It Takes A Village: Mixed-Media

 Recently, I completed a canvas of a village and liked the look and decided to do another, larger village. 16"x 20" 1.5" raised canvas using, paper, acrylic, pen and ink. I started with 2"x 6" strips of paper but decided it was too busy when finished - so once again, I painted over the entire canvas and made the field work with larger blocks of color - much better. I used paint with stamps, templates and a roller plus the side of an old credit card to achieve the look I was wanting. I love to shadow with ink and water brushes and I was busy shadowing the entire piece.

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Fly - Fly - Fly: Mixed-Media

I just finished this 8" x 8" canvas -- it's looks pretty effective hanging on the wall.

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Gallery showing

Allied Arts of Bellingham (Washington) has a month long (March 6th to 30th) membership gallery exhibit and my Folk Art Flower #3 is on display. If you are in Bellingham for the month of March go check it out -- we are a community of artists and this show is a wonderful showcase of the art pieces created by our city's artists. 1418 Cornwall in Bellingham.

Wanna Play? Easy as 1-2-3-4

ONE: Blank Canvas

TWO: Box of 64 Crayons

THREE: Hair Dryer

FOUR: Create Art

I would need to find a blank wall to showcase my creation.

That might be harder than making the masterpiece.

(another Pinterest find to try someday)

Much of the beauty that arises in art comes from

the struggle an artist wages with his limited medium.

-Henri Matisse

If you find yourself with an hour to spare, check out the PBS program, Independent Lens: Between the Folds (available on Netflix's instant play).  It's beautiful to watch, listen to the passion of the artists and be amazed with a single piece of paper.