What a privilege it is to see your artwork. We truly love it. Ready for the next challenge?
A Year of Gratitude Challenge 4
To read more about the power of gratitude, visit my original blog post here.
How To Participate
- Check my blog and Ranger's blog each month for the prompt.
- Create a piece of art inspired by the prompt.
- Post your art anytime during the month on Facebook and/or Instagram, using the hashtag #showusyourMEdia
- Full challenge rules are at the bottom of this post.
The Fourth Prompt
I am grateful for creativity. I always say that my art is not a hobby. It is a way of life. I am so grateful it and feel compelled to create. It is sustaining and healing. Note: I used a beeswax collage technique on this page. If you don't know how to do that, never fear. You can use gel medium to adhere the tissues and your page will look great. Here is what I made:
- 6x6 White Journal
- White gesso
- Acrylic paint in Sky, Sand, Turquoise, Night
- Stencils: Large Medieval Crosses
- Paint brushes
- Mini blending tool
- Collage Collective
- Ultra Thick Gel Medium
- Black Fudeball pen
- Collage Tissue, Blank
- Collage Tissue, Words
- Collage Tissue, Vintage & Sketches
- Stamp Set: Soul Whisperings
- Jet Black Archival
- Media Board
- Beeswax and Encaustic Iron
- Brother Label Maker
Quick description of what I did: Gesso pages, let dry. Use Sky and Sand paint to create a simple background with the Large Medival Crosses stencil. Stamp woman on collage tissue. Paint a piece of media board with some Turquoise paint. Use beeswax and an encaustic iron or gel medium to layer on stamped images and words from the Vintage & Sketches collage paper pack. Add collage pieces from the Collage Collective and even strings of burlap pulled from a Media Journal. Separate the canvas from the chipboard backing of the Media Board, and glue canvas to your prepared background in the White Journal. Use a Brother Label Maker to add a quote or journaling.
Challenge Rules Recap
I want to put the “me” back in mixed media. All art is personal, whether it be a card or an art journal page or a painting. Join me as we begin a series of monthly challenges and prompts that will fuel your creative spirit and help you delve into the ME of MEdia.
- We will announce monthly challenges on the Ranger blog on the first Wednesday of each month.
- Use at least one Dina Wakley Media product in your project. If your product is not obvious (like paint), please list the colors you used.
- You can make anything you like—a card, an art journal page, a tag, a canvas, anything!
- Interpret each challenge any way you like. You can be literal or you can use it as a springboard and see where it takes you. Let the challenge inspire you and stretch you.
- Try to journal on your piece. Write your thoughts about each prompt. You can write a little or you can write a lot, but do your best to incorporate your thoughts and feelings into the piece.
- When you complete a challenge, please share it on your blog and personal social media account(s) (Instagram/Facebook) with the tags #showusyourMEdia and #rangerink. When you share on your personal FB page, be sure to make the post public so that it shows up in our hashtag search. You can share in the art groups, too, but those posts don't show up in the searches if the groups are closed or private.
- We will do two random drawings each month for a prize. We will search the hashtag #showusyourMEdia on Instagram for one winner, and then on Facebook for the second winner. To be clear, you must use the hashtag #showusyourMEdia on either Instagram or Facebook in order to show up in the search and to be eligible to win. You have until the first Tuesday of each month to complete the previous month’s challenge.
- We will announce the previous month’s winner AND the new challenge on the first Wednesday of each month.
Note this challenge does not take the place of the monthly challenges we have in the Dina Wakley Media Tribe Facebook group. If you're not a member of the tribe, please join us! Artists in the group post lots of cool art and inspiration.
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