tgif {made papers}

love....

#ido

a little polka dot magic close up.

tgif.

xo. kristin

finished piece {class}

i can hardly explain how much fun i had at class last weekend....this is my finished piece. 

it is basically some of the various papers i made; a scribble of black stabilo pencil spritzed with water, and some scratchy doodles of a regular pencil.

amen.

happy thursday.

xo, kristin

class {weekend}

so this past weekend i was the pupil. and what a treat! we made stamps and tinted papers on friday. above is one of the stamps i made.

and i am just gonna say.....love it!

then, on saturday we made papers. and made papers. papers.

did i tell you that we made papers?!....oh- cuz we made papers. i came home with a stack of papers that i cannot wait to use. (in fact, i think i feel a cold coming on....maybe i better stay home....)

so above and below are a portion of my papers i made.

and the studio space we worked in........aaaaahmazing! it is filled with her art and these totally adorable little gardens.

there is just cool stuff there.....fabulous art to look at, lovely plants, interesting and colorful mixed yarn blankets, a pile of art books and this wonderful pillow below, and windows to die for.

simply said, a wonderful space to create.

below was our instructor Jennifer Stone. 

she is the best. great demos and explanations and plenty of help while you are working to keep you on track and be successful!

thank you Jennifer for the best weekend!

xo. kristin

class-time {pupil}

there is something about packing up your art supplies preparing to go to class isn't there?!.....it is hard though, because don't you just want to pack everything? i take my favorites and undoubtedly think, oh, i what i need is this- 

and that is for sure back at the studio. and there you are..... 

but, for the sake of the positive side, it forces you to sometimes try other options that you may not have otherwise chosen. and thus, pushing you outside of your comfort zone; forcing you to learn.

and grow as an artist.

this class i am taking is about making stamps and creating papers. 

the stamps above are the instructor's stamps- and they are wonderful!! she said that we could borrow anything to use, but, one stamp says if you don't return you will die. 

not sure i want to tempt fate, but.......i am just saying...maybe she wouldn't miss just one. 

cannot wait to see what we are going to do today.....

happy saturday. 

xo. kristin

gelli printing....paper stacking

i played in the studio with my gelli plate this week. painting, layering, printing, stacking.....

 what i have discovered is that i really like to print on patterned paper. do you have scrapbook paper that you no longer use?.....(come on....i know you do! i have a ton!!) so, get it out and print onto that.

see this light green paper with the swirls in this corner? i liked it when i bought it; still like it, but, am probably not going to use it. so i gelli printed onto it! and now i really love it because it is painted, and, i can still see the pattern. now i will cut it up to put into something else. you can see i will print onto almost anything....scrapbook paper, newspaper, deli paper, and below....patterned envelopes.

Roben-Marie was the one who turned me onto looking through the junk mail for cool patterned envelopes. like i needed one more paper thing to collect....but, i do love them! i also printed into my art journal to use as backgrounds for other drawings and what have you....check these out below.

 while printing in my art journal, i was working on multiple pages and discovered that if i used plastic 3-ring dividers that i could put those between the pages and keep working and printing. they work great and the pages won't stick together.

once you start printing you can end up with a stack of papers....i have been cutting mine up and using some of them to put in other art, like my bird below....

see my arrows? both of those paper strips are gelli printed patterned paper that i cut up to use with this painting. i also did a little sewing add texture and interest. i then, used ink to paint in the sewing and washi tape to distinguish the head.