Thursday, October 31, 2013

Gelatin - it's not just for eating!


Let me introduce you to my newest obsession

 

It's a Gelli plate!
With some paper and a little bit of this  
(I'm talking about the paint, ignore the beer carton) I have been printing up all kinds of fun paper to use in my art journaling, collages, card making ... and just about every other artistic endeavor that comes to mind. 

A few prints ... ok, more than a few ...
 


 

 

  

 

And this is only a small sampling of prints that I've pulled. 
So, what have I done so far with some of the prints? 





I have a plan to pull these pages and future ones together. I'll share that with you some other time. I've also started a 30 day ATC challenge. Here are the first three: 

I know I've only scratched the surface of what I can do with my plate and the possibilities are endless for what I can create with the prints. Meanwhile I'm on a creative high and relishing in this personal journey that many won't even understand. That's ok 'cause I'm not doing it for them, I'm doing it for me!

Wednesday, October 2, 2013

I Love Color!

Finished up two little projects. The first being a "doodle." It's all about shapes and colors. A little bummed that the color is not showing as bright here as it is real life. Also, I need to find something other than Sharpies to do my doodling because I'm finding the black is bleeding into my colors. 



Second project is a mixed media piece. This one gets a title: 

Under the Sea 

 I had a little help from Lyra on this piece. Maybe she is searching for little fish?