Yellow Rain

I created this without having any idea of what to do with it, 

so it became a place to try new techniques.

Some techniques didn't work (watercoloring stencils) 

while others turned out pretty well (Neocolors on top of everything).

I think I'm a fan of it as a finished piece though. 

What do you think?

Antique Keys

I played with lots of layers here:

1. Blue Watercolor

2. Yellow/Orange stamp pad ink spread on with a make-up sponge over a circle stencil

3. Keys drawn in ink inside the circles

4. It felt incomplete so I used a small pen to outline the wonderful bleeding edges of the watercolor

4x6" mixed media

Love & Desire

Just playing with patterns and mixed media.

Each different layer/media (3 of them) only took about 15 minutes (give or take...probably give :)

4x6" mixed media

Inspired

I read in a book that make-up sponges (you know, the triangle things) are great applicators for ink (stamp pads) and paint.

So I tried it out. 

Pretty quick and easy!

(with no clean up since I just threw them in a bowl for later use!)

5x5" mixed media

Repetition

Currently I'm teaching my students about repetition and pattern. 

So it's not surprising that repetition is on my mind. 

7x9" Mixed Media

Inspired by Julie, I ordered a bunch of stencils from scrapbook.com including the one seen above and played with it a bit in my sketchbook. I'm not in love with it as a finished product, but I like it enough I guess to play with mixed media and stencils. 

Bright Paisley Pattern

8x10" Watercolor and Black Pen