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WW Art Collaboration - The Motion of the Ocean.

Posted by Joanna , Labels: , , , , , , , , , Wednesday, 22 May 2013 5:05 pm

You might remember that us girls in the 
WW Facebook Group
are taking part in an art collaboration
(I blogged about it HERE).

Well I have just finished doing my bit
to Sam's card, which she has given the theme,
"The Motion of the Ocean".

(click on the pic for a bigger image)
Sam did the first layer (at the bottom of
the 8"x10" card) - I really like the text background,
aqua colours and cute little 'bubbling' fishies.
She also started a couple of 
meandering trails of teeny-tiny fishies.

So, then it came to my layer.

I carried on with similar colours,
and painted pearlised paint over sequin 
waste, and then painted fine glitter glue 
through the sequin waste too, 
adding some shimmer.
I stuck on a fish postage stamp, 
added bigger bubbles, 
some 'found' text saying,
"When the whispering had finished 
the fish swam away", 
and continued Sam's trails of
teeny-tiny fishes, although mine are green.

Susie has received it, 
I wonder what she'll
do for her layer?

I now have Carmen's Edgar Allan Poe 
inspired card to be working on.  
She and Sam have already done their 
layers and they're brilliant.  

I am somewhat intimidated :/

XXX

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What's Rocking My World This Friday (late)!

Posted by Joanna , Labels: , , , , , , Sunday, 19 May 2013 6:50 pm


The time has come to put together
a list of all the good and positive 
things from the week that's just passed.

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Rosie Mae.
Following another trip to the vets
we agreed to take her off her
medication and see how she does.
The tablets were making her sluggish
and she was lacking the va-va-voom
that made her Rosie Mae.  She hasn't
had any more fainting spells, but then 
neither has she had the joie-de-vivre 
that previously inspired her mad 
five minutes racing round the garden.

Grant and I took her out for a run
yesterday and she was like a puppy!
She looked so happy, running in
the grass and wallowing in the stream.
She jumped into the boot of the car
like she had springs on her paws!


I am convinced that we have done the 
right thing for her.

*
I won a prize from Cowling and Wilcox
on Facebook :)
Sketchbook, paintbrushes, paints,
sketching pencil and a bag for
it all to go in.

I did a Snoopy Happy Dance!

*
The extension grows, oh-so-slowly
(can you tell I am oh-so-NOT patient!).


Apparently, by this time next week the roof
tiles will be on and the windows will be in :)

*
Hope and I enjoyed a trip to IKEA.
She wanted some (VERY BIG) picture frames 
for her bedroom, and I wanted to have a 
look at the 'Billy' bookshelves and doors.  


I have now ordered them online, and 
they will be going in my conservatory studio.  
All the old hotch-potch of furniture will be
 coming out and neat and tidy and streamlined 
(and very organised) furniture will be going in.

I've got to have a brutal clear out and 
repaint the walls first (dove grey, I think),
and as they're being delivered next 
Friday I'm going to be busy busy busy!

*
We visited our friends, Jan and Brian,
who moved recently.
It was lovely to see them and listen
to their plans for their new house
(a really interesting building, converted
from the old village hall).

*
WW Facebook Group.
I love you girls.

*
Small Cat deigned to come and sit
on our bed last night, while we were reading -
the first time since we collected her 
8 months ago.  She was only there for
10 minutes or so, but at least she tried.

*
I have counted the number of days I have
left to work at school.

15.

Apparently I'm not being replaced.
I've decided to not take that as an indication
that I don't do any work, but more of
an appreciation that I am irreplaceable :D

(In reality, I suspect that it was a 
budgetary decision).

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That's about it for today.
I'll leave the link to this post with
Virginia, and later I'll catch up with the
other Rockettes to find out what's been
good for them this week.

I hope you have a great week next week!

XXX


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Gypsies, Tramps and Thieves Swap

Posted by Joanna , Labels: , , , , , , , , Wednesday, 15 May 2013 6:30 pm

Jewels, Lenna and I
have been swapping again :)
 Jewels came up with another
fab theme - using the song sung by Cher
"Gypsies, Tramps and Thieves."


Bring back memories?!

So, the swap was for a postcard and
Mail Art using this theme as inspiration.
We also had to use a technique that we
hadn't used before.

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This is what I did....


I used an image from The Graphics Fairy
and printed it out onto fabric from the computer
(that's the 'new technique' box ticked!).
I know you will probably all have done this,
and do it all the time, every day maybe.
But I have never done this before, and
in case there is someone else out there that
hasn't done it either, I'm going to share the 'how-to'.
I read about this on someone else's blog a
gazillion years ago but don't know where, so I'm
afraid I can't give credit where it's due - just know 
it wasn't my idea!
Iron the fabric you are going to use
(the closer weave the better).
Using an A4 self adhesive label
(I got mine from ebay, much cheaper than the shops),
carefully stick the label onto the fabric.  Try to avoid
any creases, and if you do lift it up and smooth it back.
I also used a strip of Selotape across the top to
avoid the end curling up as it gets fed into the
printer.  Print image as usual (your printer will be fooled,
and won't know that fabric is going through it, hahahahaha!!).
Remove the fabric/sticky label from the printer,
remove the sticky label.
Done!
Note: the printed image will not like water, do not wash 
unless you know the printer inks are permanent.


