Enjoy Life

I made this piece of art yesterday to go with the one I made the previous day. I added a ribbon to the top to hang it with. 

Do you think these "go together". I wanted them to be sister pieces that I can hang together. I am thinking about doing another one today, slightly bigger and with a butterfly on it. It would probably look better if I had taken the pictures together in the same light. I will do that when the 3rd one is finished. 

I drew this one and colored it with colored pencils last night. I am missing warmer temps and being able to go outside to draw.

Thanks for stopping by! I hope you are having a great day.

Hugs, Dawn

Christy Tomlinson Inspired

Hello :)

 So I was watching this video yesterday by Christy Tomlinson. It inspired me to create some artwork. I had an old Christmas box that I cut apart and used one of the side panels as my base. I painted some gesso on it to hide the Christmas pattern. Then I made some marks in the Gesso with the end of a paintbrush. Let it dry and began to add some paint smears :)

I made my own flowers out of scrapbook paper scraps from the 6x6 Serendipity paper pad. I think Basic Grey makes it. I just cut some wonky "circles" and layered them. Then scrunched them up a bit and stapled the layers together. I added a brad to the centers and in Christy Tomlinson style, added some paint to them. I free hand cut the vase and adhered it to my base.

I added some rub-ons, ink drops, and doodling. As well as some stamping in Black Staz-On. 

I punched 2 holes at the top and threaded some ribbon through the holes, so I can hang it on my wall.

Thanks for stopping by to take a look.

Hope you have a fantastic day.

Hugs, Dawn

Art Journal Page

I have a girl crush on Donna Downey. I love her artwork and I love her personality. I have been watching her Inspiration Wednesday videos. I also love watching art journal videos by Christy Tomlinson. Both these ladies inspire me to create. 

So I took some photos today of the page I made. 

Here are the "ingredients" I used to make my page.

My art journal is just a large hard cover book I found at my local Goodwill store for $1.99. I started out by adding Gesso to my pages. Then covered the whole shebang with Drywall tape for some cool texture. Then I added some random paint smears with my fingers (good times, good times). Then I added some water to black acrylic paint to water it down and dripped it down my pages. If I were Donna Downey I would call it dripage :) 

Here's my hand after adding the paints. Finger painting is just as much fun now as it was in Kindergarten. At some point I used a circle stencil (it is actually the surround left over from some circle tags) and sprayed some green alcohol ink over.

Next I made some flowers with this stuff called Metallic Streamers. I found it at Goodwill for 99 cents and it was half price ;) I just pleated and squished until I liked it and glued those puppies down. Then I added some red paint, inked some parts Black with Staz-on, and dotted them with more paint colors to add some texture and interest. Then I added some masking tape, which I ripped and crossed at the base of each flower just because I felt like it ;) 

I painted the stems and leaves on with a couple colors of green acrylic paint.

Here is a close-up of the flowers.

I decided the pages were too stark with so much white showing through so I added some teal paint that I watered down with water. I wanted to alter the color but not cover the other paint smears. Then I added some Yellow acrylic paint drips, some "grass" to the bottom and some white circles randomly on the pages. Next I added some black paint for the flowers' stamens.

I printed my quote on some copy paper, cut out the words and glued them to my pages with Mod Podge.

Next I went around all the word blocks with a black Conte Crayon thingy and smeared it with a dry paintbrush. I also dotted the stamens with white paint. Then I randomly doodled with a black Sharpie and added some black and white rub-ons wherever I decided it needed it. 

I stamped the date on the back of a ticket and adhered it to my page with masking tape.  

THanks for stopping by to take a look. Have a fantastic day!

Hugs, Dawn

I am addicted to Doctor Who!

I was looking at Pinterest today (as I do everyday, love Pinterest!) and I came across this photo of an angel statue. My mind IMMEDIATELY went to Doctor Who. I had to document it here with this.

Thanks for looking and have a fantastic day!
Hugs, Dawn

More drawing practice

More of my drawing practice. I post them here to see if there is improvement. I am seeing some.

 I read tutorials, watch videos and browse galleries online of all different kinds of artists.

  I love watching other people draw. Seeing how they create.  They inspire me to create.

   So thank you to all the artists out there who share their artwork, process, and creativity with the world.  I would also like to thank you for stopping by and taking a look. Have a fantastic day!! Hugs, Dawn

Angelina Jolie?

Here is the reference photo:

 And here is my drawing:

Not an exact match. Not even a resemblance really. But I am practicing :)

Thanks for taking a look. Hugs, Dawn

More drawing practice

I finished this one yesterday. I have been working on eyes. They are getting there. Thanks for looking and have a great day!

Hugs, Dawn