PREVIEW
Here’s a look at a new mixed media art journal cover I started working on today, after a false start with blue paint and stencils that I knew I hated, all the while painting and stenciling, convinced that “with just a little more paint, I’m going to fall in love with this project.” NOT! So, with trusty gesso and brush, i reduced the cover once again to the clean slate and started again, this time with different colors and without a fixed plan, decided to use the technique that has proven to work really well for me in the past – using colors I love and letting my intuition tell me what’s working and what’s not and then just going with it. Want to know the best lesson art has taught me? It’s taught me that what I create is mine, and being mine, i can do what I please with it. So, like today, if something just isn’t working for me, i can cover it up and start fresh. It’s totally up to me, to do as I please. This is my mantra: If I like it, then it’s perfect.
Gessoed to cover what I did previously and then started sponging acrylic paint over cover then going back and adding black and white accents. This one’s not even close to being finished. I plan to do lots more with it – stamps, stencils, collage paper, stickers, handwriting. By the time it’s finished, who knows how many layers will have been added! Keep watching this blog, who knows what it’s going to look like when it’s done. Gotta say I’m loving the grunge look.
DUH MOMENT YOU ASK?
This morning at 5:30, even before my feet hit the floor (I’m an early riser) I remembered that I somehow forgot to add the photos of a raku pot I mentioned in this post’s title. Duh. So here they are, better late than never, they say.
From where I sit, these pics are huge!
Pot exterior glaze is Candy Luster
Pot interior glaze is Copper Luster
REMINDER
Don’t forget to drop by my blog Wednesday to add your link to Watcha Workin’ On. Remember, it’s open all crafters/artists, whatever your medium. Can’t to see everyones projects!
No matter how deep a study you make, what you really have to rely on is your own intuition and when it comes down to it, you really don’t know what is going to happen until you do it. Konosuke Matsushita
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