Art Spark Wednesday!

I was inspired by a page in my art journal and recreated it here on a round canvas.

On Thursday! My art was sparked on a canvas today instead of my art journal. I managed to edit and upload my video to YouTube and then forgot to hit the publish button. Who does that? Me apparently. Anyways, here is the finished artwork and video. I hope you like it. I had fun creating it. Owls are a favorite of mine.

Here is the video:

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

Hugs, Dawn

Magazine Page Monday!

Here is today's Magazine page:

I started out gessoing my pages and then adding red, orange and yellow with my hands. The bottom needed to be lightened up a little so I threw a little white in there while the other paint was still wet. 

I am trying to learn to write with a script paintbrush. It's harder than I thought. Practice, practice, practice. Oh, I also used some washi tape that I have had hanging around forever. Thanks for taking a look.

Hugs, Dawn

Art Spark Wednesday!

           Welcome to this week's Art Spark Wednesday. I had fun playing with some homemade spray inks. Some worked, some didn't. I think I learn more from what doesn't work than what does. Which reminds me of something Donna Downey said in one or two of her Inspiration Wednesday videos on YouTube (look her up if you haven't already, you won't regret it). She taught me to go with those "what if..." moments.What is a what if moment? Well, let's say you're in the middle of  creating a masterpiece and something in your brain says.....what if.....? (what if I paint this sky orange, what if I poke holes in my canvas, etc). By all means try it! You could end up with something really cool and unexpected. You could also end up with a mess that makes you slap your forehead and ask "what was I thinking. Either way you are learning something. And learn I did. I won't lie, I had some forehead slapping moments.....

I cut 2" paper squares from patterned paper and adhered them to my pages with Aleene's Clear Tacky Glue. That glue holds really well by the way. Then I went through my stash and found chipboard, diecuts, paper flowers and added them to my 2" squares. 

Then I sprayed, painted, drew, slung and anything else to help things along.

Here is the video:

I added the quote and the bicycle diecut and VIOLA! 

Thanks for stopping by to have a look. I hope this Wednesday finds you creating.

Hugs, Dawn

Magazine Page Monday!

Here is this week's entry into my ESPN magazine. I love this verse. To start my pages I use gesso, which primes them so the original artwork, articles and text don't show and it gives a great base for my paint to stick to. This week I decided to use some of my homemade sprays on the background. I have ink refills for some dye based ink pads by Stampin' Up. I just added a few drops of color to a spray bottle and then added water. Here is the result after I applied several colors:

It was a little bright so I pounced some of the color off with my towel. Then dried everything with my heat tool. 

I wasn't sure where to go from there, so I painted some flowers and used a Bible quote and some really old Wordsworth stamps! Does anyone remember these? 

I used acrylic craft paints for this whole thing. Then traced around my leaves and stems with a Uniball pen. 

When all that was dry, I flicked the whole page with white paint. 

Thanks for looking and have a blessed day!

Hugs, Dawn

Magazine Page Monday

Here is page for this week. With such frigid temps and drab January days, I thought some color was in order, flowers too.
I started out with this page:

And I Gesso'ed it:

And then I painted it with Acrylic Paint in these colors:

Finally I added some pen over my crazy good paintbrush writing skills, lol.

I love the Bible Verse and the happy colors. 

Thanks for looking and Happy Monday!!

Hugs, Dawn