Monthly Archives: May 2014

Tiger eyes and a baby lion cub takes a nap photographs

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Went to the zoo today and brought these two cuties home with me.  I am selling them in my etsy store here; https://www.etsy.com/shop/LDphotography?ref=si_shop   You can order them in any size you want.  I love them.ImageImageGod makes beautiful creatures/  enjoy!  Here are two more photographs of the two lion cubs playing in the hills.tiger sit neg face wm tiger sit5x7 wm

blue collage ( now gifts from the Sea) free mixed media collage tutorial, part 3

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I have added micro beads in clear, blue and gold and diamond dust with clear glue to the clay sections Image  An have started to glue down shells ( E6000 glue works)  and embellishments to the clay sections; making sure that I use enough glue to hold them in place and that they are not too heavy for the clay substrate.Image If you look at the tutorial part 2, the shells and the ideas for composition have changed some.  I decided to paint some of the shells that form the outline from the sea to the sand.  I am also playing around with fish and turtle charms to see if I want to use these to connect the two largest sections of the clay substrate.  Stay tuned for the final part of this tutorial.

blue collage ( now gifts from the Sea) free mixed media collage tutorial, part 2

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I rolled out air dried clay and cut it into 4 pieces.  I added rolls of clay to make a sea shore and sand area on two of the largest pieces.  I took different stamps to make textures in the sand areas and let the clay dry overnight.Image  Then I places sea shells from Hawaii on the dried clay to get an idea of how I might want to make the composition.  This is just an idea and may not be how the collage actually turns out. Image The next step is to paint the sand and the ocean sections of the dried clay.  I used a variety of metallic paints ( lumiere metallic paint, Inka metallic rub, Mary Stewart paint) ; you can see them on the side of this photo.ImageWhen the paint dried, I sprayed the clay pieces and the canvas substrate with a glossy sealing varnish.  Now I am ready to start to embellish the collage.  This is the fun creative part since I let the collage talk to me about how it should be finished. lol

blue collage; Gifts from the Sea; free mixed media collage tutorial, part 1

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Decided today to blog my process of creating a new collage piece; called Gifts from the Sea.  This is a free mixed media collage tutorial.

I get so hung up on being perfect the first time that this experiment will be helpful to learn how to play with color and materials and to make mistakes.  Mistakes lead to discovery.  I am interested in discovery at this time in my life.  This will be a series of posts as the collage comes together.  So here goes:

 

I started with a plan 11 x14 canvas and embossed wallpaper scraps; Image I cut out different pieces to make different textures and glued them on to the canvas.  Then I got out my metallic paints ( lumiere metallic paint , Inka metallic rub) and started to paint.  I ended up with this; Image This morning when it was dried I decided that the colors were too dark.  I have had some darkness  in my life recently but I feel like I am moving toward the light and discovery so…I squeezed on colors ( Martha Stewart acrylic paints) that make me happy..Imagethis is not the way I normally work but what the heck…lets see what happens..ImageI like these colors better, some of the darkness is underneath but the blues and greens of the sea and of hope are on top.  I will let this dry and see what happens next.  This is what I do with the extra paint on my brush…for my next collage project…lolImage  I will continue to record the progress of this mixed media  collage.  Have to do some real work now…oh nooooo

Meow a new cat mini journal that I call Un Chat ( alittle French kitty)

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This book measures 4.5 x 3.5 inches . There is an envelop that is attached to the back cover to stash other memorabilia . There are two cat friends sitting on the cover with Swarovski crystals and a white feather. The Title is UN CHAT ( a cat in French).. It closes with a ribbon loop that wraps around a brad on the cover. I stamped the cats and fussy cut them to glue them above the four layers of different papers thatImageImageImage form the bottom of the

cover.  Then I added cat images throughout the journal to keep those of us who love kitties happy. 

This journal is on sale in my etsy shop; https://www.etsy.com/listing/190048463/un-chat-a-cat-mini-journal-handmade?ref=shop_home_active_1   and I am having a sale; 30% off anything in  my shop , just use the coupon code Take30percentoff when you check out.

grunge Mixed media collage inspired by the artist Finnabair of my Aunt Marge my heroine

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I love Finnabair’s work ( here is a link to one of her youtube videos https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ca9CUbyN5Vk) and so I tried my hand at this grunge style mixed media collage with the subject of my Aunt Marge.  She grew up in the depression and was a young woman in WWII.  She came from a very poor family and graduated from UC Berkley with a BS.  She was a wonderful wife and mother and hostess.  My father ( her brother) was famous for calling about 5 hours from her house and announcing that we would be arriving soon.  She never looked flustered by this and always welcomed us even at midnight!  I loved her and she was my model of how to be a successful woman even when life makes it hard for you.  Hope you enjoy this collage.ImageImage In this corner I put in objects that related to her life;  airplane, bike, children, school items.