Tuesday Tickles

I little creative humor for you today.   Brought to you by thelovequotes.net via PINTEREST.

hugs of love, KimB

A New Technique for Me.

 Its called the Dutch Pour.  I have no clue who named it but I found it this morning on my Instagram.  Then searched youtube.  Wala!!  Best I can tell it came from @Rinske Douna.  I love the technique's simplicity.  These are 5x7 Michaels value canvas.

You should really check out Rinske's youtube channel.

Sorry for the shadows, amazingly the west sun was super bright at that moment.

Just poured, hope all stays as is during dry time.

Of course I had to do my favorite color combo too.

Excited to do a big canvas next!

Have a great week!

Hugs of love, KimB

Saturday Fun Day

YEA!  The weekend finally arrived.  Man-o-man I didn't think it would ever arrive.  I don't know but it was a tough week for me.  So when I finally got the chance to play, I went for it.

I wanted some inspiration though, mainly because I feel like I get in a rut with colors.  So PINTEREST and BING became my friend Friday evening.

These are such happy colors to me.

So excited they are still trending.

The next step of course is usually to determine a technique to use.  At least that's my process.  Only this time I wanted to do some product experiments.  These experiments were with Dollar Tree canvas!  Yep Dollar Tree!  Henry and I went out a few days before and bought out our local Dollar Tree of all their canvas.  I picked up 10 8x10, 10 5x7 and 3 3packs of 4x6 canvas boards.

Now these bargains were doubtful at first glance.  As I prepped them with taped backs and thumb tacks I noticed the canvas was really lose, not pulled taught at all.  My hubs even noticed it could be a problem.  I was betting on the paint pulling things tight as they dried.  Guess what...….I was right. So hit up your local Dollar Tree for a budget friendly canvas option.

This was my first pour of the experiment.  I did this one on one of the 5x7 Dollar Tree canvas.

It turned out great!  I still need to seal all of these after they cure a while.  These are all also

the first time I've utilized smaller canvas.  So I was totally impressed how fast they dried. Note these Dollar Tree canvas are only about 1/2" thick which I thought be an issue but really should frame nicely.

My next step was the canvas boards.  These are 4x6.  Yes, they warped no more than the pricier boards.

I just putting them face down with a misting on the back side and some weight.  Tomorrow I should know if they flatten out nicely like the more expensive boards.

Still with the $1 canvases.  These are 5x7 and since everything was going so well I decided to practice my balloon smash.

They turned out OK in a minimalist way, still not what I want though.  My goal is get the smash so lush that they look a lot like dahlias or another chrysanthemum..

5x7 play... I really love these colors.

So the feather technique on 5x7 canvas.  Hubs walked in right before and was all, 'you should use that excess paint that runs off, such a waste"  Hmmm how without being muddy?  So I just went for it. Dipped the canvas face down.  Pulled up a hot mess, but the color was kind of a nice peachy color that as you see, I couldn't duplicate exactly lol.

This is just a pour over a previous pour (jelly fish that spread too much).

I was just trying to use up the mixed paint effectively so I did a swipe.

Again, I love these summery colors they make me Happy!

So get out there and explore the possibilities!

Have fun!

Hugs of love, KimB

 

Art Wonderings

It takes a lot of courage for many of us to admit and accept that we are Artist.  I know I struggled to accept the fact I was an Artist.  I just always thought of myself as a crafter, a maker or a doer.  Ever since I can remember I have always wanted to create.  It never matter what it was, just so long as I created.

When I was a child I can recall making my mother a gift.  It was a tracing of Chip from Disney's Chip and Dale.  I traced it from a coloring book onto a piece of wood roofing shingle, because that is what I had access to at the time.  I then painted with some tempera pains left over from a paint by number kit.  Wala!  a perfect gift for Mom.  She still proudly displays this painting to this day (50+/-yrs later).

