COMING SOON: N EW PRODUCTS for STENCILING and COLLAGE in my ETSY store.

                 I HAVE SOME NEW PRODUCTS COMING TO MY ETSY SHOP


One will be a stencil tool kit which will include 3 different sizes of the Dynasty Pro stencil brushes which are AWESOME.   (Which by the way is the BEST cleaning solution for cleaning the stencils and can be purchased at Dollar Tree) and the softest surgical brush you will ever see for cleaning your stencils with little or no effort providing you clean them IMMEDIATELY after use.

I have also ordered a Mini electric iron which is PERFECT for adhering on the mylar foils the I sell in my Etsy shop.  The irons are SO hard to find and work great for exactness of foiling vs a heat gun.  New foil packages are being this weekend in my Etsy Shop.

Last, but not least.  Some new color sprays.  Most were "sold out" but I was still able to get some awesome colors and will add more colors as they become available.   I have not  used them yet
but if they are mostly sold out they must be pretty spectacular.  Can hardly wait for them to arrive.

Check my shop the next couple of weeks for these new products.

Stencil Tool Kit
Mini Iron
Spray Mister Paints



ALSO COMING:

 Mini craft iron for mylar foils which are available in my shop.  Iron is also great for material used in small items.  1.4 inch.  I LOVE mine and they are nearly impossible to find.

New Spray paints.

Glass beads for collage work.  (I have been looking for these glass beads for years and have finally located a source.

Intuitive Abstract Painting Susan Farrell Technique

STEP #1
Acrylic Paints:        Red, Orange and Yellow  /  Warm colors

There are 7 layers to get to the FINAL.....This is my first step.  Just random dabs of 3 colors.
When I am finished I will post the final painting.  This is a technique by Susan Farrell and I am taking her Serendipity online class.   I have watched all of the videos and then went back to Step #1  and am working  my way through to??????????   Either a beauty or a fail.  Each persons' painting will be different based on colors, stencils used and placement.  The idea is to NOT copy but to produce your own intuitive pieces.   A far cry from patterned traced patterns with instructions as to what colors to use, brushes etc.  These new designs are totally one of a kind intuitively painted by intuitive painters. Wish me luck.

I am working on the last couple of steps.  Would you ever have any idea that were I am ending up began where I started?  I sure wouldn't......  I know where my mistakes are .... how they happened and what to do and not do on the next piece.  A  lot of fun....but each step has to dry so a minimum of a week from start to finish IF.... you work on it every day....

Have about 3 different ideas for the next pieces.... One spiritual, one oceanic, and one industrial.

For some reason I had to do this stencil Black.  It is called "Drip Face".  I did it first white and didn't like it and felt compelled to do this black.  The piece is not done...there are several areas that need
"more".  To me the black seemed to push the white stencils closest to it back giving more depth to the painting.   I am curious as to how this piece will finish up....I have NO idea....   I have been slow with these last steps mainly because I don't know where I am going..... I am not lost just the need to stop and rest a bit.  Since this is my first piece I will be trying a few different things....  Many of the stencils are done with modeling paste (for texture).  A couple of them will require a tiny bit of sanding.  I have used a Gold paste also and want to do a couple more stencils in the gold and a couple more black....

I thought I was done but there are a couple of areas at the bottom I want to push back a bit using a color and also to foil a bit more but basicall it is done.

I can hardly wait to do another...this one will be themed ocea/sea so tonight I got stencils pulled so that tomorrow night I will be ready to go.  Since this was not a gallery wrap canvas I edged the picture area with copper foil as well as the sides so that it can be hung with no frame.  I am pleased with the effect and the painting.   I learned a lot...

Charlie Brown

4-20-2020

Hi,
My name is Charlie Brown and I have lived with my new Mom and Dad for a little over a month and have been in what they keep saying is Quarantine  They don't have any idea what a real quarantine is.

Mom says I am stubborn, have a mind of my own,a tendency to do exactly what I am told NOT to do,
and  lifting your leg wherever you find a corner is NOT appropriate.  I have never really had anyone I
had to "mind:.  Things are definitely different here....

Mom gives me baths and tries to make me look better but I really think that I need a groomer.  I have no idea when I was pampered last....  I hold REAL still for Mom when she cuts because I KNOW she doesn't have any idea what she is doing....I am not going to move a muscle while she has this sharp  things in hand and another that buzzes.  .I still remember when she snipped my ear the first time.

