Round Robin Art Journal #2

 Hello Artist Friends,
I was taking the free Strathmore Papers Traci Bautista Online Workshop ... Traci Bautista has a new book coming out ... Doodles Unleashed ... I totally loved her first book Collage Unleashed ... I was inspired to re-visit her paint scraping technique with a lighter touch ... voila!  A background for our Round Robin Black & White Art Journal!  I used an old photo of myself when I was a 3-year-old flower girl for my aunt!

This is the same technique with a picture of myself as a toddler with my dear, departed mom ...

I'm inspired to play with more of my "toys" I already have at home!!!!!

Have fun y'all!!!!

Round Robin Art Journal

Hi Everybody,

I belong to a Round Robin Art Journal group of local artists . . . we meet once a month and trade art journals to work on and bring back the following month . . . here are a couple of pages I did for one of the members . . .

The first one is a page with my favorite childhood picture . . . the background is acrylic paint scraped on with a palette knife . . . stamps are  stamped with  pigment ink and heat embossed with  embossing powder . . . I used punchinella aka sequin waste and used acrylic paint to scrape over it with a palette knife . . . stickers and collage images were added and covered with dimensional glue like Diamond Glaze for added emphasis . . . stamps are from Judikins and Sunday International

The second one is a black and white transparency that was given to me from one of our members . . . I used Sharpie Permanent Markers on the back of the transparency and sprayed it with Denatured alcohol and let it drip unti I was pleased with the result . . . then I laid it down to dry . . . the pictures were amateurish Photoshopped (I really know very little about Photoshop) to get it as black and white as I could and whited out the background . . . the background was painted with Sharpie markers  scribbled in a paint palette spritzed with denatured alcohol and applied to the background with a brush . . .

Have fun!

ArtBeads.com "Vintage" Project

I'm excited about the latest ArtBeads.com "Vintage" project . . . it gave me a chance to use "vintage" photos of my immediate family in my beading . . . I was inspired by Nancy Cain, amazing beader. . . I love the way the cool ArtBeads.com Silver-Plated Pewter Pendants  frame photos of my family . . .

This was also a perfect opportunity to use the ArtBeads.com charms to embellish the photos!  What fun!  Here's Mom and Dad . . .

 My sister, Janice . . .

 Myself . . . this is my favorite photo of my childhood . . . I was a WILD WOMAN!!!  LOL!!!!

 My sister, Norma . . .

 Janice's daughter, Tina . . .

I hope you enjoyed the sharing of my beading AND my family with you!  Happy beading!!!!

*Disclaimer:  I receive free product from ArtBeads.com in exchange for my designs as an ArtBeads.com Blog Design member . . . opinions are strictly my own . . .

Round Robin Art Journal

A group of my talented and fun artist buddies decided to participate in a Round Robin Art Journal . . . this is my front and back cover . . . the front cover has my favorite photo of my childhood . . . you can tell that I was a WILD WOMAN standing on the bumper of a pick-up truck on my grandmother's farm in Fresno . . . the back cover has a photo of my dad and myself as a todler . . . I'm really enjoying using family photos in my artwork lately . . . even my next beading project has them as you will see shortly . . . I am really getting excited about getting a copy of my artist buddies artwork in my journal!

The Cat House on the Kings

This You-Tube Video caught my eye first because it takes place in Parlier, California where I spent my summers with my Aunt, Uncle, & cousins while my mother and sisters stayed on grandma's grape farm in nearby Sanger . . . secondly . . . I love what this woman is doing to save and put up for adoption cats and dogs in an open 6-acre reserve . . . here's her video . . .

What an amazing woman and a wonderful cause!!!!!  Please click on following to find out more about her organization . . . The Cat House on the Kings!

A 15% coupon from ArtBeads.com!

Lucky me and my blog readers! ArtBeads.com has offered their Design Partners and their farmily, friends, and blog readers a 15% coupon with no minimum order requirement good now through the end of February . . . To use the coupon, just copy and paste the code below into the 'Coupon/Gift Certificate/Gift Card Code' box of your shopping cart and click 'apply'. Exclusive Design Partners Coupon code: ZZ-DESIGNER-0211 . . . Woo! Hoo!!!!

ArtBeads.com Winter Enchantment Design

This winter season inspired me to create something like a snowy winter black night for ArtBeads.com . . . the sparkle is like the stars in that dark blanket . . . the cold snow like the totally stunning Dichroic Murano Glass Beads . . . accented with the sparkle of Swarovski Crystal Rondelles HUBBA! HUBBA!!!!! LOL!!!!! I call this piece Starry Starry Night after one of my favorite painter's pieces . . . Vincent Van Gogh . . . I must say that I am SO impressed with the Murano Glass beads . . . they simply take your breath away!!!!! My latest ArtBead.com Blog Design project tied right in with my class project with talented instructor, Sylvia Valle . . . I've learned so much from her . . . I love this spiral necklace . . . the creative students in the class are such a blast, too . . . Have fun everybody! Disclaimer: I receive free product from ArtBeads.com in exchange for my design (in this case my collaborative design) as an ArtBeads.com Blog Design Team member . . . opinions are strictly my own . . .