Day 2820: WIP

WIP?work in progress: acrylics, junk mail collage, gel medium.

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2GN2S: 

Great mail!

Some days are better mail days than others,  

a great mail day is when your mailbox has handmade mail! 

When someone not only thinks of you but 

makes something and mails it, it is special.

Three days in a row, three postcards ...

John Arbuckle, Seattle, WA artist.

Marie Cioth, Orange, CA artist.

Linda Bucci, Costa Mesa, CA artist.

Thank you, John, Marie, and Linda!

FB Throwback Thursday ...

 

Jason Alduenda, Erin Long, Brian Hilliard, Ricky Kagasoff, Maggie Rodriguez, Cheryl Suzuki, 1989.

10 Smiles for Thursday ...
A sign of the Covid19 times.
How can you say hello in a mask?

Thanks to KCET & Photographer: Chava Sanchez/LAist

Day 2712: Step-by-step Collage.

"Wild Child", 40 x 40", collage & Montana markers.

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Todays cover art was done for Art Supply Warehouse, 2014.

journal daring for Wild Child.

 I have a lot of journals but haven't done as much in the past year. 

I do intend to correct that in 2020, doing at least a page a day.

It was for a promotion to sell papers at ASW. I used ASW papers.

 I was given a 40x40" canvas free use of ASW handmade papers.

And three hours to create something that would sell papers.

 ASW set up a tent to work under and chairs for spectators. 

 

I used a standing easel on a very hot day in Westminster.

  

Using gel medium to adhere the paper layers to the canvas.

Close-ups:

Upper left of 40x40' canvas

Upper right of 40x40' canvas

Lower left of 40x40' canvas

 

Lower left of 40x40' canvas

Three hours later Wild Child was done. 

If you are in ASW, it is hung on the right back wall.

A smile for Monday ...

Day 2696: Handmade gifts.

Star: Christmas ornament: gesso, marker & tissue collage.

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As mentioned in yesterday's, Day #2695, here, 

each member was to bring a small, handmade gift 

for each member at our Eastside Christmas Potluck.

1. Short on time, I visited the local dollar store and 

bought plaid, cloth ornaments to use as a base.

2. Painted each ornament with white gesso for a future face.

3. I used a permanent marker to draw the face.

4. Each one a little different?
I did all of the faces first.

5. Once the face was on, I started tissue collage, using gel medium.

 

I finished the backs with gesso and marker for the date.

Easy, fun but time-intensive, what do you think?

Just because ...

Sula nebouxil  (blue-footed booby)

A smile for Saturday ...