52 PlayDATES: January 2012

WELCOME everyone!!

Thank you all so much for the support you have shown by signing up to play with me this year. I so appreciate it and know we are all going to have such FUN. Please leave your comments, links and any suggestions in the comments area and don't forget to upload any work you do to the group's flickr page http://www.flickr.com/groups/1844373@N21/ as well as any other link you have supplied us. We want to visit and look at the eye candy! To see the list or join up click here

So this week is a simple collage technique I use for blending elements together into a whole. It can be as simple or complicated as you want it to be and it is one I use often. If you have pastels, I strongly suggest you use them here as you will LOVE the way they interact with the gesso, both before and after. If using before, it tints the gesso and afterwards blends smoothly into soft edges. As mentioned in the video, if you are concerned about them rubbing off, you can *fix* them with spray fixitive or just normal old hairspray. I will be using pastels quite a bit, so you might want to get some if you don't have any already. Cheaper brands are fine and if you find a great bargain, please SHARE the info here!

I used similar blending techniques on the piece shown below while encorporating hand painting and layering to give more depth. I have used parts of prints of my own artwork to collage on here too. Think about doing that as you can paint it once and use it again and again AND AGAIN.......

Hello there BeAUtiFULL People!

Thanks for visiting me here and I hope you have come intending to play along with me in. This blog is dedicated to an ART DATE every week and I will be posting a mixed media/art journaling snippet each week for 2012. A new background, technique, idea or prompt........ perhaps a step by step, maybe a video, maybe a link or two to something cool. An adventure in mixed media and a learning experience for us all, me included. I always learn more from others as I teach. So thank you everyone for being MY teacher.

So, you have now entered my play area, where there are no rules except to play NICE and treat others as you wish to be treated. Here you will find I publish a new mixed media/art journal adventure every week of 2012. You can participate or just watch. Your choice. However if you choose to participate, then please leave somewhere we can visit you and see your work relating to this project. If you don't have a blog, website or somewhere else we can visit, then you might like to consider setting up a personal online gallery just for this purpose. Many websites such as Photobucket or Flickr allow you a free personal page where you can upload your work. I have also set up a group Flickr account which shall be for everyone to share their work and allow us to see it all in one place. Join the group at http://www.flickr.com/groups/1844373@N21/

Starts 1st January 2012, and if you would like a reminder each week, join me on facebook (link upper right) or choose to follow this blog (bottom of page).

COME PLAY WITH ME!

Jordan http://www.thecreativeartist-jordan.blogspot.com

Michelle michelledidit@blogspot.com

Elena - www.mynameiselena.blogspot.com

Laurey Stahelin http://www.flickr.com/groups/1844373@N21/
Aimeslee Winans http://www.flickr.com/photos/artfarts/sets/
Vicki http:///craftyladytoo.blogspot.com
Christine Kemp http://www.goldenlillycrafts.blogspot.com
Nickalli http://www.nickalli.blogspot.com
Janet Murie http://janetjournalsjoyfully.blogspot.com

Kay http://kay-mntopquilting.blogspot.com/
Cytrine http://inviteenchantment.blogspot.com
Chris F http://artplaywithchris.blogspot.com/
Heather http://asiwriteit.blogspot.com

52 PlayDATES

Sunday, January 29, 2012

Week FIVE - more paste paper

Sunday, January 22, 2012

Week FOUR - Paste Paper

Sunday, January 15, 2012

Week THREE - Collage napkins and tissue paper

Sunday, January 8, 2012

Week TWO - Overpainting a magazine image or photograph

Saturday, January 7, 2012

Week ONE - blending technique for collage

Hi Everyone!!