Recently I have been intrigued with the idea of creating an abstract painting on black canvas. I had seen it in the art and craft supply store locally where I shop and thought it might be an interesting adventure. First I tried a small one to see if there were any preliminary precautions I needed […]
Blue Ridge Arts Festival 2013
Last weekend, October 12 -13, I attended the Blue Ridge Arts Festival 2013. It was my first experience showing my artwork at an outside festival. I had shown my art students work before at different festivals, but I found that things have changed a great deal since my last experience. As I researched online, I […]
Random Painting Technique
After purchasing a large stretched canvas, I decided to try a random painting technique. What is a random painting technique? Actually I took the liberty of coining that phrase myself to explain how I started this painting. I have a large H frame easel that can be tilted at almost any angle. I tilted it […]
Tissue Paper Collage – Imbue
Since I started to work on creating collage artwork about 3 years ago, I have noticed that sometimes I am more excited about a project than others. My ideas come randomly to me. Methods I have never tried and some work better than others but I still enjoy the learning process. With this collage […]
Be Creative – Collage With Tissue Paper
Recently I told part in an online event, International Soul Art day. Women artists from all over the world joined together to create their own art projects using a part of their body depicted in the piece. It also involved watching other women create live on a Google hangout and using a worksheet to record […]