ponderings

I'm tempted to use this pic for the Christmas cards...

What do you think? heh heh.

Nice eyeballs, fella.

Bullseye!

If you're not on Pinterest then, well...you probably have a very clean house. lol. Pinterest is such a time-waster, but it's a creatively-charged time-waster. It's great for inspiration. When I'm feeling stuck, I go take a look at art that I've pinned. That always jumpstarts my mojo.

This journal page (which is still in progress) is inspired by this piece of art by M.A. Tateishi.I'll post again when I'm done.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Happy Thanksgiving!I hope your day is restful and overflowing with gratitudes and coconut cream pie.

I found these tags in my "scrap" box...I forgot all about them! I was making them for a class project & then abandoned it. I think I'll use them to journal some gratitudes about the day.

Lots of stuff in progress, nothing finished...

This week I find myself with lots of "in progress" pieces...journal pages and cavases and tags that aren't done yet. Lately I will work on something a bit, and then move on to the next thing. I'm feeling unsettled and ancy, and it's showing up in my art.

This is a smallish canvas...love the colors & textures.It's not "done" to me...but inspiration hasn't told me how to finish it yet.

I told ya you'd see more triangles...

Yeah, I really went nuts w/ that Triangle stencil...fun stuff. I love Crafter's Workshop stencils!

Sharing peeks of my projects for the Revolution Event in the Netherlands...

I'm honored to be teaching at the Revolution event in the Netherlands this coming March. Here are a few sneaks of my class projects! We'll be using lots of spray ink, paint, gel, and modeling paste. Fun! Visit the blog & sign up...can't wait to make art with you. Plus, Revlie just announced you can buy individual classes instead of entire days.

Julie Fei-Fan Balzer Stencil Blog Hop

I adore Julie and her stencils from The Crafter's Workshop are fab, fab! I was given the Triangle stencil...and once I got started, I couldn't stop! I made lots of art journal pages (even more than I'm showing...you'll probably spot the triangle stencil on more pages in the coming week). Here's the stencil...you can get it in a 12x12 and 6x6 size. I have both & love 'em both.

 

 

I used my Stampington stamps on this page. This one looks like a paint store exploded onto my art journal, but hey, that's how I roll:

I cut a picture from a magazine & painted over it to make the figure for this page spread:

This one is grungy...I had blotted the triangle stencil after using it on another page. This is how it ended up:

Be sure to "hop" along to these fab blogs for inspiration!

Suze Weinberg

Bianca Mandity

Vicki Boutin

Ali Edwards

Christy Tomlinson

Julie Fei-Fan Balzer

 

Spilling a secret...

I feel privileged to be part of "21 Secrets"...yay! Read all about it here--I'm in great company, the other artists are amazing.

Here's how Connie describes the workshop..."21 SECRETS is an annual online, self guided, Art Journaling workshop that runs for a total of nine months where Art Journalers receive the opportunity to dive into different techniques, methods, and approaches to Art Journaling from a family of diverse, passionate, professional Artists. Each participant is able to choose which order of the 21 classes they take and have an active online community to share and grow with. All information including, pdf's, videos, and supportive text and photos are always available and teachers are present in a timely fashion to answer questions and share their comments."

Still loving circles & hearts...

I always gravitate towards circles and hearts...I just love 'em.

 

Using leftovers on a journal page...

I had a big piece of "leftover" art from another project that I cut up. I thought it looked fun, so I glued it right onto a journal page, and then just wrote around it. Easy & quick!

November Jenni Bowlin Studios...

Have I mentioned lately how much I adore Jenni Bowlin? She's seriously one of the nicest people in the whole industry. Click here to see her November Kit options...fun stuff! Click here to see the DT galleries. Click here to join in the message boards.

Loving that dark silhouette...

Love this dark silhouette, it looks cool against the color in the background.

A little accordion book...

I started making this while I was demo-ing during one of my classes at The Inkpad in NYC. I finished it yesterday to send to a friend...I love stamps, paint, ink, beeswax...fun!

I love this technique...

and I hadn't done it in awhile (layering with black spray paint...I teach it in Art Journaling 103: Composition and Color for Art Journalers).This page is a grungy mess...just how I like it.

A chaotic journal page...

perhaps it's as reflection of my stressed-out, chaotic mind?