Girls Inspire Girls

My gig is up! 6 months done. I can't believe I blogged every week for 6 months for Artistcellar and my time on the Design Team is over. It was fun. It was challenging. I'm not sure yet if it was what I expected or not, but I did realize I can blog regularly and it's not overwhelming. I have started to think about creating my own website for my work and maybe even try to sell! We'll see. I hope you'll go visit my post today. I love what I created!

Folk Arty

I bought a giant set of Caran D'Ache Neo Pastels. They are gorgeous!!! I haven't wanted to try them out because they look so beautiful in their tin but today was the day. I was playing around with acrylic paint and decided to use the oil pastels for some shading on top of the paint. They are so creamy, smooth and smoosh together easily.  Here is what I've been playing around with! I've been trying to work with the folk arty style. Check out the folk art style nose!

Girly Girl

Journal play! This was a quick journal page that started out with scribbles from Neo IIs, smooshed around with water and then some stenciling with one the Boy Genius stencil. I'm finding it interesting that the faster and less thought I put into my "paintings" the more I like them.  Maybe I should try this on canvas….just do it without thinking about the process or outcome.  I like the gentle shading and simplistic look of her face. I think I'm going to do more like this!

A Little Bird Told Me

I've been having fun with my Neoart crayons drawing birds. I think I'm going to need to keep drawing birds, maybe create a series. I'm excited about some new supplies 'i picked up the other day at Dick Blick. The neon pink on this journal page is a preview!

Marker play

FaceTime play with Tombow markers.

My Door

Daily Life Project: week 1 prompt was to draw your door
I did a quick sketch of the door to our house and then colored it with Tombow markers. There is nothing profound or significant about my drawing. I had fun coloring! I hope I can keep up with the regularity of this project.

Documented Life Project

I came across the Documented Life Project and decided to participate. I thought this would be a great way to keep track of life while getting in some journaling and I love the idea of bringing it with me while driving carpool and waiting for the kids. It seems I spend a lot of time waiting and driving and waiting some more.  Gia saw me putting my journal with tip-ins together and she said she wanted to do it too. Yesterday, I drove to B&N in the awful storm only to discover the wrong Moleskine was put on hold for us. I called first to make sure they had it! We were looking to see what else they had and I found 1 copy of the soft covered 12 month planner. She was SO excited! We spent the day taping pages in and she loves how fat it is. She is carrying it everywhere and wants to bring it to school!!!I need to finish mine, add tabs and get going. 2 prompts have already been posted. No school again tomorrow so I hope to find time! Today it was 45 degrees below zero (including wind chill). I'm ready to move away!!