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A Bird and the Hand…

Posted: January 23, 2012 in New Mixed Media art
Tags: 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.

Digit-al Mehndi hand

Posted: January 20, 2012 in New Mixed Media art
Tags: 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.

Dance of Two Angels, expressive painting

Posted: January 19, 2012 in expressive painting
Tags: expressive painting, fingerpainting, new art work, painted canvas, painting

This is a 16×20 stretched canvas with a close up of the focal point. The painting was done expressively using only my hand, although the rest of the body does come into play occasionally, like to stand up! After painting, I noticed the figure on the left and outlined it in charcoal. That was yesterday. Then today, I noticed the figure on the right and outlined it in charcoal as well. The rest of the painting has different textures and colors. This type of painting is very freeing and is the direct opposite of the work of the past several weeks, detailed faces which take much more control, and a paintbrush. I like to work this way in series, as once you get paint all over the hand it is a shame to waste it. More to come this week.

Cigar box purse

Posted: January 17, 2012 in New Mixed Media art
Tags: 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 art
Tags: 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 art
Tags: 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.

Golden Boy Sings Two Bird Blues

Posted: January 6, 2012 in New Mixed Media art
Tags: 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 art
Tags: 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.

Sees the world spinning around

Posted: January 4, 2012 in New Mixed Media art
Tags: found, journaling, mixed media, new art work, painted canvas, painting

A new canvas from the last couple days, seems to be romantic. I’ve done three others with basically the same palette so it looks like a new series is born. Paper foundation with Mod Podge™, acrylic paint, buttons, tag stamped and journaled, then a whirl of charcoal with a stamped birdy. A little charcoal was used to define the hair. Found objects are sewn on, not glued, that way I know they are on there for good. I may make greeting cards from her, I think she’s sweet.

My artwork at Artpool Gallery, St. Pete, FL

Posted: December 31, 2011 in New Mixed Media art
Tags: art journaling, found, mixed media, new art work, painted canvas, stencils

My work has been juried into Artpool Gallery in St. Petersburg and may be seen as of today. I will be showing six pieces in my romantic fantasy series (My Love appears above), and my 4×6 pieces recently printed by styrofoam plate. Artpool recently reopened in a large building on Central Avenue across from Haslams book store, for those living in the area. Please come by and see this great gallery space and visit my work! The piece above is canvas surface embellished with paper, paint, stenciling, found object hankie, bird, spoon and roses from my husband that I dried myself. The objects are sewn on and the final touch was journaling with a white Sharpie Poster Paint™ pen.