In our (a group of artists online) neverending way to work our way through Mary Todd Beam’s Celebrate Your Creative Self, we have been working on some white space in paintings. I understand the need for white space but I have trouble keeping it in creations.
One method discussed in the books is wax resist. This [...]
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Wax Resist
Posted in Art, Just my Thoughts, Triple Eight Challenge, tagged acrylics, Art, celebrateyourcreativeself, create, creating, marytoddbeam, triple8challenge, waxresist on 31 January 2008 | No Comments »
More Marbling
Posted in Art, Triple Eight Challenge, tagged Art, atc, crafts, juliaandrus, marbling, papertransformed on 17 January 2008 | 1 Comment »
I finally received my book - Paper Transformed by Julia Andrus in the mail. The more I read about marbling, the more I was sure I wanted to use some of the other supplies I have around to marble additional papers.
I have mordant mixed up so that is not a problem. Both boys had events [...]
Button Swap
Posted in Art, Triple Eight Challenge, tagged Art, atc, crafts, juliaandrus, marbling, papertransformed on 16 January 2008 | No Comments »
So maybe the background on this ATC (artist trading card) looks familiar to you. I did write about it in a workshop I am doing - marbling. The workshop is based on Julia Andrus’s book Paper Transformed.
I used denim, espresso and eggplant to create what I was hoping would look like a stormy sky as [...]
More About Gratitude
Posted in Just my Thoughts, Simple Abundance, Triple Eight Challenge, tagged gratitude, gratitudejournal, journal, sarahbanbreathnach, simpleabundance on 14 January 2008 | No Comments »
My Simple Abundance posts are not quite daily. As the year goes on, they will be come less frequent also. Just making sure you know.
As I was reading on the tenth about old cemeteries, several thought quickly ran through my mind. First was how grateful I was to be alive. The second thing was maybe [...]
Creative Self
Posted in Art, Just my Thoughts, Triple Eight Challenge, tagged acrylics, Art, canvas, create, marytoddbeam, pumpkin on 14 January 2008 | No Comments »
Okay - so as part of the Triple 8 Reading Challenge and as a year long workshop, I am reading Celebrate Your Creative Self by Mary Todd Beam. I have been patiently awaiting the mail delivery of my book and have had a friend tell me the basic concept.
Unfortunately, one of the promises I made [...]
Simply Happy
Posted in Just my Thoughts, Simple Abundance, Triple Eight Challenge, tagged happiness, needs, simpleabundance, wants on 9 January 2008 | No Comments »
The last few days in Simple Abundance have talked about happiness - our inability to find it within ourself, our inability to get happy ourselves, the source of happiness being outside our control.
More than anything, the January 8th reading, which I just re-read, spoke to me. I was at a funeral yesterday - a funeral [...]
Marbling Papers
Posted in Art, Triple Eight Challenge, tagged Art, atc, creating, juliaandrus, marbling, papertransformed on 9 January 2008 | No Comments »
Combining several things I am doing this year, I am reading a book called Paper Transformed by Julia Andrus. Lesson one is on marbling so off I went.
I used shaving cream - the old fashioned actual cream type. Then, I put drops of dye re-inkers in the shaving cream. I took plastic forks and “marbled” [...]
The Triple 8 Challenge - Reading
Posted in Art, Just my Thoughts, Politics, Religion, Simple Abundance, Triple Eight Challenge, tagged 888challenge, books, catholicism, creating, jimmycarter, reading, Religion, selfimprovement on 1 January 2008 | No Comments »
If you are interested in participating, please visit the “official” site for details. Below are my entries and partial lists. I will be updating as I can.
Books by Jimmy Carter - CAT 1
1. Beyond the White House: Waging Peace, Fighting Disease, Building Hope
2. Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid
3. Our Endangered Values
4. Christmas [...]
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