I sure am glad that I live here....but I am just a dog from an abused home and I don't know a lot..
so I get slaps to the butt, a talking to, but I know tomorrow I will forget and do it again.  It is just a
habit; what I have always done.

It sure is a big world out there.  Mom sometimes takes me with her when she goes to town,, and
Dad takes me for rides in his Jeep.  I don't know where to look first there is so much to see up
here vs down there when all I really see is feet and legs...never who they belong to.

New Painting

This is a new piece I have just started.

Photo #1.  Slip slap background with paints on a canvas board.  (I used all of the Color Shift Paints with the exclusion of black)

Next I glued onto the painted canvas one of the specialty papers I sell in my Etsy store.  This one is so sheer and one of my favorites.
 
**As you tilt this canvas the colors change slightly from purple to blue, green to gold, etc.  I love
      the effect.  I also like the strings that are randomly apparent in the paper.**
My small travel hair dryer was "just the ticket" for drying and shrinking the paper slightly to remove
the trapped air bubbles that didn't disperse with my roller.

Next  (I think)  is Stencil #1.   I have chosen 3 different floral stencils but know that can quickly
change.  My thoughts are back to "color"....

UNICORN FINISHED

ABOVE IS MY FINISHED PIECE OF ARTWORK. 

BELOW IS HOW IT STARTED.

I have matted and framed using my "stash".  I cannot believe I had the

perfect size and match.  That doesn't happen very often.  

I have hung it where I can see it several times a day to determine whether it is REALLY DONE and soon it will be FOR SALE.

Since we have to be social distancing I thought I would distance myself with some art. The 1st photo shows a pour I did a few months ago.  Nothing special but a nice piece to play with and see what might or might not happen..and  a learning experience.  

The unicorn is a stencil and I used gold, silver, copper and white modeling paste.  I  let it dry overnight and in the morning I applied a coat of Satin varnish in preparation for the next time I would work on it.  The varnish protects this stage and in the event I don't like what I do next I can easily wipe it off.  

The stencil I have laid out to work with next is bubbles.  Small, overlapping, different sized open bubbles.  I also  want to shade around the unicorn with black to help bring 

him forward more.    

I have shaded around the unicorn and added bubbles in grey and white ransoming with the stencil.
Added another coat of Satin varnish and hopefully will find time to work on this again tomorrow
evening.  Taking photos of your art as I progress helps me to see differently things I might want to change, lighten or darken, etc.  More  bubble work will continue in my next sitting with this piece.  

Copper Earrings

Since it looks as if we are all going to be restricted from venturing around as we are used to I have
been using the time to create.   Just got 9 pair of earrings listed on my Etsy site for sale and I have
several different designs that I am going to make into necklaces over the weekend.   It feels good to create and pull things from the inside out.    I love the copper the way it shines and reflects light.  Seems so richly elegant but simple and unique.

Believe in Unicorns Stencil

I am working on a canvas piece using this stencil which is new in my Etsy shop.
The base coat for the canvas was Paynes grey and a complementary purple along with Warm White
 with acrylic paints in a soft foggy slip slap.  I have used a modeling paste (Pearl White and White) for the unicorn... and using other stencils I will be adding accents....  I will take a photo tonight after I spend an hour or so with it ....  The mat is going to be purple and the frame white.  I am never quite sure what I am going to do until I do it...

It is relaxing and a lot of fun to just play a little.

This is a couple of nights work.  Goofed up doing the I believe in Unicorns.....so tomorrow night I have to fix this...put my hand right in it....  I have spattered the paining and the mat with Glamour Dust Paints the lightest one they carry .   Not too much....not too little.  I ended up using 6 stencils....IF this is finished.  I will look for a piece of glass and get it framed....erase my charcoal lines, etc.  Hopefully someone will like it and purchase....

Stencil on Tin

 This shows the finished product down to the bare beginning.  I am not sure if this is done so it is hanging where I can see it throughout my day.  The very bottom photo shows how it began....a garage sale find from last summer.  I then used a Purple shade and Birch White to get this mottled background effect.  The stencils are all available in my Etsy Store.  I had some copper tape I bought ions ago from a Canadian store and used it around as a border edging.  I want to add some more glitter.....have black that might look nice.  We'll see.  So check back for any final changes I might make.  The medallion and the dragonfly  was done using silver, copper and gold metallic paste.  Also used was the black paste.

