These days, I'm doodling less but I'm loving my watercolor paints! Of course making painted papers with acrylics is also a large part of the week, even though I have a lot of painted papers for collage already to go and use, I enjoy creating the fodder just as much. I'm learning it's okay to enjoy the creative process just as much as enjoying using them in my collage art.
A few days ago I finally got myself some new fine liners, so I'll be doodling again as well as mark-making and am looking forward to it. I've missed them!
As usual, there's always something on the table. And by the time I write this, I'll have reached 100 days in the collage a day journey. I studied the book briefly, flipping through from day 1. Actually the collages I made are fairly uniform in the way I approached them: a few different colored papers and either cut or ripped to fit the small square almost always adding an embellishment of some sort at the end.
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I'd like to do another 100 days because now it feels like a habit I'd like to continue. It's possible I'll just start a new art book but maybe using a different approach or more papers per square or maybe make shapes within the squares.
The many journals I have are continuing to grow and I grab one each day and do at least one thing in them. I'm learning the more I do this, the better I am getting at my favorite art forms. It's true, practice makes progress.
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| Creating a grid work journal has helped me study composition |
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| An old book turned into an art journal helps me learn negative space and I like it! |
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| Making a book using brown paper packaging, junk mail, painted papers, book pages helps me play freely in any way I choose. Here, this particular page's background is actually from the brayer roller and paint brushes. It's so pretty. |
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| Cover page of the brown paper packaging journal and a favorite Emerson quote. |
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| Creating watercolor cairns - love doing these and try making at least 3 each week. |
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| The Hardibacker boards (made of concrete on one side) are getting used for paint practice and I'm diggin' the results so far! |
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| Playing with watercolor, acrylics and ink like a kid creates the funky looking designs that I am drawn toward (literally). |
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| Doing one of my favorite techniques on this page: layering of painted papers, watered down paint then sanding it off a bit and adding more paint, stencil and some vessel shapes turns the page into a grungy look. |
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| This page started out with a black background, I added magazine clippings in green but the yellow paint just created more yellow wiping out the green and so, I went with it - adding more yellow, gold, black, white and grey. |
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| Another page in the brown packaging art book. This has small scraps of painted and embellished papers along with some affirmations. Feels very zen. |
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| I still make cards - side A |
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| Side B (love these circles!!) |
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| Painted papers using stencils and an old credit card on the left, watercolor doodles on the right |
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| On the left is an egg carton bottom, on the right a few layers of hand made masks both on the Gelli plate |
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| Left side is a few stencils and leftover paint on medical exam paper, center is a rub off of another paper, on the right is the same egg carton paper shown above. |
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| Putting stencils under medical exam paper and rubbing paint on it creates these interesting designs. Can't wait to use them! |
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| Some of the stencils used to create the papers above. |
Enjoy your week!
Cindy, EarthMotherMosaics - Mixed Media Art
Instagram: @artbyearthmothermosaics
Stay Peaceful and Enjoy the Journey
