Friday, December 18, 2015

Get Up. Get Dressed. Paint.

The bright, cheerful colors for this week's 15 MINUTES OF MIXED MEDIA with Rae Missigman helped brighten this gloomy, gray December morning.  


One of the many useful tips I learned from her is to make my own stencils and masks using old file folders.  Here, I recreated one that she used in her page.  Instead of using the bottom part, she used the top.  I would not have thought of that.  In fact, I probably would have thrown it away!  This is how it looks on the page:

The carnage

Using my fingers to paint the white then adding texture by scratching the paint with the end of a paint brush.

Laying down strips of washi tape, painting over them with white paint then making marks with black paint marker.

Looking at a new painting journey


I have 2 pages left to paint in this journal and I will begin another.  I am excited!   I missed only 1 Saturday morning painting appointment with myself since starting this journey in March; it was while on vacation out west.  
I am going to continue painting with Rae Missigman but I want to explore intuitive painting after experiencing it during THIS painting session.  In anticipation of this exploration, I purchased:

I also purchased 3 of the Dylusions Creative Journals, 2 large and 1 small.

What painting do you plan to commit to as we near the new year?  Are you going to participate in one of the many online classes or projects or have you made a commitment to learning something new?   

      Paint Party Friday where having paint under the fingernails is the norm.  What colors are under yours?


Playing along with CarolynDube’s Let’s Play.  Won’t you play along with us?

14 comments:

  1. Such beautiful pages, Diane. The unusual color combination really looks great.

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  2. Beautiful pages, love your homemade stencil. Have fun with your new purchases and courses. Happy PPF, hugs, Valerie

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  3. Paint Mojo is a great book and I love those Dyan Reavely Journals. Have more fun!

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  4. A happy and cheerful page Diane! I love that messy style! I also like the idea of intuitive painting, but I must say I struggle with the process. I have the paint mojo book but not the other one. Will check it out. Have fun with your new Dylusions journals and fill them with happiness!

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  5. I'm always eager to see what you crate each week. What lovely colours and designs. Your new books look interesting.

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  6. Beautiful colours, such a great page! Thanks for sharing your process!
    Hugs Giggles

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  7. How very bold and striking. Wonderful!

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  8. Really wonderful pages. Great bold and happy colors. Have a very nice Christmas.

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  9. colorful and fun, good for you making your painting appointments each week!

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  10. Those are the kind of appointments to keep - painting appointments! Your pages here look so colorful and happy! Looking forward to seeing what you fill those new journals with- thanks for sharing with Let's Play!

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  11. You can see that you had fun creating this page. I love the colours you chose. Three journals? You do have big plans for 2016. Amongst other things I plan to continue practising with my coloured pencils I am really enjoying creating with them. Seasons Greetings to you.

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  12. You can see that you had fun creating this page. I love the colours you chose. Three journals? You do have big plans for 2016. Amongst other things I plan to continue practising with my coloured pencils I am really enjoying creating with them. Seasons Greetings to you.

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  13. Wow, that is lovely journal art! Great technique and color mix!

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