NEW STENCIL DESIGN TRIBAL MEN

I just received the stencil Tribal Men (in my Etsy shoppe for sale)
 and had to take time to give it a whirl ... as I just loved it and a lot of ideas were spinning around in my head.

I grabbed (photo #2) a stretched canvas that I had poured on that wasn't very pretty and decided to see what the stencil might look on it.

Looking around I decided to use Copper and Black Modeling Paste and some other stencils I had on hand and photo #3 is where I left off; but I am not done....much more to happen so check back...
(Modeling pastes should be here soon and for sale in my shop).


Last night I was able to go down and work a little more on this ...  I guess maybe mixed media canvas.  Photo follows...but it is still not done.  Maribou feather...love the whispy texture.  Twigs, Goldstone gemstone, steampunk button, a wooden bamboo bead,  and manzanita sticks.  I have no idea what will be next.

I WANNA PAINT

I am being forced to make a lot of changes in my Etsy shop.  AND...as I work along I can see it
is LONG overdue.  So many "wrongs" and no explanations so it looks as if I will be busy for
quite awhile....but worth it in the end.

Then there's Income Tax preparation.  Transactions to run.  Adding to do. along with normal
everyday life.

AND I WANNA PAINT.

So, as I sit here doing what must be done before what I want to do I am taking notes.

I want to use a COLOR PALETTE of:
Paynes Grey
Purple
Green
Pink or a Coral/Salmon
White to Lighten Colors of Palette
Bronze or Gold Line-work

I want the Subject matter to be:
A Landscape

I want to Use a canvas I was playing with that has some polymer clay and rubber stamping up one side and I am thinking a stencil.  Butterfly, dragonfly, floral .....  and will use acrylic paints.

Wonder what else will come through as I sit here working?

CJORIGINALS.ETSY.COM Gemstone & Gemstone Jewelry

My sister (Cindy) is selling and adding gemstones, and gemstone jewelry to her Etsy site on a
weekly basis.  She has some gorgeous, unique, gemstones that are said to be spiritual and healing
depending upon the stone, and sometimes the color.  This is a place pink, clear and white Dragon
Vein gemstone.  She has a good selection...  I have heard that the right person will be drawn to the right stone that is needed in their life.

www.cjoriginals.etsy.com

Beginning Intuitive Art

I guess this is going to be a mixed media dimensional project.  I am just beginning and believe me when I say I have NO idea where I am going.  I am just "doing".

This evening I worked some more on it so will add another picture soon.   I find myself "wandering".  Picking up things that "might be what I need".  It is one of those cases where you just kinda "wander" mentally and physically and pretty soon you have a pile of "stuff".  I may not use it....but then again I may.  I am not going to "force" the piece I am going to let it lead me wherever it is I am to go...

The face is a mold I made out of a 2 part molding compound.   I probably should have sanded it a
bit more after I took the clay out of the mold and after baking....but I didn't ;  so evidently it was not
a necessary step for what I am doing...so I am not going to "sweat it" just yet.

The paint is a "new" paint for me .... coming from a  decorative paining painting background I have a lot to learn...about different paints, new paints, and this one looks blue and green depending how the light hits it........but what I do like are the technique and product knowledge I gained along the way that is hopefully going to come in handy on this piece.    I have also used Ivory Black (thank you Linda Benton Mccloskey).  I have learned about the uniqueness of this color from one of your tutorials with something you said about the different colors that can come out of this particular color....... and then Lamp Black to do some shading where I felt it was needed after base coating.

I learned a lot too from taking an online class with Whitney Freya.  Then another couple of classes with Ree Altavilla and Flora Aube.  Sometimes I get an idea, learn a technique (I LOVE techniques), a new way to do something, a paint application......I never know what I will learn, but I KNOW I will learn "somethings".

So stay tuned for Session II. with a photo or two....


SESSION #2        GATHERED ITEMS
In the bottom photo I have added some silver beads here and there in the headless portion.  And am pretty sure I am going to used the Color I have laid here.  I do not like the eye area...so want to keep this area in mind...  I have some material, parchment scrapbooking paper, a canvas, wood beads, a strip of rhinestones, and some silver scrapbooking paper.  Tonight.....I will be adding some color.

SESSION #3.

