CHRISTMAS ADVENT BOOK 2020

 Here are two pages from this year's book that I created for Kasia's Everything Art 12 Days of Advent.  Lots of fingerpainting - my favorite technique:

PINK CONCERTINA BOOK

 Characters were inspired by Lana Guerra's artwork:

KAREN STAMPER STYLE PAINTING

Acrylic, gesso and charcoal -

KATE THOMPSON'S FANCY LASSIES CLASS - LINDSEY

STABILO MINI PORTRAIT

Created this quick portrait from information given in a free class from Kara Bullock:  Kara Bullock Art Studio

AN ABSTRACT COLLAGE

SMALL WATERCOLOR JOURNAL

Front Cover

Image is from Dyan Reaveley's new collage sheet collection - front frame is sprayed rice paper with white Gelly Roll pen inked borders.

MEDIUM-SIZED WATERCOLOR JOURNAL

Front Cover

Tim Holtz sticker from his large snarky phrase collection with peace sign tokens on binding cord.

ART THERAPY - RECYCLED ART INTO A JOURNAL

A unique time in history as Coronavirus moves across the country - daily press briefings from the Whitehouse with some as long as two hours; shelter-in-place orders from many state governments including the state I live in, Michigan; school closings for the rest of the school year - today is only April 3 - schools won't open again till fall; few people in stores and on the roads; people wearing surgical gloves and face masks to go out at all; six-feet social distancing to walk down the sidewalks.  During all this, I've kept busy cleaning out closets and sorting through art supplies. Came across some items I decided to utilize to create three art journal covers - will fill them with journal pages at a later date.  So many artists offering free classes as they, too, are not leaving their homes except to restock their pantries with food and paper goods.  With all the free classes to take advantage of, it should be an easy task to fill these three journals in no time and take a break from all-day-long virus updates on the news.  Time to switch off the news, bring out the art supplies, and turn on the music:

LYDIA RINK STYLE COLLAGE

I finally finished this collage that I started a long time ago and had no idea where to go from my initial starting point.  That is until I discovered Lydia Rink.  I love how she uses magazines and cut out letters in her collages.  Here's my finished product - size 12" x 12":

DINA WAKELY STYLE ACCORDIAN BOOK

Finally used some Dina stamps, stencils and ephemera:

ANIMAL ANTICS CLASS PAPERS - TRACY VERDUGO

My first tries: