Pushing Art Out

These three pieces are

the fruit of my solo

mixed media challenge

to push out art. 

I mean push it out

like squeezing toothpaste

from a tube (letting it flow

and not worrying about it). 

I'm getting pieces under

my belt, so to speak. 

Through this exercise, 

I desire solely to

learn to move freely

about my creative

surface, allowing

the inner to translate

to the outer. 

It's not easy, but as my Dad

used to tell me,

"Repetition is the mother of skill." 

All I need to do is to

keep pressing forward. 

Hope you have a wonderful week ahead! 

Frida Collage

I was going through my art journal

and came across a face I'd drawn

in colored pencil. 

No neck, no ears, and a nonexistent chin, 

but I liked her. 

I decided to throw caution to the wind

and make a mixed media collage. 

I didn't think about rules,

or what was accurate or not,

I just did it. 

"Just do it!" 

I'm kind of liking her

and that's what matters, right? 

The freedom to "go for it"

was fun.

I want more artistic 

experiences like that.  

Hope you have a great weekend! 

Some Heart Warming Post Card Love

I did a little prep work

before starting on my 

postcard project. 

The first thing was

to washi tape the borders

of each individual card.

This was more to prevent separating at

the edges than for aesthetics

(although I do think the border is cute). 

Then I used painters tape on the back

to adhere all 4 cards together to

make it easier to work on them

all at the same time. 

I then flipped it over and got to work

cutting, collaging, painting, and doodling. 

I used some of my old drawings

that I'd cut up for collage pieces

as well as Loteria images, and

other goodies I found in my

paper stash. 

Love always and forever. 

El Corazon

La Rosa

Love

These are for the heART exchange

if you're interested in participating

(I was a latecomer to the party.)

The deadline for entry is this Sunday. 

Hoping they'll bring a smile

to the face of their recipients

and a message of LOVE. 

Mini Mixed Media

This was a little diversion

piece I made while taking

a break from a larger piece

I was working on. 

I've found for myself, it's good

for me to have a few things I'm working

on at once. 

This way my mind and brain 

is refreshed by something new,

without having to stop creating art

(which would be so sad). 

I finger painted the background of an ATC card. 

While that was drying, I drew my subject with 

colored pencils on a piece of Bristol paper. 

She was brushed with a light coating of matte

medium and then allowed to dry before

collaging her to the card. 

I added some designs with pitt pens and 

a few cross stitches with some bright DMC thread. 

I like her "milky' appearance, and it's kind of making

me want to go in the direction of a geisha. 

She almost has that look about her. 

*****

Thank you for visiting!

Mixed Media Post Card

My daughter and son-in-law recently

returned from a wonderful trip to Denmark.

Everywhere they went, they saw long

white taper candles in simple holders. 

Whether on restaurant tables,  

in store front windows, or in the windows 

of private homes, they saw these candles. 

As a gift and reminder of their trip they bought each

family member their own taper,

holder, and card wishing the "hygge" life for us. 

Hygge (hue-gah) is the Danish ritual

of enjoying the simple pleasures of life

(a sentiment I'm all about embracing). 

As a thank you, I made them

this mixed media post card. 

I used acrylic paint, collage papers,

stamps, ink, fabric paint, and little plastic "jewels". 

Hopefully this small

gesture will add to the hygge

of their lives. 

Mixed Media Paper Quilt

I love to quilt and this

time I decided to put an 

artistic spin on it. 

The 12 main squares are

individual magazine collages. 

I took my time to make each

one as if it was it's own little

piece of art. 

Next I created an op art border.

I wanted to surround the colorful

centers with a black and white neutral design.

Small red squares were chosen to accent

the quilt. It's actually red duct tape

covered card stock. 

I used the zig zag setting on my machine

 to stitch it all together. 

It was fun to create and

the possibilities are endless. 

Thanks for visiting!

Happy creating.

Terri

Mixed Media Failure

My first time experimenting 

with this genre of mixed media ended

up in a failure. 

There were some things I wanted to change

as the project progressed, but I kept pressing

forward, wanting to get my first piece completed.

I made her head too big, messed up the neck area,

the outlining was not subtle enough, . . and on and on . . .

All of that I thought I could live with until

it came to the fiasco with the hot wax.

Apparently I didn't get enough coverage on

her face with the colored pencils before

I poured the hot wax.

Gray spots rose up from underneath. Ugh. 

The point of no return. 

I'm not going to let it get me down.

I've learned a lot and will carry that knew

found knowledge in to my next piece.

No one starts out as an expert in anything. 

As my Dad used to say, "Repetition is the Mother of skill."

Wishing you peace, love and joy.

Terri

Fabric Scrap Collage

While weeding through my fabric stash I started

pondering what to do with all my scraps. 

A hand full of my fabrics reminded me of 

skin tones which lead me to start cutting. 

For now, the pieces are tacked down with glue. 

I have to figure out a more permanent way of 

securing it all together. 

All of the options that I can think of (hand-stitching, fusible web,

free form sewing with invisible thread) seem overwhelming

at the moment. 

I'll figure something out. 

She's not quite finished yet, but here's what 

she looks like so far.

I definitely want to make both eyes black and 

add more hair. 

Thanks for stopping by!

Wishing you peace, love, and joy.

Terri