Continue reading Wanderlust: pocket of tags
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