Showing posts with label feather. Show all posts
Showing posts with label feather. Show all posts

Thursday, December 11, 2014

monoprinting on a sweatshirt

 I have been wanting to try mono printing for awhile and decided to add some feathers to a sweatshirt that way. I painted the shape of a feather on wax paper using regular cheap black acrylic paint mixed with a little bit of paint extender, then I quickly drew lines into the feather shape and stamped it onto the sweatshirt. I redid this two more times using the same spot on the wax paper so my feathers would be the same, and then added a few little ones down the sleeve. . I love it and have washed it a few times already with out it coming out. The layer of paint seems to be thin enough to not be stiff on my shirt either.
Simple project.
Happy project.




And I had a shop, Meeliki, add me into one of their treasuries. It is the prettiest treasury I have seen in a while so I had to share it. You can click any item to go to their shop on etsy.

 

'Grey' by Meeliki



WILDFLOWER, minimalist, quee...
$24

Natural softened linen pillo...
$55

Christmas Sale Linen Table C...
$44.79

paynes grey mandala watercol...
$35

Ornate Tribal Drop Earrings
$120

Horse watercolor, Animal art...
$85

Golden brass adjustable flor...
$19

Winter's Cloak - Print
$20

The COCOON 3D Silver Plated...
$196

Autumn Macro Signed Print, A...
$30

Still Life Photography Dried...
$25

Natural Skeleton Leaves - Pr...
$2.95

Original Watercolor Archival...
$40

Decorative Pillow, Felt Cush...
$89

hedgehog "lump" gi...
$69

HOLIDAY SALE Sterling Silver...
$32.2
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Friday, October 18, 2013

The real me....

Here's the latest rocks...
as always inspired by nature...
If they're not in my etsy shop they will be soon...




The plate above that the rock is on was made by my daughter in high school. And these white rocks were collected by a little guy I used to work with when I was a Family Educator in Early Head Start. He lived by the creek and on one of my visits we walked the creek. I started to pick up a few white rocks, hard to find in the river here, and his Mom noticed, and asked if I liked white rocks. So I said yes, of course. The next time I went there, a week later they had  handfuls of tiny white rocks for me!









 I am throwing in some more photos from a day I had an appointment and stopped on my way home in a park all by myself to walk. I felt so guilty at first for taking an hour to myself, why is that? I had been looking at Vivienne's blog where she  takes a lot of self portraits, she does it as a way to learn to accept her own body image, and she takes some beautiful photos, offers classes and such, so she inspired me to try to take some self portraits. I played with them in photoshop to darken the edges; the Lomo effect.










I didn't get the self portrait that I wanted ... this one was going to be a nice serene shot of me sitting on this rock looking at the waterfall... but unfortunately I am not very coordinated, and as I was scurrying to get onto the rock after setting the self timer, I slipped, totally most embarrassing video moment almost caught on film, but the camera clicked a second after I pulled myself back up off my hands and knees. I had to go to work with wet mossy knees. The hour was still worth it!


shooting for serene
but not turning out as planned
this is the real me

there, you have my week... minus all the messy bits...well with just one messy bit...
(It is called falling ladies after all)

Friday, September 6, 2013

red winged blackbirds passing thru my spot at the river

another video for you this week.... of making this.....





using these.... from red winged blackbirds....

 

and of making this in my sketchbook....




 
from watching these....





watching the blackbirds
lift off in flight like ribbons
connected in air
 
 
 
Happy paint party Friday and haiku my heart!

Thursday, August 22, 2013

inspired by a simple feather

Like last week, another video  of making a mandala, the inspiration and the final piece....these are so fun to do, but I do have something totally different for next week.... painting something other than circles...



gift of a feather
that once soared above the trees
now belongs to me