Painted the canvas board a complimentary blue mixed with Golden Iridescent medium 

and glued the parchment map

(Scrapbooking paper) on top.  

I am liking the atmospheric look behind the map.  

Not sure what will be next, but I am letting this dry overnight.  I am thinking that I want to preserve what is done so far so I am thinking that I will seal.  I know that I want to add a dimensional layer but I am not sure how this will happen.

Session #4.

Tonight was an OMG what is going on?  This is horrible.  And I remember and know

that during an artistic journey there can sometimes be stages of UGLY....but this is ridiculous.  

Normally, I would just get huffy and throw it away......but with this I am going 

to go on.......realize it is what it is and that it is not the "end" but a new beginning when I step back 

into my studio tomorrow.  Maybe some angel happenings will occur tonight 

while I am sleeping.  Yea, right.

All I know is that I DID NOT expect THIS.

Used a StencilGirl stencil.....Silver and black molding paste.  I just keep moving the face around...   and I am wondering if it will even "belong" to this piece of art.   Need Fresh eyes.  

SESSION #5.

I sanded down some of the Modeling Paste since it set up and am a bit happier...there is texture but no edges.  Connected Trees....and now I am adding the foils.  Not done with all of the trees yet but done for tonight.

A few months ago I took an online class called Soul Blossoming and never had any intuitive success with my first piece so now I am wondering if this is where this piece is going.  Gives me a funny feeling of wonderment questions.

NEARLY DONE.

This is the latest progression.  It is nearly done.  Only one more thing to add and then the frame which I have had and I think it is perfect for this piece.

I wasn't happy with the circular portion of the piece.  Now I am.  

Fried CD's.....  and I wanted them placed a bit abstractly.  Spent a lot of time on this step trying different things, different arrangements .  Tomorrow I will have photos of the finished piece.

DONE:

Crocheted Fingerless Gloves

 I am in the process of crocheting fingerless gloves for my daughters store.  This was my first pair.
The instructions are not right and/or needed to be altered so now I can get on with some prettier ones.   These are a bit too heavy, and this particular type of variegated yarn doesn't work as you can see.  u

I have chosen a lighter weight yarn in the JEANS line for the pair I am working on now and I love the way they are turning out.  Much softer, and still as warm.   I had to change to a much smaller hood, making the cuff portion a bit longer,  and am sewing together differently than the purchased instructions.

With my next pair I will write my own instructions so I have them to follow .......

Narcissist Truths

When I read a post that confirms my suspicions ...I have to share in hopes it will make the light come on for other victims and or survivors still needing confirmations to alleviate some of the guilt, and self esteem issues they suffer thinking it was them...and not understanding fully the craziness of Narcissism and the narcissist.  Here in  just one big sentence they realize and can SEE another
truth....vs the illusion....the veil the narcissist wears... but sometimes their excitement in achievement gives them away once you go back and relive the situation(s).

  This is SO the truth and it feels so good to KNOW that someone else has also had the same
 experience and has shared it to help someone like me.  I even can look back and see how certain things were "set up" how it was achieved and the innocent participants...along with the look of satisfaction on the perpetrators face as she realized "success"  and that portion of her play had just had a standing ovation of success.  When these "episodes" would happen with me and I looked in her direction, my intuition was screaming  DANGER.   A look only a victim would be able to go back and realize ......

I feel so sorry for the participants....because they are still in the dark and have yet to "wake up" to some embarrassing realizations.   And...there is nothing I can say, or can do, that would make sense to them ....  for them to realize the truth.  Why?  Because it is craziness.  CRAZINESS.

Intuitive Shorthand

For the past few years I have been doing what I refer to as "Intuitive shorthand. "   I use it with photographs I take, art pieces I create, and to help me go inside...instead of using my mind.

The pre requisites are:

A meditative State.

A journal

A quiet spot where you won't be disturbed

Soft music with no words to distract

Low lighting

I burn some Paulo Santo *holy wood

Clear my mind of any thoughts 

Close my eyes

Get comfortable

Begin

I then begin listening for words or a phrase to  come through.  I don't hurry the process.

When the words don't come any more I end my session.

After I write a word or a short phrase, i close my eyes again until the next word emerges, etc. till done.

