tgif {with pink glitter}

tgif to you; sprinkled with pink glitter

feel the raw canvas {no gesso}

from the earth- she would grow

they will all grow

colorful

with glitter 

xo. kristin

faces {private lesson}

it is really about pushing outside of the comfort zone.

create interest.

pencil. pen. paint.

push and pull of dry to wet and back again.

nobody is perfect.

photo-realism?! 

less detail. more imagination.

always about the color.

black. white. balance.

bravery. 

outside comfort zone.

xo. kristin

simplicity {rolodex}

simplicity. rolodex card.

gesso

washi tape

quinacrindone/ nickel azo gold

payne's grey

deli paper scrap

happiness.

xo. kristin

tgif

tgif.

just in case you need some love today.

#foundheart

xo. kristin

otherside {art journal}

otherside.

layered.

collaged.

painted.

ridiculousness. 

xo. kristin

colorlust {art therapy}

in there somewhere.

layers.

paint.

collage papers.

words.

scratched and peeled.

ridiculousness.

abandonment for any rules.

xo. kristin

composition {tgif}

stuffs. thrillride. weapons of mass creation.

tgif.

happy weekend to you.

xo. kristin

butterick {art journal}

details. 

layered collage and acrylic paint. stabilo pencil over the letters.

thank you Butterick for your complex patterns with many pieces.

happy wednesday.

xo.kristin

push & pull {second one}

this was the second card yesterday. the first one.....yikes- just needs to be thrown away. seriously.

i can't decide if i just was in a funk, or if overall, i was just off due to the nature of the day. our last child graduated and as we were sitting in the gym, i was thinking how only 5 years earlier we sat in the same gym with our oldest graduating. we will be empty-nesters and although i am excited to be at this point, i felt emotional last night....so silly. our kids all have a plan, but, now what the heck do we do? we have lived where we live in the past due to our work and kids. now my husband doesn't work close to here and the kids have all graduated....so if the good Lord is speaking to me, he needs to speak louder- apparently my hearing isn't as good as it was.

xo. kristin

tgif {finger painting}

tgif.

when the fingers are so good.

xo. kristin

alcohol reduction {green}

green. colorlust.

• masking tape
• several types of washi tape
• collage paper
• green gold 
• teal
• quinacridone/ nickel azo gold hi flo acrylic
• alcohol

glue. tape. paint. small pool of alcohol. wipe.

xo. kristin