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shapes in reds (part two)

shapes in reds (part two)

are you ready to roll?

If you saw yesterpost, you’ll know that the painted papers I made last week were intended for further adventures, I love making 3D elements in collage, so today I’m exploring this again, but in a different direction:

Instead of blocky raised shapes I’m making these rolled shapes.

I’m fascinated by spirals, and love to explore them in every way I can…

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Irresistible Textures

Irresistible Textures. Playing with color resist over texture: mixed media experiments with tissue paper, gloss medium, oil pastels & ink. Oh my!

I couldn’t sit down and draw these kind of organic squiggles, that look like the bark of a tree, like a dry riverbed, like the craggy contours of a rock. These intricate organic details take serendipity to shape in all the unexpected, uncontrolled ways that makes mixed media appear magic to me.

Like a lot of folk I’ve been getting parcels in the mail of stuff I’d ordinarily get from the shops…

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Every month this year has a color. This is the color of August 💕. You can follow my color a month journey around the color wheel at https://mixy.art.blog {link in bio} and see what I’ve been making 💕😁 #yearfullofcolor #magenta #geranium #twelvty2020 #twelvty #artiseverywhere https://www.instagram.com/p/CDyeB7Cgh9N/?igshid=z5q5gn5zqofp

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idea seeds

“There is a seed inside of every tree and a tree inside of every seed.” 

 Matshona Dhliwayo

Much of the art I’ve shared with you in these single color posts have a common seed of an idea: a doodle.

Often times it’s in messy watercolor or ink splashes, I get excited by the dynamism of moving water and pigments, the witnessing of art making itself. This never gets old to me!

Toda…

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book pages & thread doodles

book pages & thread doodles

After yesterpost’s experiments with stitching paper, my thoughts moved on to other ways of making doodles with thread. I’ve found no better way to create perfectly organic scribbles than with loops of thread!

I’m using book pages for two reasons: first off I love the contrast of the printed text and the abstract splotches and whirls of color. Secondly, I’ve got a big stack of old…

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waves

“You can't stop the waves, but you can learn to surf." ― Jon Kabat-Zinn

“You can’t stop the waves, but you can learn to surf.”

  ― Jon Kabat-Zinn.

Today’s one-color piece came about by accident, through a series of frustrations, not knowing what I wanted to make.

As the colors mingled and the shapes began to show up I saw a pattern emerge – I caught a wave – and let it carry me through this process.

Like all creative folk, I don’t alwayslove…

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a place to rest

“We must let go of the life we have planned, so as to accept the one that is waiting for us.”

  ― Joseph Campbell

How are you adapting to this new upside-down world?

In all the uncertainty I’m finding my feet in small ways by coming back to some familiar practices: Simple things, safe places, one day, one page, one color at a time.

I hope you’re able to find some moments to step…

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Blue-Green & Greeny-Blue

If you're feeling adrift in between places, in between times, join me for a dreamy watercolor interlude in between blue and green.

“I did not know how to paint or even what to paint, but I knew I had to begin.” 

― Margaret Atwood

In Between Places, In Between Times.

Well hello, fellow twilight zone dwellers. Are you feeling as betwixt and between as I am?

Last week we stepped around to a new month, so it’s time to shift attention to the next bit of the color wheel.

This month is all about the delightfully…

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