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Dreams make the perfect subject matter for collaging; their surreal (unreal) quality can give you a great jumping-off point for creating art. Why bother collaging your dreams (or nightmares)? Well, a seemingly random series of images coming together in our mind to form events that don’t initially make sense, might suddenly if we […] Today I’d like to share some thoughts with you about another one of my latest journal pages, “Country Sunshine”, which was named in part by the cheerful country tune made popular by Dottie West. Late last year while taking a workshop in Arnprior, I enjoyed trading stories with another student about country music’s role […] There’s a popular myth out there that states only some of us have the “natural” ability to be creative. My Aunt always laments that her daughter doesn’t have a “natural” talent for making art like me; this never fails to irk me. I firmly believe that although we may not have all […] Hello! It’s been nice to take a break from blogging to concentrate (almost) exclusively on producing works for my upcoming Atrium Gallery show. Some of my friends thought I was away on vacation, but no such luck! I was here in my subterranean studio slogging away collaging! It was exciting, nevertheless, to delve into […] A Secret, Mixed Media/Collage ATC Folding Book (Cover), May 2011 Last month, Wendy Southin won a chance to trade an Artist Trading Card (ATC) with me and I was elated! Although we’ve been part of the same ATC group for a couple of years now, we’ve never actually traded cards. You see instead […] Princess in the Making, Mixed Media Journal Page, April 29 2011 Well, I was all set to give you my next tip on collaging textures, when my good friend, Elaine Coombs, emailed me to ask what I thought of the Royal Wedding … excited by sharing my thoughts with her, my left brain […] Untitled, Collage Journal Page, February 11, 2011 Yesterday, I gave a visual journaling workshop at my friend/artist Wendy Southin’s studio: Dragonfly Dreams. Here’s a fun exercise we tried using recycled bits of material from our daily lives to create journal pages. This method was derived from the work of twentieth century German Dada* […] Untitled, Mixed Media Journal Page, November 27 2009 Here are a few exciting ways to play with text and numbers in your collage and mixed media art:
1. Create text using “chance”: cut out words from newspapers, magazines or books. Place them in a bag and […] As I prepare for another Vision Board Workshop, I’m sitting here thinking how wonderful creating art with a group of passionate creative souls is. Although I enjoy the company of others, for a long time, I preferred to create art alone; it took me a long while to find artists groups I enjoyed being […] Crichton Cultural Community Centre, 200 Crichton Street One of the Centre’s spacious classrooms
Another view of the classrooms with my hubby Kevin The CCCC provides a great atmosphere for creating art!
Me waiting for you at the CCCC! […] |
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