Last week my grandson graduated high school. I watched from home through YouTube and do not regret it. I didn't miss sitting on hard bleachers in the heat. This is a snapshot taken from the video (a bit washed out, sorry).
And of course there was art made! The most exciting piece is coming from the Purple Palace. I started a mosaic vase!
I haven't gotten it completely organized in the Purple Palace yet but there's enough room to work on a mosaic at the table. Yay!
It's been a while since I've done a mosaic and I really missed it. I'm taking my time with this piece, maybe only working on it once a week for a few reasons. One, I enjoy the process and want to honor that feeling. Two, I'm out of grout and it'll take at least a month or two before I can get some! And three, in between I can still organize a little bit and continue to find the organizational skills needed (not my strong suit - I'm more prone to making a mess than cleaning it up) to get this area utilized at it's peak.
At the art table, there was a flurry of activity and yes, messes were made!
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| My homemade paint sprays: on the left, acrylic paint and water in a spray bottle and shimmer sprays using liquid watercolor and mica powders on the right. |
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| The test papers came out perfectly! They shimmer and shine!! |
I used some of the sprayed papers on these pages above. Since this is usually a layer I cover with either paint or some collage papers, I'm going to study it for a bit but I'm thinking I'll collage around the shapes. The colors here are just so awesome. I'm not sure I want to cover them completely.
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| I have 18 working art journals at the moment. Some are handmade, some are spiral bound, some are old books repurposed. All are used! |
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| The grid work page for this week was using collage and paint plus some favorite word stickers. |
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| Sticker book. The idea was to find all 4 letter words and glue them on a page. |
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| A new 100 day collage journal has a few pages in it. This time I'm mark-making and embellishing each square. There are marks I love to make and some I'm not sure of. This is a great place to find out which I prefer to use. |
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| The collage journal was pulled out last week. I used stencils I like of a dove for the collage, inks (both spray and pads) and a funky pattern behind it. The orange is from the shimmer spray. And of course there's words and a little doodle. |
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| Saturday night around 3AM I finished this up. I was awake and figured, why not? It takes a few days to do these because I put a layer down then paint, then another layer, then mark-making. |
So those are the highlights for last week. If you want to see almost daily photos, join me on Instagram
Enjoy your week!
Cindy, EarthMotherMosaics - Mixed Media Art
Instagram: @artbyearthmothermosaics
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Stay Peaceful and Enjoy the Journey
