Day 2364: A rainy day and three more coming!

I love rain!: i-Photo

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We are curious beings I think.

I love the rain, we need rain here in SoCal. 

But, we have had horrendous fires, people have lost lives, 

homes and so with the rain comes mudslides and more tragedy. 

I don't have answers but I am concerned. I believe in prayer.

john arbuckle:

"I am curious on how you store your mail art ephemera. 
 Do you have a huge cache and do you save it by color? 
Or do you just go with what comes in weekly? :-)"

Friend & Seattle artist John Arbuckle asked and I replied:  
"Okay, you gave me an idea for a blog, I will take 
some pictures and go into it. But, lets just say, I start off 

fairly organized and then use what's handy?" 

I took 25 photos which is no doubt, overkill, but 
feel free to skip to the smile when you've seen enough?
I do a lot of collage ... and use a lot of tissue.

Ive been a tissue collector for a long while, and I have a lot!

   I use plastic boxes from Daiso.

and baskets.

I guess you know I love paper, all kinds.

A while ago, I bought a 26" x 19" x 16" - five drawer chest on wheels to house some different kinds of papers and ephemera.

 

 

stencils

labels etc.

special papers

ephemera

tags

The green bin is full of tissue paper and I drag it to classes.

Junk mail and more baskets.

I do a lot of postcards ...

 

 

This is a small room with high ceilings, space is a premium. 

I am showing only the paper storage aspect. 

If anyone is interested in seeing more, I will oblige.

I apologize if it's already TMI? 

 

A smile for Tuesday ...

Day 1947: Stencil Girl!

"Mei Ling": acrylic & Stencil Girl stencils on 16x20" canvas

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I was on a mission for  ... 

They posted this on their company blog,

as a visiting artist on November 22, 2017, here.

They had asked me to create a blog doing my art, 

and using Stencil Girl products. 

Sounds easy, but they have 1440 stencils to choose from!

A terrific variety of beautiful designs.

I spent hours, working really hard to pick my top 20,
in order to narrow it down to my top three.

Can you guess my final three from the 20 below? 
What would you pick?

I narrowed it down to the three below, that I used in the art.
Scribble Scratch Handwriting, Line Waves & Batik Stencil

 
I experimented with the chosen stencils ...

 
Playing with acrylics on painter's paper.

 
But I finally decided yo work on a 16 x 20" canvas ...

 
I had a rough idea, using stencils to enrich & layer.

Working wet, the stencil both printed and lifted paint. I like it .

I particularly like the subtlety of pattern within the layers.

I picked each stencil based on using parts of it.

Even the stencils in use are interesting?

I prefer a rough finish. Almost done.

 

A small addition ...

 

done.

Mei Ling, acrylic & Stencil Girl stencils on 16x20" canvas.

Thank you Stencil Girl for inviting me to be a guest, here.

A smile for Friday ...