Hi y'all,
Making a Vertical Collage
Extra Paint
Hi y'all,
Are you like me? Do you always have extra paint on your brush or pallette? My pallette is a tacky plastic Halloween plate from bygone times, and there is always paint on it. Beatiful, beautiful paint that I hate to waste. I'm going to share three simple ways to use up your paint quickly for your next project or page.
Number one: Simply swipe paint on a blank art journal page. Now you aren't starting with an empty page,you have color and expressive strokes to work from.
Do you see the orange paint in the background? That was left over from another day. |
Number two: make circles, squares, or other simple shape on book paper or other interesting paper you might have. One of my favorite papers for this technique is wet strentgh tissue paper because on a pale background the tissue becomes sheer if covered front and back with gel medium.
Green and white blended circles with leftover paint on bookpaper. |
Thirdly, if you have a variety of colors on your pallette, its fun to make simple flowers. Simple flowers can be circles or lines. One the page below you'll see flowers made from painting a v and then adding an extra line. They look quite nice all together. I've even used brown, but in a mass of flowers it fades into shadow.
V flowers |
Those are my three simiple ways to use up extra paint. Of course there are many more. Let me know if you'd like a few more or share some cool ones you have.
Stencil Twist
Make a cool flower |
Hi y'all,
I have a little video about playing with the new Dina Wakley Media Sunshine Stencil. This stencil is everything right now. It would be hard to describe the technique, so I'm going to pop in the video now.
Really focus on your focal point. |
Here's a link to my Etsy shop: Pink Bunkadoo
Making a toned background.
Hi y'all,
Did March fly by for you? I blinked and it's almost April. Hopefully April brings rain. We're in a serious drought in my home town.
Do you mind if I share a few adventures? I volunteered to help paint a mural in one of our parks by a basketball court. I met some kindred spirits and we had so much fun. Here's where we left it.
Hi y'all,
Today I have an art journal flip through to share. I'm sharing it for a couple of reasons. One big reason is part of being an artist is sharing. I've been blessed. Most people have been kind. The artist community on Instagram is supportive. I'm also a supporter of Dina Wakely. Everyone in her group is especially lovely. I'd like to challenge you to share your art. If you tag me @pinkbunkadoo, I'll be able to see what you created. Another big reason is practice. In my art journal, I'm not looking for perfection which is way over rated. I'm trying things out.
Below is the quick flip through.
Thanks for stopping by!
Warmly,
Carolyn
Links:
Instagram: @pinkbunkadoo
Etsy shop: https://www.etsy.com/shop/PinkBunkadoo