The Mail Art envelope carried on with the theme.
I used a photograph I have of some fellas from
the early 1950's.......


and they became the men drawn to the travelling 
show every night (sorry, boys, I feet a bit guilty 
besmirching your characters in this way).

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Lenna had some Gelli print fun with hers,
and she focused on Cher - who has had such
a long musical career, reinventing herself
regularly long before Madonna did!


Remember 1971?

I was 7 years old,
 and went to Crook Log Primary School.
I was a Brownie and
I lived in Bexleyheath, in Kent.

 What were you doing?
Where were you?
How old were you?


(Please note: I am amazing!)
Lenna chose a great image of Cher for her
Mail Art envelope, along with some more
Gelli printing, stamping and doodling.

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Jewels' 'take' on the theme is different again,
and she chose to focus on the itinerant life
of gypsies - and their 'wanderlust'.
Great word, wanderlust.


Jewels has promised to explain the techniques she
used for this postcard, so keep an eye on her blog.
I do know it didn't quite go according to plan,
but it looks great anyway!

(Front of mail Art)
She used sheet music from, appropriately,
'The Gypsy Caravan'.

(Back of Mail Art)
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This was a great swap,
and the next one is already in the pipeline
(Jewels came up with the theme again,
she is very clever!)

XXX

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WW Art Collaboration Project

Posted by Joanna , Labels: , , , , Monday, 13 May 2013 1:30 pm


The WW (Wednesday Whine) girls on
Facebook have decided to do a 
round-robin art collaboration.

Most of them already join in with various
 art collaborations in Sarah's group,
Collabor-ART,
(pop over and have a look)
but, so far, I haven't.
I just don't know how good I'll be at 'sharing'.  
Will I be confident enough
 to add to someone else's artwork?
How I will react to someone else
working on some artwork of mine?!

Hmmmm, I can act like a spoilt brat (sometimes).

So, whilst discussing this on WW,
I suggested that we did a collaboration -
just between us; friends who know me
well enough to not get upset if I start 
throwing my toys around ;)

Each card is 8" x 10".
Originally there were 7 of us taking part
but one had to drop out (something to do with
pressure of work studying for a degree, pah!!),
so then there were 6.
Except silly me forgot to do one less strip, duh!
 One of us will do 2 sections on mine.


For my card, I chose the theme,
'Colours of the Rainbow',
and kicked it off with
RED.


Everyone sing-a-long now......
"Red and Yellow and Pink and Green,
Purple and Orange and Blue,
I can sing a rainbow...."


Susie has now received it and will work
on the next section.

I have received Sam's card, which is 
brilliant with her theme being
 'The Motion of the Ocean'.
I'm mulling it over before doing my bit.

So far so good.
I am behaving myself with no tantrums :)

***
And just a little reminder that coming soon
is Kristin's Summer of Color 3.....


Click on the button above for details.

XXX

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Liberate Your Art Postcard Swap 2013

Posted by Joanna , Labels: , , , , Sunday, 12 May 2013 2:44 pm


The 2013
Liberate Your Art postcard swap
has now finished,
with all of the postcards being sent
out by the lovely Kat and received 
by the participants.

These are the ones I sent.....


I am so happy to have received a gorgeous
and varied selection of postcards in return.....

(Karen Walker)
This photo is of the benches at
 the Pentagon Memorial,
and Karen has added the sentiment,
"Lest we forget...."
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(anonymous)
This superb image is sadly unsigned, 
and has the sentiment,
"The present moment is filled with joy
and happiness.  If you are attentive, you
will see it." - Thich Nial Hohn.
*
Andrea added the sentiment by Shing Xiong,
"In the end, it is not going to matter
how many breaths you took, but how 
many moments took your breath away."
*
(Maria)
Maria has added a quote 
by Robert Motherwell,
"Art is much less important than life, 
but what a poor life without it."
*

(unsigned)
As well as the quote by Heinrich Heine
on the front of the postcard, on the
reverse there is a 
quote by Twyla Tharp,
"Art is the only way to run away 
without leaving home."
*
(Kat Sloma - swap Queen!)
Kat has named this piece,
"Adorned and Alone."
*
Kat has put together a video of
the postcards sent out this year,
what an amazing variety of artwork!


I really enjoyed taking part in this swap.
Many many thanks to Kat for organising it.

She liberated 1290 pieces of art,
by 216 artists,
from 11 countries.

PHEW!!!

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