Buff and Sage DWM paint with blue W&N watercolour stick, teal Stabilo Woody, indigo Derwent graphite. I seem to be into muted colours, probably a reflection of how the world feels.
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100TinyTreasures 2/100
5cm square on Bristol. Using DWM paints in Carnation and Lapis with Schmincke Cherry Pit Black liquid charcoal over a medium tint oil pencil.
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#100TinyTreasures
I was watching random art videos and came across the #100TinyTreasures challenge run by Leslie Stroz. I’ve done plenty of 100 day art challenges in the last but this is a little different. The format is deliberately tiny, specifically paintings, and it’s 100 things in a year. Sounds manageable, right? Do I need another thing to do? No, of course not, but the more you create, the more creative you are!
I’ve decided on 2.5” square Bristol paper, and have cut a pile so it’s ready to use. My theme is colour combinations and mark making. I’m going to use all my different media – acrylic, ink, water soluble crayon and pencil, charcoal, watercolour.
I’ve done my first piece using Malachite, Iris and Elephant Dina Wakley Media acrylic paints, with white pastel pencil, and deep blue graphite.
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Wanderlust Weeks 6, 7 & 8
Playing catchup with posting these. Week 6 was a modified colour wheel with Shay Michelle. I discovered although turquoise and similar shades are my fav accents colours, I have very few collage papers in that colour range. I need to get out by large gelli plate and fix that!
Week 7 with LaQuisha Hall was exactly the kind of layout I hoped doing Wanderlust would get me back to. I used to do a lot of this type of art journaling and have become more product driven. This page is about me wanting to be a safe space for people, and wanting my libraries to be a safe space for everyone as the world gets harder to negotiate.
Week 8 with Claudette Hasenjager was a tricky one, I had to push through the colour wheel exercise, and I’m pleased I did. I discovered I’m incapable of working tidily for too long and struggle to add enough white, and overdo the black. I expected to love the Ruby combinations, but they were a bit dark, while the Rouge were a bit dull, but the DWM Raspberry are perfect. The layout, based on the fav colour wheel, is about speaking out for myself and others, speaking up even if worried, and then going aggravation of my vocal cord injury.
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