PRIMITIVE PAINTING: Day 2

RISE N' SHINE....
IT'S DONUT TIME!!

(photo by Mindy Lacefield)

After waking up with sugar and carbs, we started the morning with a simple prompt,

"My Light Is..."

And WOW!! did these 3 little words create an enormous outpouring of feelings by many (and beautifully written).  I reached my "deep thought" towards the end of my writing as the beginning was a lot of rambling about my dog. (He was hurt this week with a bruise all over his chest...plus he is a Hemophiliac....so I was a worried mess at time; yet able to escape during this retreat.)

PROMPT!!

(photo by Donna Downey)

  Time to use prompts for our backgrounds using various mixed media and materials from Day 1. 

I truly love the beginning palette I chose. 

Neon Red is my favorite color!!!

And from the prompts, these backgrounds were created.

Like I said, no thought, just pure doing and enjoyment.

Don't you remember those tulips from childhood art.  Love embracing my youth.

The day of learning continued with more uses for sprays and bleeding tissue paper.
THAT SHIMMER....CAN'T GET ENOUGH..

little chapel windows...LOVE.

And then it was time to play with all the pages.
Creating calm among chaos...and creating art.

LUNCH:  Grandma Cookie's infamous NJ Subs. 
Delish!!
 (and can't forget the Creme Soda...Thanks Bill/Donna)



(photo by Ellie)

 And apparently at some point, I wiped my painted hand on my nose.  So was then termed the "Warrior" by Ellie.  But I"ll take it.  Love me some Tribal Girls, so why not join them!

Ellie and I had a table together. So enjoyed her company and watching her create.
Even our table paper turned into works of art.

GELLI PLATE!!
Who doesn't love gelli printing?!?!?

But add Mindy's twist to it...AND...

Uh, HELLO GELLI PLATE PAINTING!!



I totally fell in love with this technique.  Definitely will be incorporating this into my art in the future.
I love the transparency of the prints on deli paper, but also on vintage paper.

Then I just played around with the different paper creating background and clothing bits and pieces.

I ended up using this page for my "winter girl" cat hat.

And then the animals showed up.

Everyone took Mindy's lesson and created all sorts of animals and creations. 

(Even a Beaver Squirrel with a goatee made and appearance.) 

Pure laughter and joy seeing everyone create and socialize. 

Loved every minute of Day 2 (including the dinner of chicken parmesan & chocolate cake).

(photo by Donna Downey)

(photo by Donna Downey)

(photo by Donna Downey)

PRIMITIVE PAINTING: Day 1

SHE'S HERE!!!!!!!!!

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOHHHHHHHHHHHHHOOOOOO

IN CHARLOTTE....AT Donna Downey Studio

IT'S TIM'S SALLY......

MINDY LACEFIELD!!!!!!

I waited almost an entire year for this event and was so excited to experience Mindy's teachings in person.

After a brief intro, and preparing our journals....Grandma Cookie appeared with a wonderful meal:

(pork loin with wild rice and pecans, mashed potatoes, green beans, rolls WITH butter, and delicious "wilted" salad)

Plus yummy blue velvet cupcakes :)-

My belly was full...and ready to start the evening.

GESSO, STENCILS, SPRAYS...OH MY! 

Lindy Stamp Gang sprays are a new favorite.  Complete awesomeness & amazing SHIMMER!!

And then we discovered bleeding tissue paper.

LOVE!

A little heart wanted to join my table :)

more working on backgrounds...trying to keep it simple.

And then ....

IT WAS PROMPT TIME!!

I truly enjoyed this aspect of the class so much as it took you out of your mind.  There was no thought, just doing what was said.  It was a great activity in many different fashions.

The first night was...on deli paper using scribbles & childhood memories.

And then some more backgrounds before packing up for the night.

SO MUCH LEARNED AND SO FUN ALREADY!

RUBBERMOON: Stamp Painting-By-Numbers

HELLO LUCY W/ Bunny Ears!

This month I wanted to try something different with my RubberMoon stamp. Plus wanted to incorporate an Easter/Spring theme.

  If many of you don't already know, I adore Sunny's funky/fun art style.  She has recently been doing a lot of great large scale paintings. And I still have my obsession with Paint-By-Numbers.

So out of my head came a Painting-By-Number using this stamp.

After stamping on to a piece of paper (image on upper left),

I used a copy machine to enlarge the image 200%.

....The resulting image (on upper right corner) another 200%.

---and then the next larger image (center bottom) another 185%

to get the result of a full 8.5x11 page image. 

I scanned in the final result for my future references;however if you print off the images, the posted pictures will not appear in the correct dimensions as stated.  I had to use a photo of the .pdf's I created. 

I opted to use the second largest image for a 5x7 project size.

I copied the image onto white cardstock  and trimmed to size. 

Since the image uses thick black lines in places, I used a white Uni-Ball Signo and Molotow pen to lighten the image and open filled spaces. Then retraced in black adding a few more details of my own. 

Always scanning the image as progress is made for future uses (also a good idea in case errors are made). 

And then I just used a pen to make random scribbles and doodles all over the page. 

Next step...plotting out the colors. I picked a limited selection of colors adding a numbering system to each.

And then added the numbers corresponding to the colors to the design. 

And made a black and white copy. 

And now you can let the fun begin. PAINT AWAY! 

I labeled a paint tin and put the colors in each.

 I have no clue at this point how this will turn out but it looks fun...

and that is all that matters.

AND THE RESULT.....

(after some color changes in some areas)

.....

I failed to take a photo of the original "final" color layout as I was on a roll getting it painted,

but only really altered the background colors to have less dark blue iu the sky and light green in the grass plus more light brown/tan in the face. The image was a bit chaotic so I need to make sure the stamp was the main focus.

The final copy was on the edge of a 8.5 x 11 sheet of paper.  I wasn't planning on trimming the 5x7 dimension until I finished painting. So instead,

I folded the paper,

trimmed off the bottom edge, and will use it as a card to give to

some"Bunny" special :).

HAPPY SPRING!

Through this process, I realize a lot of art/stamping/creativity is a matter of trial and error.

Just continue to have fun in the process, and the end result will be appreciated by all.