Friday, January 31, 2014

"ACCIDENTAL" ART

Hi there!

This is a short post about a piece of art that I "accidentally" made.

I was working with melted wax (crayons actually). I was using a piece of orange paper to dab off the excess wax from the tools I was using. This went on for several weeks until I looked at the way the miscellaneous wax marks looked on the paper and I just had to frame and hang it.


There's just something about it that I like, especially the colors.

Have you ever made accidental art?

Best for now,
Deb

Wednesday, January 1, 2014

HAPPY 2014!! ... and ... try looking at your mixed media art using 3D glasses!

Hi bloggers. I know I've been away a long time. The holidays just messed with my mind and I just couldn't motivate myself to do anything in the art area ... other than make one card for the chiropractor, follow my usual favorite artist blogs, and stuff like that. I'm hoping that the next Christmas season is much better at the end of 2014!

I don't have any new art to show you this time, but I discovered something really cool that you might want to try ...

You know how mixed media art is done with layers of colors and textures? Well ... recently the children next door came over with a couple of pairs of 3D glasses, so we decided to put them on and look at my art on my walls.

It is really cool that, with the 3D glasses, you can actually see the layering on your mixed media art. It proves that mixed media layering truly is a form of 3D art!

Try it and let me know what you think. I was really amazed!

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Next time, I'll hopefully have some new art to show you. I've signed up for Creative Jump Start 2014 spearheaded by Natalie Kalbach (http://nathaliesstudio.com), so I should get my creative juices flowing again. It's not too late to sign up--for only $20! There are many hundreds of people from all over the globe participating. Check it out on Nathalie's website!

My best to you ... Deb