Experimenting with Mixed Media

I put my new found love of "art with handwriting" to the test!

I love mixed media pieces and decided to dive right in and create! 

This first one is a birthday present for a good friend who just recently

painted an old dresser hot pink for the guest room! 

The next one is an experiment of something I have had in my mind for quite some time.

I thought if it turned out-I'd give it to a friend who is turning 40 on February 29th.

(actually that would be her 10th birthday!)

It's not quite perfect so not sure if it is going to be given away. 

I got the bird idea from the fabulous Tresa Black. You can find a tutorial on her Fabulously Artsy blog here. I love that the crown is made from a snowflake stamp! (click on picture to see more detail) 

Once again, I have to apologize for the photo quality. There is a horrible glare from the flash on both pictures. Yesterday, I shot pictures in natural light, and they were too bright and even more faded out than these. Ughhhh

Hope ya'll stay healthy, I've had a doozy of a cold. It came on last Wednesday, just a day or so after I had been thinking on how healthy my family has been! 

 C'est la vie!

Letter Love Lessons

OK--time to get brave and show you some of the pages in my Letter Love journal. I'm still loving this class. As the days go by, I'm feeling more confident in my lettering skills. I feel that I'm even finding my own style.
Play. Practice.Write. Repeat. Is our "montra". This was one of the first assignments. I have another sign done on bristol board standing on my desk. I forgot to take a picture of that one. I'll show you later.










                                                                                                                                                                                                       
In one of the lessons, Joanne gave us a list of 19 fonts to mimic. Number 20 we were to come up with our own font. ("art, I hope it finds me" is taken and changed up a bit from one of my favorite songs. "Nature" by The Samples. One of the lines is, "nature, I hope it finds me.")




















I didn't get too creative on this one.
I'm afraid I was
influenced strongly by Joanne's sample.











The colored lines, or grid, on this page was done with a Tombow Marker, then gone over with a water brush to make it look like watercolor. Very fun. It was done on water color paper, then taped into my Letter Love Journal.

 OH--how I NEED a new camera. All these pictures are washed out, they look so different than the originals. This lesson was to "Write in the Round" I had lots
of fun with it and did a few samples.





      These next three are done in a Mixed Media Journal.   I'm having trouble with blogger at the moment--it won't let me go below the last picture and type.
So I'll sign off here--thanks for stopping by today-have an artfully fantastic day!                                                                                                                                                                                                                  

Letter Love 101

I am taking an on-line lettering class from the very talented Joanne Sharpe. I originally found her through Etsy, then started following her blog. I just love her whimsical flare! Our first assignment was to decorate a composition book to make it our "lettering journal". Being that I am a scrapbooker (and not really an artist!), I just used the paper scraps I had on my table to decorate my journal.

I am having so much fun with this class. Best of all--I'm meeting people from all around the world! It is full of high energy and very creative people!
It's not too late to sign up for this class. It's not streamed live, it is just a private blog. Best of all--once you purchase it, it is yours forever--like a book! So you can go at your own pace and not stress if you miss a day. Just click on the badge to the right if you want more information.
This all started with my word of the year, "find". I want to find that artist in me!!
Have a great day!
It's snowing in my little part of the world!