Mastering Drips and Splatters

I love abstract art!  This challenge was to create something in the style of Jackson Pollock.

Lots of splats and dribbles.  I had to work on my patience to let one layer dry before I applied another!  Lots of fun!

Georgia O'Keeffe Inspiration

The 2PM challenge was "Masterpiece Recreation" - my eyes went to Kay Miller's card, based on Georgia O'Keeffe.   I love large floral designs.  I also used watercolor and then I superimposed the Peony coverplate over it.  I liked the contrast between the loose watercolors and the firm design of the coverplate.  

Floral Impressionism

Melissa Phillips' designs are always such an inspiration for me.   My friend Barb and I actually have coined the phrase, "I'm going to Melissa this..."  Which always means going 4 or 5 star steps with more laters, more textures and more colors and more embellishments!

This was a mad dash for us because there were so many layers etc.  

Starry Night

The Challenge for this hour was to create a starry night sky, inspired by a Van Gogh painting,  When the video for this challenge was finished, we both had the Kleenex out!  It was so beautifully done.

I loved how this one turned out and I coouldn't add any thread or sequins,  I think it would have taken away from from the beauty of the sky,  I was very fortunate to have recently visited my sister Penny, where we played a lot with watercolors. Penny showed me some techniques about  watercolors and sky.  

Let the Stamp Affaire Begin!!

My best friend Barb and I have been counting the days to Stamp Affaire --and here it is at last!  

The first challenge was to choose a color recipe. Mine contained Hawwaiian Shores, Tropical Teal, Berry Sorbet, Melon Berry and Harvest Gold.  We could see that all the color sets were designed to take us out of our comfort zone.  Melon Berry is too dull for me so I just used it for the center of one flower and focused on the Harvest Gold.  I used Copics for the sentiment.  I didn't think I'd like this at all, but now I think the design is pretty good

Make It Monday #243 Blending over Heat Embossing

Today's challenge was to use ink blending over heat embossing.  After watching Danielle's video, I started looking for some "words" to emboss and the set from "Choose Joy" begged to be used for a get well card for my niece, who is facing a very long recovery from a serious ski accident.  I'm always amazed at how things just seem to "fall together"!  The main sentiment arrived from "Lunchbox Love". Yellow is my favorite color - especially the new Bright Buttercup and I am loving these these new stencils.  (All from PTI). This one is going in the mail tomorrow.

Sandy Allnock Paint Along Watercolor Class

How amazing that you can take art classes on the internet!  I've been following Sandy's class this past week and finally had the time free to do a watercolor with the basic set of Daniel Smith paints.   I was surprised at how intense the pigments are.   A teensy dab will do it.  And this whole picture was done with only 3 colors.  I love mixing colors and my biggest challenge is in being subtle enough with it all.  It's amazing how much you can pick up just watching Sandy and listening.  I haven't done waterolors seriously since I was about 12 or 13 and I'm loving this!