Stamps Ahead

Yesterday, the time had come to welcome 10 ladies to my Creative Canvas workshop. Please enjoy their beautiful and colourful work.  Rather than compress the photos I am giving them to you in all their glory.   I want to thank Laly Mille for her Art Soul Retreat back in July that has inspired me greatly. I have sent a thank you to her for this inspiration.  Want to know more about Laly why not check out her website   A big thank you also to the ladies who attended - for all this was a new creative experience - I hope that you enjoyed it as much as I did putting it all together for you.  Margaret and to quote Albert Einstein Creativity is intelligence having fun.

Day 3 of free on-line Artist Soul Retreat with Laly Mille.  I must say I was gob-smacked that I created this canvas "I'M AN ARTIST"  I even went shopping this morning and bought 2 tubes of Liquitex Acrylic Paint and a set of Liquitex Acrylic Iridescents!!  Laly's video was a demonstration of her making her canvas - so many ideas,  I have used some of the bits and pieces on my mood board (however, not the original elements as I glued them down and they are not moving for anyone) and new bits and pieces.  I did use a bit of stamping this time.  My focal point is a small piece of jeans denim with texture paste dot stencil - I used this on my Day 2 pieces and I loved it. And if you look top left you will see the Fortune Cookie I got yesterday - looking now with the white Posca pen around it - it looks 3D! Thank you for looking, Margaret and here is the quote Laly shared today  “ There is something delicious about writing the first words of a story. You nev...

Day 2 - Let's get painting!  Abstract painting, having fun painting.   We were to use the mood board we created on Day 1 to start the abstract painting process. Here is what I came up with and it is another longish post A set of 4 5" x 5" art pieces using watercolour paper.   I cut my paper from a 12" x 12" sheet so I had 4 2" strips left over - okay, Margaret use them as well today and here they are:  And here are all 8 pieces close up  I will admit I started with the smaller pieces first I have used Tim Holtz Idea-ology Quote Chips for the words I have used - I selected ones that I thought matched my process on Day 2 My mood board was the starting point - the finished result was a learning opportunity and I did have fun!  Laly's video was full of ideas that helped me to make these pieces.  There not perfect but hey that was not what I set out to achieve - I love the finished results. Thank you for looking,  and here is a quote that Lal...

I was awake early this morning ready to start the free Artist Soul Retreat over the next 4 days. It is an on-line retreat. Laly Mille is a Mixed Media Artist & Creative Guide from France. Day 1 - is a quest for inspiration "Grow your wings". We were encouraged to create a 'mood board'. A long post today. Firstly, in her introduction Laly requested "Let me call you an artist" - thank you Laly I accept your invitation.  Her video takes you though how to create your mood board. I will share with you some of the process I went though in my selection of what to include I have always liked colour and even though I wear a lot of black I always ensure that colour is included - it could be a scarf, a top, a wrap. Yesterday, my sister and I went to Taking Shape clothing outlet near us and I purchased a cardigan - see top left on the right hand side.  I loved the pattern and the buttons.  I used this as the starting point for my choices. Before Kaszazz (an Australi...