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For both of these I started with a layer of glazing liquid and added fluid acrylics. Let it dry and added another layer. Let it dry again, and started adding marks to, hopefully, bring the image together. They remind me of landscape.

What do you think?

These are done in artist acrylics on gallery wrap canvas and are for sale at my Etsy.

This time with quite a different feel – more solid somehow. Think I prefer the transparent centre cross better.

I have been thinking recently about peace, peacefulness, and stillness of the spirit. Although I do not identify myself as Christian, the cross seems to be a powerful symbol for me nonetheless.

This is one of three I have just completed, lots of texture and a bit of gold highlighting For sale on Etsy.

Michelle’s GPP Street Team challenge for February was to create a “Pandora’s Box”.

Pandora’s Box? – a journaling kit or tote full of favorite tools and supplies to keep on hand for journaling without having to scratch around looking for stuff. For once I was onto it, and already had a kit that sits on my desk 24/7. (Okay, so why has it taken me till the 1st March to post about it? Heaven only knows!)

The kit – which is more a semi-contained pile of stuff – consists of:
Navy, pumpkin and gold ink pads
Brick and purple Walnut Ink
Gesso and gel medium
A small range of pencils – pastel, graphitint, charcoal, water soluble
Black, purple and bright yellow ink
Golden fluid acrylics – raw sienna, med yellow, cerulean blue, burnt orange, black and manila cream
A roll of paper towels
A large bottle of Diamond Glaze adhesive
A few spools of cotton
Bernina Aurora sewing machine
Red, navy, burgundy, yellow and light blue oil pastels
Roll of masking tape

And that’s it – same stuff, all the time. I find it works for me; there is some colour consistency across mediums, lots of options for texture and depth, plenty of mess, and the speed of items I am familiar with. Perfect…