I bounce back and forth between all types of creativity.  Cooking, sewing, quilting, crochet, knitting, scrapbooking, mixed media, painting tutorials, original paintings, acrylic pour painting, alcohol inks, repurposing things, restoring stuff, you name it I've probably dabbled in it at one time or another.  I also use art journals quite a bit.  In fact, I had several then decided I would make multiple journals at the same time.  My goal is to have at least one Art Journal for each of my grandchildren to inherit when the time comes.  I want to pass my passion for creativity to them.  Now, don't get me wrong I'm in no hurry to go anywhere except maybe Texas or Tennessee.  In fact, I would prefer to live forever provided I was able bodied and clear thinking.  (laugh with me folks)  I just got to thinking one day since they came to be later in my life, I may leave their live before they become adults.  They may not remember me so much later in their life if that's the case, so this would be a great way to give them a strong impression of who their Nana was and what she was like.

I have noticed I create when I'm happy!  I used to create to be happy.  I guess it really doesn't matter which happens first just so long as I create and find happiness within.  I hope each of you are happy, truly happy within.  Its a hard task to accomplish sometimes but keep at it and keep practicing.

Hugs of love, Kim B

Tuesday Tickles

I am going to try to create a flow of traffic to this blog.  For example we are going to experiment with Tuesday Tickles.  What is Tuesday Tickles you ask! 

I am so glad you ask, Tuesday Tickles will be a short but funny post of one kind or another.  Maybe I'll share a meme I found particularly funny, or a picture or quick story.  Suggestions are welcome just direct message me and you'll get the credit you desire!  I know some really funny people so I'll expect some feedback.

The first ever Tuesday Tickle is......thanks for etting me share Kristi.

Hugs of love with a big laugh

KimB

Heavy Pour on Chipboard

So I mentioned yesterday I would get back to you on the chipboard pour.  I keep my promises (mostly).   I had a really hard time leaving this thing alone yesterday.  I kept checking on it like maybe it could grow wings and fly off or something.  It did dry nicely though over night.  Not any great movement in the pour.  Very little warping of the chipboard, which REALLY surprised me.  I was expecting a very distorted piece of hot mess this morning.

This is the original pour.

Now this one is the dried version.  It will look

much better with a varnish.

I also played a little with left over paint by pouring 

onto these plate chargers from Dollar Tree.

As you might imagine they are still very wet.  I accidentally drug my shirt tail

through the silver one when I was reaching over it a minute ago.

I am beginning to question if they will ever dry.  stay tuned.

That's all I really have for you today.  Oh, I also pulled my Alcohol inks out and played on some YUPO paper yesterday.  It's a new way to play with those.  I want to play around some more before sharing that little experiment.

Ya'll have a great week.  I'll talk to you later.

Hugs of love, KimB

Simple can be a struggle sometimes.

The End...of a challenging week!  Finally!

So its not that I work a demanding job anymore but darn it, life can feel so demanding sometimes.  Anyway, all's well that end's well, right!

I wanted to create so many times this week but either there was no time or I was just so tired.  I did make a lot of notes for future post, so I am going to count that as some creation.

Hubs asked for a canvas pour that would match as close as possible to his drum kit.  I tacked that today.  His plan is to use it as a back drop for some drum sticks he wants to save.  I personally think the sticks will get lost in the pattern but that's still to be determined.  Take a look, let me know what you think.

A shot of his bass drum

My painting to compliment the drums 

I really liked how the black, white, grey and silver poured.  My original thought was tree ring pour but then I didn't want the circular pattern.  I settled on a side to side motion to achieve the patterned strips, easy peasy.

With a that done I had a whole lot of the black and white mixture left over, so I tried a flower again with the B&W as the center and then a dirty pour tree ring action over a plastic bottle using the rainbow colors.

Below is what came of that plan.  It wasn't too bad but just had no actual attraction so I flicked some silicone stuff over it to create the cells, now we got some interest.

I still had a load of the B&W mix so I did another pour with the red/orange/yellow as the center.  The B&W mix was then used over the plastic bottle bottom for a flower attempt. This was done on the 12x12 chipboard.  It will be the most paint I've attempt on this stuff, fingers crossed it works out ok.  I will report back on this tomorrow after it's had a bit of time to dry.

Well folks, that's really all I have today.  Not really exciting or anything but there is always tomorrow!  Have a great weekend!

Hugs of love, KimB