Another mehndi hand, this one the classic eye in the palm. Stencil is from Balzar Designs by The Crafter’s Workshop. The stencil has six hand designs on it in this size, and the same designs are available reduced on a separate stencil. Paper foundation to canvas board, Golden Light Modeling Paste thru the stencil to give the image height and texture, then painted with Claudine Hellmuth Studio Paints. The stitching lines are these awesome little pre-inked stamps called Sew Stamper from We R Memory Keepers that you run along the image where you want the line to appear. They have about half a dozen stitch styles, are easy to use and really give this project a “crazy quilt” vibe. Words were rubber stamped with Staz-On ink, my favorite. I am not affiliated with any of these companies, these are my “go-to” supplies at the moment and I just want to share the info.
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Eye of the Hand
Posted: January 27, 2012 in New Mixed Media artTags: art journaling, mixed media, new art work, painted canvas, painting, stencils
A Bird and the Hand…
Posted: January 23, 2012 in New Mixed Media artTags: bird, folk art, mehndi, mixed media, new art work, painting, stencils
Yes, I know it’s supposed to be “a bird in the hand”. It’s Monday a.m. at Chez Getz and life continues in the new normal. There are many more locks on the door today than Saturday and by this evening a contract will be signed for bells, whistles and buttons and that will be another new normal. But all is well, all is well, all is surely well.
This piece is on a new surface for me, an 8×8 hardwood board. I picked this up at Whim So Doodle in St. Pete recently and wondered what it would be like to use, especially compared to my standby, stretched canvas. There are differences, one obvious one is the hardness and inflexibility of the wood compared to canvas, the other in surface texture. I did like the board for stenciling as there was no “give”, which can be a minor problem on stretched canvas during stenciling. Not enough to keep me from doing it but there was more stencil control and a finer image. This image is from The Crafter’s Workshop from Balzar Designs. I pushed Golden’s Light Modeling Paste through the stencil then used Claudine Hellmuth’s Studio Paints over top of the paste when it dried. The rough paisleys are Americana Writer which is an acrylic dimensional paint. The background is paper painted with Claudine’s Studio paints. I swiped white tempera paint all over the board when everything had dried, then sandpapered a lot of the white off to reveal various surfaces previously worked. Then I painted the folk art bird, which is a cross between an old German fraktur design and a more traditional Indian folk bird. I had trouble with this piece, there are about 6 previously worked designs under this one. I think it was the newness (and preciousness) of the board which is more expensive than my usual 12×12 canvas, but even with all that, I do like the surface and would definitely use this product again.
Bob and I were home invaded yesterday at 5 a.m. The man was armed with a knife and I surprised him by opening my bedroom door to investigate noises I thought was our cats or dog. I was threatened with the knife but called to Bob for help and when Bob appeared the man ran off, threw our new dining chair at us, yelled something undecipherable and exited by the garage door he had broken into. No one was hurt and nothing was taken. We are lucky and very grateful. The situation plays over and over in my mind like a broken film loop and the house now feels unsafe. Looking forward to a new normal…
Digit-al Mehndi hand
Posted: January 20, 2012 in New Mixed Media artTags: crafters workshop, mixed media, new art work, painted canvas, painting, stencils
Get it, digit-al! Wow, is that bad. But this stencil from Crafters Workshop is not, it is detailed and makes a great image. Some of the lustrous quality of this canvas is lost because the scanner can’t pick up metallic well, but it was painted in part with Lumiere metallic paints on a paper background. Pointilism is also in metallic copper-y gold. If I can find something cool in the way of a 3-D object that adds to this piece I will, but for now it is finished.
Cigar box purse
Posted: January 17, 2012 in New Mixed Media artTags: ARTpool Gallery, bob getz, cigar box purse, mixed media, mixed media purse, new art work, photography
Bob and I attended ARTpool Gallery event I Love St. Pete this past Saturday and Bob took these shots of a fashion show model masquerading as Salvador Dali. I wish you could have seen her body paint that included a lobster on her back and the melted clock on her upper chest. I wanted this purse to look like an old circus broadside photo so I distressed the purse with gesso and sandpaper and the photo with matte medium and sanded it heavily as well. Ranger Old Soot Distress Ink™ was used on the sides of the photo. I love this model’s attitude. At the show, she really worked that cookie duster.
Photos by Bob Getz
Dragonfly whisperer
Posted: January 13, 2012 in New Mixed Media artTags: mixed media, new art work, painted canvas, painting, stencils
Here is a pretty strawberry blonde with a special affinity for dragonflies. She speaks to them softly as they zoom around the pond and the garden. I used a stencil from Balzar Designs by Crafter’s Workshop to rough in the features, acrylic paint, a paper background and charcoal doodles to finish the canvas off. Stenciling is a great way to get your face proportions correct and you can do any kind of eye, nose or mouth you want to use. It removes the need to be good at drawing facial features, the paint does most of the work for you.
Butterfly girl
Posted: January 11, 2012 in New Mixed Media artTags: journaling, mixed media, new art work, painted canvas, painting
A canvas produced in my same process as described previously in various posts. This time I experimented with a different eye style and I like the strength they gave the face, plus a strong jaw line helped as well. There are a couple charcoal outlined butterflies that began life as paint splotches and a stamped tag. I found I like making the skin tones like a greyscale photo when the background colors are very rich, I like the contrast.
Little Miss Muffett
Posted: January 7, 2012 in New Mixed Media artTags: found, journaling, mixed media, painted canvas, painting, stencils
Along came a spider and sat down beside her but didn’t frighten her one little bit. This girl was completed like the other in the series, face basics from Crafters Workshop Balzar Designs stencil, acrylics, paper foundation, stamped and tagged. She’s a creature of the twilight for sure.
Golden Boy Sings Two Bird Blues
Posted: January 6, 2012 in New Mixed Media artTags: journaling, mixed media, new art work, painted canvas, painting, stencils
Yesterday while I was working on a couple canvases the surprise of the day was that I wasn’t working on a girly after all, it was a boy! I couldn’t figure out for the longest time while that girl wouldn’t come out right. No moss on me! Pretty much the same process as the others, paper foundation, acrylics, face basics stenciled with Balzar Design template from the Crafters Workshop, which picked my work up to feature on their blog. Exciting! These stencils are very versatile. Finished up with a journaled tag and charcoal mark making and outlining. He’s not perfect, but who is?
Dancing Bear on the Moon
Posted: January 5, 2012 in New Mixed Media artTags: found, journaling, new art work, painted canvas, painting, stencils
I was doing my process as usual and minding my own business when I finished up the portrait and stood back and saw this magnificent bear on top of the blue circle which I swear I didn’t put there! Well, I guess I did…immediately I knew it was the dancing bear on the moon. This is a 12″ canvas, paper layer, acrylic paint, face basics from a stencil by Blazer Designs manufactured by the Crafters Workshop, found tag, journaling and charcoal. Perhaps my favorite of the latest pieces, it’s hard to say. They each have their own personality but you gotta love a dancing bear on the moon.
Crickyn 