Showing posts with label Deco Art. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Deco Art. Show all posts

Friday, October 2, 2020

My Art Retreat in September

 I  prepared  for it  all  year,  and  in a  second, it  seems, it's  over, and  it  was  so  much  fun  and especially  needed  this  year!  There were  a  total  of  6  of  us, and  the  just  the  right  number  for  a  comfortable  working  distance  from each  other,  with  this  year's  weird  circumstances.



and  the  best  part  were  all of  these art supplies   together  and  being  able  to   play  for  3  days (leaving all of our other outside problems at the door)--





This year was all about faux encaustic and polymer clay.  I became interested in polymer clay when I saw that I could use it as an element in my mixed media art pieces, and I wanted to show the versatility of this very forgiving medium.  Here are the results of the class--













The best part about this is how their creavity took over and helped them express themselves.  I  showed  them  the techniques  and  told them to stand  our of their own way, and that's what they did.   

This  retreat went way  too  fast  that's for sure--can't  wait  till next year!


 

Tuesday, October 17, 2017

Patchwork Pumpkin Tutorial

Hey everyone--just in time for Fall  and  Halloween--a  pumpkin--in  my  style.  You  can check  out  my  step-by-step  tutorial  over at  the  DecoArt  Mixed  Media  blog  HERE





Tuesday, August 15, 2017

New Mixed Media Tutorial

Hi  everyone!  I have  a  tutorial  for  this  piece  over  at   the  DecoArt  Mixed Media Blog--


It  all  started  out  with  the  doll  head  that  I  had  in  my  art  room  just  staring  at  me  for  the  longest  time--once  she  started  helping  me  create  herself  (because  it  took  a  little  while)--it  was  fun--check  out  my  step-by-step  process  HERE.

Tuesday, June 13, 2017

A Step by Step Tutorial--Painting in Layers

I  have  a  new  tutorial  over  at  the  DecoArt  Mixed  Media  Blog  for  this  piece  that  was  so  fun  to  make  from  beginning  to  end....


...using  DecoArt  Media  fluid acrylic paints  that  are  wonderful  to  work  with  and  come in  lots  of  colors--see  my  entire  process  HERE.  I hope you try this very  fun  way  of  painting!

Wednesday, October 16, 2013

I'm On a Design Team!

In  the  beginning  of  the  summer  I  was  contacted  by  Deco Art  asking  me  to  become  a  member  of  their  design  team.  Are  you kidding??--that  was  a  no-brainer!   When  I  started  painting  10  years  ago,  the  first  paints  that  I  started  playing  around  with  were  the  Americana  line  of  craft  paints--never  in  my  wildest  dreams  would  I have  thought  that  I  would  be  designing  for  this  company  someday--it  makes  me  VERY  happy.
 
So  they  sent  me  lots  (and  I  mean  lots)  of  their  products--including  these--
 
 
...their  line  of  artist-grade  acrylics--in  every  color--these  paints  are  wonderful--I'd  say  comparable  to  all  of  the  other  acrylic  lines  that  I've  used--very  vibrant  colors!
 
And  I'm  now  listed  with  the  other  artists  on  the  Deco Art  website--very  cool! 
 
And  here  are  some  of  my  projects  that  I've  made  for  them--I'll  put  up  the  links  for  the  instructions--
 
 
go  HERE  for  more  info
 
 
 
go  HERE  for  more  info
 
 
go  HERE  for  more  info
 
So  how  cool  is  this?!   I'm  so  happy  to  be  part  of  the  Deco Art  'team'!!
 
 
And  one  more  thing  I  want  to  share--another  work  of  art--
 
 
 
My  Grandson!  Preston Carter--he  was  born  last  Friday--just  a  day  before  my  big  show  that  I  had  to  go  to--we  kept  telling  him  to  be  born--and  he  listened!  He's  doing  very  well,  and  seems  very  content  in  his  new  world!
 
Okay---now  I  gotta  get  back  to  work--getting  ready  for  week 2  of  my  show,  which,  by  the  way,  was  EXCELLENT  last  weekend!

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