Week 1 Beacon of Light

Last week I showed the warm up project from Lifebook 2015 week 1.  Tamara Laporte always does a lot the first week and it usually takes me a couple of weeks to get the first week done.  Week 1 this year even has more then in previous years.

In the introduction Tam gave a synopsis of the first week...it is a lot!  
 1. An introductory video in which you get to meet myself and Gracie (please watch it, I go over some important Life Book related things).
2. A Guided Meditation (Releasing Fears/ Worries + Welcoming in the New)  
3. Art Bites for Newbies & Beginners
4. An introduction to Colour Theory  
5. A Warm Up Exercise  
6. A Main project (creating our Beacon of Light)

What I like best about Lifebook is that is more then a art course it is also using art to help you heal and find yourself.  Tam isn't a shrink or therapist so she warns you not to do the various projects if it might influence you negatively.   If you are interested in learning some art and having fun check it out at Lifebook 2015.   It is self paced and you can do as much or as little as you want to do.

Okay that said I would like to share the main lesson from week 1.  The Beacon of Light...

I really had some problems getting it to  photograph appropriately because of the shiny paints and glitter on her hair and dress.  

Making the head and face was really hard for me and it is a little off but hey I am new to this stuff and a work in progress as I like to say.  I love glitter and there is some glitter on the hair rays and on the left side of her dress.   I also used some Dylusions stamps on the background and Glossy Accents on the eyes and charms dangling from her hands.  I used mainly paints from Michaels, watercolor crayons and ink pads from Stampin' Up!, scrap papers from the bin.

Hope you like her!  If you like to see my warm up page see the previous post!

Summer of Color 4, Week 1

YAY!! Summer of Color 4 begins this week!  The first year Kristin started this there were only a few of us that participated in the fun but now it the 4th year it looks like more people then ever will be playing along.  The challenge is only 6 weeks long so it doesn't consume all your fun time summer hours and it gives you color challenges you might not think of putting together...like the one below. 

Week 1:

"The real fun begins! We'll be working with our first - of six - color palettes. Your prompt will include two main colors along with a Smudge, Splash or Pop of a third. As indicated last week, your goal will be to create anything you'd like using the combination of the 2 main colors and 1 accent color I assign. And whether you smudge, splash or have a pop of that third color on your piece is up to you. As always, you can create anything at all that you'd like, with color being the only stipulation. "

All the instructions for playing along can be found on Twinkle, Twinkle, Like a Star blog and you have a whole week to work on your project!  Go check it out and join in the fun!  In the warm up week Kristin gave all sort of ideas of things you can make so it isn't just painting, or multimedia stuff but jewelry, sewing etc.

I went up to my daughter Heather's house last night for a play night in her studio.  I took nothing with and just used what she offered up and oh my gosh she has a lot of things to play with!  I am not really into brights like above so I decided to go into the darker shades and hues and made this 11" x 14" piece.

I started off with an 11"x15" piece of cold pressed watercolor paper that I spritz with Dylusions Ink Spray in Pure Sunshine and Vibrant Turquoise and I set it aside to dry.  Next step was covering the entire page with a piece of the Tim Holtz tissue paper then I began to stencil and paint.  I don't remember who the stencil is made by but I love the flourishes.   Next I painted the vine and flowers and finished up with the pop of pink.   I was whining and complaining to Heather all evening about my being in such a hurry to get to the next step that I ended up smudging here and there but I don't care!  I like the way it turned out anyway!  Oh yeah...want to know what Heather made?

You need to link up with Heather on Facebook at Wayward Gypsy  and her Wayward Gypsy Etsy store.  Come play with with us and enjoy the challenge!  Like I said it is only 6 weeks and and there are a lot of talented people to interact with both on the Twinkle, Twinkle, Like a Star blog and on the Summer of Color Facebook page! 

Life Book 2012

I promised to share the finished journal page that I was making for my online art journaling class called Life Book 2012! The class is a little more then just an art class it is a class to celebrate me and who I am and my journey in life through my artistic endeavors. There is so much more then just making an art journal and an art class and I love the positive aspects that Tam and the others have built into the course. I feel it is an art therapy course helping me get in touch with who I am through art. A healing course. If you would like to join the class or just check out what I am talking about go to Life Book 2012 and see what it has to offer! It is a year long course so it isn't too late to join!

This class I learned how to sketch a 3/4 face and paint and highlight it. The words are meant to represent the positive qualities I possess. Tam said that we are all goddesses and these are our superpowers. Hope you like my page. I do!