The reason that I am finishing early on in the week is because I got together with a group of my crafty, artsy teacher friends today and we played!
The idea for this came about due to money being tight for all of us and that limits our options of things to do during our summer break. Finding time for art during the school year is very challenging and now we have a plethora time. So, we've decided to hold a weekly group get together.
Today was the first day of our weekly summer play dates and it was FABULOUS! It was great sharing ideas, tips, and encouraging each other.
2 pinks + 1 orange... Was tough for me this week. The colors I chose didn't quite translate onto my canvas as I had hoped. So, I did my best to stay within those hues. :)
Here's how I started... This was the palette I was going for.
I love me some Crayola colors! No joke!
I used a canvas this week covered in gesso that I textures with a paper towel. I used acrylic paints and modeling paste by Liquitex, a silhouette that I google image searched and traced on to a scrap sheet of paper, TCW stencil, Elmer's gel glue, loose glitter, and random flower embellishments/stickers that I had in my craft room.
I built lots of layers and melted the crayons pictured above using a lighter. I just kept adding until it "felt" right. I am slowly learning to 'art with my heart'. When I am connected with my feelings while creating, I always end up loving what the end result is. I believe this is something that I inherited from my grandmother. She was an amazing artist. I miss her dearly and wish she were still around so I could 'art with my heart' with her... :) Love you Grandma! Love you mucho!
I took some pictures of my end result. The first set is without flash... the second set is with flash.
Close up of the top.
Close up of the bottom.
The whole picture. (No flash)
The whole picture. (With flash)
Close up of the top. (With flash.)
Close up of the bottom. (With flash.)
Thanks for stopping by! :) See you next week! :)
love it. love those elephants. Yes, it would have been fun to art all day with Grandma!! Wonder what she would have created with all the products we use now, modeling paste, stencils......
ReplyDeleteThanks! I love my ellies too! :) I bet she would have taught us quite a few things! I would love to have seen the world through her eyes. :)
DeleteI'm also a BIG fan of crayons, and you have certainly used them to your advantage this week. Your art is adorable as are the elephants.
ReplyDeleteThank you so much! Ellies are my absolute FAVE!
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DeleteVery beautiful!
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DeleteLove your canvas, melted wax crayon is a fab idea love the drips and texture. x
ReplyDeleteThank you! I love Crayloa & using them in this way is extra fun! :)
DeleteYour work of art using this week's SOC colors is sooooooo gorgeous! And thank you so much for sharing how you made it with all of us! I have never thought of using melted crayons - a brilliant idea! You ended up with amazing results!!! Thank you! HUGS!!!!
ReplyDeleteThank you so much for your kind words. I definitely enjoyed this week! :)
Deletethis is such a beautiful piece and message!
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DeleteBeautiful work!
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love this :D great textures and its very sweet :)
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Deleteawww I love this! I love elephants so it really appeals to me and the background is fab!
ReplyDeleteThank you! I love Ellies too! They are my fave! There's a really great ranch in Florida called Two Tails Ranch. They are an elephant sanctuary, and they have an elephant encounter. It was worth EVERY penny!
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