Wednesday - What's on the art agenda this week?

This month I'm not taking a break like I have been doing. I'm still following the moon and its phases and using the intentions I feel are important. At this time, I feel it's more important to stay connected with those who follow along with me and walk the artistic path as I go. Welcome to my art journey discoveries. I hope you enjoy them as much as I do!

Honestly, I hadn't started out making painted papers yesterday but as always, it's what I end up doing.

I've been trying to prep cards for collage fun. In the past, I painted all of them white. Clean slate kinda thought. But it turned out I am more productive and see a more pleasing starting point if things are black. Very odd. I like to doodle on white paper but I want to collage on black substrates. I do not understand it, but I definitely go with it.

After I painted quite a few in the black acrylic, I had leftover paint. No surprise, I always do. I grabbed my Gelli plate and decided to look for some kind of something to use for a design. I have a lot of somethings, but I just wasn't feeling the desire to use the ones I've used before.

Imagine my delight when I found some egg cartons I'd kept to sort glass and beads. I saw someone do this, it wasn't my idea and if I knew where I saw it and who did it first, I'd give them credit. I'm so happy with the result.

 I made more painted papers until my bed was filled up once more. When I get to the point where my pillows are, I try to stop because I don't have the room anywhere else (the floor, yes, but animals live here, so nooo).

 One of the fun things I do is spray some water on the Gelli plate just enough to get the paint activated again. I grab some watercolor paper and do some swirls quickly on the plate with the paper, not pushing, just moving it from side to side.

 ACK! I freakin' love these! They look like storm clouds or a weather map of a storm. Maybe both.

I don't know when I'll use these papers but I'm so happy to have tried this technique. I'll definitely keep doing it with different colors. Maybe the neon colors should be next! 😁

 

Enjoy the journey.

Cindy aka EarthMotherMosaics

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