Crusade No. 36

One of my favorite cyber friends (Michelle Ward) has a fun thing going over at he web site.

Every month-ish she posts a fun project to do that is creative, inspiring and fun!

Join in on the fun at:

http://michelleward.typepad.com/how_cool_is_that/

I only compleated 1/2 the project this time but hey...1/2 is always better than nothing at all!

I will have the 2nd 1/2 to do on another day.

I do plan on painting, stenciling and journaling with my snow flakes, I just love Michelles idea!

 

Art Journaling Super Nova - I'm giving it a try!

My Friend Julie's newest online workshop experience entitled,

Art Journaling Super Nova

is comprised of two parts.

You may purchase one of the parts or both; whichever topic interests you the most!

http://lostluggage.typepad.com/the_land_of_lost_luggage/art-journaling-super-nova-is-here-register-now.html

Art Journaling Super Nova Promo Video from Julie Prichard on Vimeo.

And...

have a great hair day! Bec

Layer Love Lesson 1

This is the result of lesson 1 and my first "Layer Love" painting

Visit my good friend Julie's blog: http://lostluggage.typepad.com/the_land_of_lost_luggage/

This is a really good on line workshop and is done so well!

We're going to do so many projects, I think 9 all together!

Very worth it!

I enjoyed Julie's process and by the time I finished my first painting I was excited to do another one right away! I didn't because I was so tired from my long day!

Things I noticed while I was painting...

Messy placement is a good thing.

Catching the paint at just the right time for texture and scratches is harder than I thought.

My perfectionism wasn't raising it's critical head this time...Wonder why? I think it's because I was "getting it"!

The Windson Newton acrylices I have are transparent and beautiful!

"Layer Love" I think I get you!

Have a great "Layer Love" and hair day!

It's Prom Time! AND My California Trip!

Saturday was prom in our area. I can hardly believe how many girls got their hair and make-up done! We had 37 young divas come into the salon!

Judging by this, I don't see signs of a bad economy here!

I didn't get a chance to get pictures of some of the girls who were getting their hair done but

I thought I'd show you a few pictures of an up-do I did on my mannequin for a display.

Doing up-do's puts me into the same creative mode that drawing or sculpting does. It's intuitive and and in most cases can't be repeated twice! I've tried to take step by step pictures of my hair creations so I could try to reproduce a look but for some reason I still can't get it to ever look the same again! That's' OK because that makes for one of a kind hair do's for proms and weddings!

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FRIDAY April 24th is the day

That I've been waiting for for months!

My son Sean and I are heading out early Friday to San Diego. When we get there we will rent a car, get checked in to our hotel then head on over to the baseball stadium to see the Padres play!

Then the next day I'm gong to meet up with my friend Julie who I met last year on the Internet via Michelle Wards GreenPepperPress Street Team. We have never met in person so I am so super excited to finally do just that! The two of us are going up for a two day art party at Suzi Blu's house by the beach! Two blissful days of painting and creating eating, and what ever we come up with!

While I'm having fun at the art party Sean is gong to do his own thing. He'll drive around and see what he can see, lay on the beach, go on a boat ride, what ever he decides he wants to do!

Art Journaling

I found a new Yahoo group, that seems pretty neat...so I joined it. I am ready for a new challenge. Something to stimulate my mind, my creativity and my soul. In a positive way I might add, thank you very much!

Blah, blah, blah. Blah blah blah blah blah, blah. You know what I mean, don't you? :-)

I decided to start with the new Soul Journal prompt called:

Soul Journal - Instant Gratification

http://www.collagediva.com/Site/Kathryns_Blog/Entries/2008/9/2_Soul_Journaling_-_Instant_Gratification_Exercise.html

The link above is the tutorial I followed if you'd like to go and give it a try too.

This is what I came up with

At the time I was in the "mood" all I had with me is my black pen and sketch pad. I'd like to try it with collage and color next time.

I love the looks of this style of art journal-ing.

How fun is that!

Have a great hair day! Becci