Week #3 ATC Workshop...

I enjoyed this weeks lessons. All the techniques were comfortable for me to produce. Actually they were effortless. Usually when something is effortless for me I become very board with it and I don't want to do it . I never feel bored doodling on pictures.!

This first technique is called "Magazine Papers". Tearing out magazine pictures and then cutting them up and drawing & doodling on them is the idea for this.

I cut out face parts from different ladies and glued them back together in the normal face order but as you can see this is not normal looking! It's WILD! I didn't add extra drawing on this ATC so you could see a before of this idea.

Above, I cut up the magazine picture then I glued it back together in a semi weaved pattern then drew and doodled on her for the finished ATC.

The second technique was the same idea as the first one except this time we added gesso over the top of the magazine picture or photo then drew on top of that. It gives it a misty surreal effect that I really like!

This is the original picture. My good friend Daisy is the beautiful lady in this picture!

And this is Daisy altered.

Magazine pic original.

Magazine pic finished.

Magazine picture finished. I for got to scan in the original ...Oh well.

The third technique was interesting. It's done with Never-Dull. You know, the metal polish that's in a can and you tear off a tuft of cotton stuff?

After finding my image from the magazine and gluing it to my ATC card stock I used Elmer's glue to trace, doodle, dot, dash etc. onto the picture. When the glue was dry I used the Never-Dull and rubbed over the picture. The dried glued stayed there but the toner from the magazine was blurred and or removed depending on how long I rubbed it. The effect is interesting and gives a very nice textured effect for a background.

I tore up red and black magazine pieces and glued them to my card. Then I "dotted" the glue over that. I used the Never-dull just to the point that the toner was almost gone. Traces of the original colors still there

Here I kind of striped the glue on to my background image. I think it kinda resembles an American flag but it originally wasn't that at all! I like how this ATC turned out, so00oo creative I must say! HA!

Week # 2 for my Cyber Sapce ATC Workshop

I wasn't as excited about this week...so I thought! When I got my stuff all together I began creating the lessons and as usual I could hardly make myself stop! I do eventually stop though, physically but not mentally. I go to bed and my mind still throbs with ideas! I absolutely love my bed and sleeping so even thought I'm coming up with tons of great ideas, I wouldn't ever think of getting out of bed to act on any of them! NO WAY!

Anyway, here's some examples of lesson #2.

First we did what's called the "Leafing Pen Resist" technique. We used a metallic pen made by Krylon. It's actually some kind of 18kt. gold leaf. Well, the gold one is anyway. I guess the silver pen is silver leaf but they also make a red one so I wonder what that is?

The gold doesn't show up very pretty on the computer screen like it does in real life. But, I like these cards. For the Angel and cat card I first I drew the sun with the leafing pen and then I water colored over it. The paint won't cover the leafing pen so this is why the technique must be called "relief".

Above is another example of a this technique finished...quite a few months ago I was doodling while talking on the phone ( go figure)and I came up with lady who has a bit of a "deco" flair.

And this is my little sister and me in the early 60's...ahhh, how sweet!


Below are a few examples of un-finished backgrounds using the "Leafing Pen Resist" technique.

Above is stamped with a textured rubber stamp.

I used the red Leafing Pen. It's not very shiny but still looks pretty neat

The second technique is called "Inky Layers".

I "inked" up layers of a different varieties of papers that I collage to an ATC background card. I rubbed ink with a couple of colors from my rubber stamp pads into the layers with a paper towel and then smudged here and there with my fingers to get some depth and a somewhat (controlled) distressed look to the background.

Below is the background,

And this is the finished ATC below...

Again below is the background

and this is the finished ATC...

The creature in this ATC is actually a picture of one of John and my one of a kind sculpted art dolls that we make. I have a link posted at the top of my blog here if you'd like to check it out...

And now the 3rd technique is using stencils.

I think you're getting the idea now about me showing you the background (above)

and then the finished ATC card (below).

But in the 2 examples below I didn't make a finished card for them so0o0o...

Stencils were not my favorite technique but it might have had something to do with it being very late and I was tired! It was messy and sloppy and that can drive me nuts! I'm a bit of a perfectionist and the tiniest little mess up makes me borderline compulsive till I get it cleaned up or fixed up. I love the look of disorder in art I see. This style really really thrills my soul but doing it or living in it makes me paralized till it's taken care of!

ATC ( Artist Trading Card) Workshop we are Cyber Space Pioneers!

I 'm in a Yahoo Group called "Artists of the Round Table". This is a group of artists who create in all kinds of different media. We started an on-line workshop following the book written by Bernie Berlin called "Artist Trading Card Workshop". We are as a group, starting at the very beginning and will do each project in Bernie's book. There are all kinds of different techniques in her book that she teaches and I'm very excited to be a part of this work shop! After the workshop is complete and all projects are done we will get a completion certificate signed by Bernie! YEA!!! I think there a 100 people who are participating and the workshop had to be reluctantly closed because it was just getting too big for the moderators to handle!
Here is my first lesson completed:

Above are watercolors randomly dripped on to a baby wipe.

This is the finished ATC using the colored baby wipe.

This next ATC technique is called "Intuitive Water color ". The idea here was to randomly drip water colors onto the paper and when it's dry see what kind of shapes I can see then outline the shape with a pen, kinda like looking at clouds and finding faces and such in them...

The 3rd technique was to drip water color on to a paper towel, let it dry then tear it up and apply it to the ATC card for an interesting background. I like this technique because of the great texture it gives to the feel of the card.

Here is an example of one the I used a rubber stamp on and one I did collage on:

I have really really enjoyed this project! There isn't very many groups near me that like to do this kind of stuff, I do have a 2 friends and 1 group I enjoy but as we all know it's hard to get together with work and family and resting (that's important too!) So anyway, I'm thinking how lucky we are to be pioneers in this Internet group idea! Chances are we may never meet physically but we have all met and are becoming good friends of "like mind" in mind and spirit,which after all is what I'm thinking is what we will be takein' with us when we die! WOW! Cyber Space Pioneer, NEAT thought! :-)

Have a great hair day! Becci

Attitude

There once was a woman who woke up one morning, looked in the mirror, and noticed she had only three hairs on her head!
"Well," she said, "I think I'll braid my hair today." So she did and she had a wonderful day.

The next day she woke up, looked in the mirror and saw that she had only two hairs on her head.

"H-M-M," she said, "I think I'll part my hair down the middle today."
So she did and she had a grand day.

The next day she woke up, looked in the mirror and noticed that she had only one hair on her head.

"Well," she said, "Today I 'm going to wear my hair in a pony tail." So she did and she had a fun, fun day.

The next day she woke up, looked in the mirror and noticed that there wasn't a single hair on her head.

"YEAH!" she exclaimed, "I don't have to fix my hair today!"

Attitude is everything.

Have a great hair day! Becci