Art Spark Wednesday....On Thursday!

Sorry it's a day late folks. I attempted drawing and painting a face but that wasn't nearly as fun as breating the background. I used a tealight candle to create a resist effect on my gesso. Then went over it with acrylic paint, oil pastels and ink. I hope you enjoy watching.  

Here is the video:

I love the cool texture!

Thanks for stopping by to take a look.

Hugs, Dawn

Art Spark Wednesday!

I just finished uploading my latest Art Spark Wednesday Video. I had fun with paper, paint, glazing medium and painty pens.Enjoy!
Hugs, Dawn

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

Art Spark Wednesday!

It's Wednesday and that means....ART SPARK WEDNESDAY! YAY!

I will admit I took a Wednesday or two off, but I finally edited this video and got it to upload! It runs longer than any of the others. It's just under 35 minutes. I hope that isn't terribly long for ya. I had fun making this one and hope you enjoy it :)

Here is the video:

Thanks for watching and happy Wednedsay!

Hugs, Dawn

Art Spark Wednesday!

Hello there dear blog readers!

Another Wednesday, another Art Spark Video! I hope you like this week's episode. I had fun with paint and paper.

Here is the video:

Thanks for stopping by to take a look!

Hugs, Dawn

Art Spark Wednesday!

Here is this week's Art Spark Wednesday. I started the background with some photo transfer and then added some stencil numbers and the surround.

Then I dripped some black acrylic paint, and then white acrylic paint. 

Here is the video:

Added some texture with bubble wrap and some tape backing.  

I added the flowers by cutting out the petal shapes from book text and then painted over them with purple acrylic paint. 

I added a quote with some tiny letter stickers. It says "Breathe in inspiration and trust yourself. The answer is yes you can." Then I finished it off with a tag stamped with the date. 

Thanks for stopping by. Now go get crafty!!

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 Friends. 

I hope your day is going well. We had such nice temperatures here in Ohio the last few days. It was great to feel the sun warm on my skin and not have to wear a heavy coat for a change. Enough about the weather though. Here is my latest Art Spark Wednesday video. You won't believe where this page started from it's finished product. WHEW! I hope you enjoying watching! 

 

Here is this week's video:

Thanks for stopping by!

Hugs, Dawn

Art Spark Wednesday!

Dawn here again with the next installment of Art Spark Wednesday! I hope you enjoy this week's video. Here are some snapshots of my finished pages. Look at the paint splatter goodness:

We got some drippers here, yeehaw!

Here is the video:

Thanks for taking a look!

Hope you have a happy Wednesday.

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

Art Spark Wednesday!

Here is today's Art Spark Wednesday! Wait til you see what I used on the background. I love the texture I got ;)

Here is the Video:

Thanks for looking and have a wonderful Wednesday!

Hugs, Dawn

Magazine Monday on WEDNESDAY!

Wow am I ever late posting this one eh? Sorry about that! I really like how this page turned out. Not terribly thrilled with the way I added the verse, but I am not going to change it now (I tried and it wanted to rip eeeppp!)
I gesso'ed my pages and then added some drywall tape, for texture.

Here it is after I sprayed on my background and painted all the flowers on.

Here is the page with the Bible verse added. It is John 20:29

Thanks for looking and I hope you have a blessed Monday (and Wednesday)

Hugs, Dawn

Art Spark Wednesday!

Hello everyone :) Here is my latest art journal page. It took some unexpected twists and turns. I learned some things, made a mess and had fun in the process. Isn't that what it's all about after all? I sure  hope so lol. After the video was done, I turned to my art journal and it "told" me it needed a few more finishing touches. I smeared some gesso around the paper the quote is on and then dripped some white paint onto the pages. Sorry I didn't think of it while making the video.

Here is the video:

Thanks for stopping by and have a creative week!

Hugs, Dawn

Magazine Page Monday

   

Another Monday means another magazine page! I started out gesso'ing, (gessoing, gesso-ing) my pages and then added some embossing ink through some tape backing that has these little holes all over it. Then I added UTEE (Ultra Thick Embossing Enamel) to the ink. Here is what that looks like:

Gorgeous! Right? Lol maybe a little too soon to tell. So let's continue shall we? We shall :)

So I plopped some Magenta Paint onto these pages and then saturated the whole shebang with water and smeared it all around with a paintbrush. Once that was dry, I used a baby wipe to wipe the paint off the embossed areas. I then went around the edges with a purple dye based ink spray and blotted off any excess. Then I used my gesso again to block in the heart and then the letters. You can tell at the bottom of the pages I started to run out of room before letters so I had to squeeze them in there a little. I still like the way it looks. I painted over the gesso with acrylic paint and then drew over all that with painty pens, sharpies, 

Bic Mark it's etc. 

As always thanks for looking and I hope you have a fantastic and blessed Monday!

Hugs, Dawn

Art Spark Wednesday!

      Welcome to another fun filled episode of Art Spark Wednesday! This week I worked in my art journal. I am happy with the art I created this week. Not so happy with the editing I did. I do these videos a week behind just to give me extra time to edit and upload lol. I hope you like it. For some reason when I convert my video files they lose quality. My camcorder saves the files as .MTS which my computer doesn't recognise so I have to convert them to something my Windows Movie Maker can open. I think that is where the loss of quality comes in. Any tips or advice would be appreciated.

And finally this week's video:

Thanks for watching and have a creative Wednesday!

Hugs, Dawn