In the Dark

I was feeling rusty . . . so, started out with a quick study.  Felt good.
Linda

Red Hat Girl

Spent the last week up in the Bay Area visiting a dear friend.  We were on the go most of time but we did find time to paint one day.
Linda

Altered Playing Cards

Another mixed media project I am working on is "altered playing cards".  I took a deck of cards (I chose flash cards as they are a bit larger than regular playing cards) - so, 52 cards, 52 weeks of the year.  Each week I am embellishing a card - with stencil, drawing, writing, painting - whatever I am inspired to do at that particular moment.  Mine seems to be turning out to be a mini-diary. Hopefully, looking back at the deck, I will remember some special moments of 2015.
Linda

Mixed Media Book

I did an online class of Donna Downey's (mixed media artist from North Carolina) - you make a book out of muslin fabric.  Believe it or not, you cover the muslin with joint compound (normally used with drywall).  Then you add whatever stencils, inks, image transfers or writing that you wish.  I transferred my own images.  Super fun book to make.  Here are a couple of my pages:

Beach Girl

Another figure at the beach with a fabulous red hat!
Linda

Beach Girls

I have a friend who is moving away from the beach to an area near Sacramento.  Since she has lived most of her adult life at the beach, I wanted to give her a painting for her new house - but wanted it to be a beach scene.  So, this was first attempt . . . (similar to one I have done before).

and then I did a second one . . .

Mixed Media Workshop

Last weekend I took a mixed media workshop from Donna Downey - a well known mixed media artist who lives in North Carolina.  She has a great sense of humor and the class was relaxed and great fun.  We took a 16x20 canvas and stenciled all over it.  Then we painted with our FINGERS and let whatever layers peak through.  My end result is a little "funky" and very different from my usual paintings, but I had a grand time creating it.
Linda