After the session. or maybe a few days later I take the listing of words I have written in the order they were written 

 and as QUICKLY  as possible ; with no mindful thoughts,  I create an intuitive recall.  The most important aspect is to write as quickly as possible adding connecting words as they come forth.

I have also created using photos..... One year it was a photo book of photos I had taken of Mt. Shasta area with words that came in meditation while I was at The Meadow.

You might take an art piece you have created and do the words and then the recall....  What comes forth is deeper than the surface and exciting.

HERE ARE MY WORDS AND THE RECALLL CONNECTED TO THE PICTURE I POSTED.

NATURE 

PRICKLY

SEEDS

GREEN

NEW

DYING TO REBIRTH

STIFF SOFT

SMOOTH

BEAUTIFUL

ONENESS

WONDER

ERECT

NURTURING

MOTHER NATURE

UNDERSTANDING NEEDS

PROVIDES

AN END IS A BEGINNING AND A BEGINNING ENDS.

Hats

I am working on some crocheted hats for my daughter and son in laws'  store.  The woven material is sari silk material on the left and a silk texture type yarn on the other.   They are quick and easy....a nice break for a few days before I go back to my clay on canvas pieces that are waiting on my table in my studio.  Speaking of which...stay tuned for the most recent piece...found the perfect size shadow box .... anxious to get things secured together and see if it is "done" or if I still have work to do on it.

Clay/Canvas Wall Hanging

10.14.19  

THIS IS WHERE I AM NOW.  ANOTHER CANVAS BOARD THAT I MESSED UP WITH THE PAINT AND THEN SIFTED FINE BLACK GRITTED SAND ON TOP OF THE WET PAINT.  YOU CAN SEE FAINT SHADOWY CASTS OF COLORS BENEATH THE SAND.  THEN I CUT SOME COPPER WIRE MESH AND ADDED 3 STRIPS.  I DON'T LIKE THE MAT....BUT THIS ISN'T FINISHED YET SO IT MAY BE AND UNMATTED PIECE OR SOMETHING I HAVEN'T EVEN THOUGHT ABOUT....INTUITION IS CRAZY SOMETIMES.  STAY TUNED FOR THE NEXT PHASE OF THIS PUZZLE.  PUZZLE....MAYBE I NEED TO WORK IN SOME PUZZLE PIECES.

THI

Sands of the Nile
Sifting Sands
The Sands of Time



I HAD NO IDEA WHERE I WAS GOING WITH THIS PIECE.  I  TOOK A BALL OF CLAY AND BEGAN MOVING IT AROUND A SMALL CANVAS BOARD.   BAKED IT AND JUST BEGAIN WORKING ON IT.

IT IS NOT DONE YET.

I WILL ADD PHOTOS AS I PROGRESS.

I LIKE THE TEXTURE I GOT INTO THIS PIECE USING BLACK SAND THAT I PICKED UP AT DOLLAR TREE...A NEAT PLACE FOR OUT OF THE BOX ARTISTS.

Intuitive Art ..... Wall Hanging Canvas, Clay and Rubber Stamps

I love the colors of Nature.  I think I also used gold    foil on this small piece.

Soul Necklace

JEWELRY WITH SOUL

I have been working with some rubber texture plates from Russia, face molds using Polymer Clay (white) ,  and making jewelry with soul.   The painting technique was inspired by Paul Bozzo's adapted to smaller surfaces than he uses so modifications and learning with a lot of mistakes were encountered.   I am using different brands of paint dependent upon the colors I have chosen to use.
The beads are handmade lamp work beads and the chain material is nylon cording.    

Years ago I took this picture after a summer rain of my peony and when I dowloaded and looked I was amazed at the facial feature which appeared inside.  This photo is totally untouched and has been the inspiration for my soul jewelry and wall hangings.  

Photo #1 is the stencil I used to create Photo #2.

 It is a canvas board which I had poured on and it wasn't anything special in outcome so I used it with TCW Modeling Paste to create the raised design and words.  The clarity of the transfer words; especially with the paste was a surprise ...  I sell both TCW stencils and modeling pastes as well as Stencil Girl Stencils.   The stencil here is Conversation with Matisse.  It is 9 x 12 inches.  I will look for a frame and mat as well to hang in my studio.

Rune Relic Necklace and Bracelet Set

I made a mold for the facial focal.  The beads are hand made lamp work beads from a lamp work artist in Washington state and a nylon cording chain.  Unique, one of a kind set.