May 11-13 4"x6" Sketchbook Tip Ins ALL Mediums Athon

[KESagers]

Hi JoyFlower! I'm waving at you from the other side of the country!

I have to knock out some chores then I can get to it.

[CynthiaSillitoe]

Ok, I have gotten permission from the cat to work on this, but not yet. But it occurred to me--I should have done this sooner--that it might help to see some examples. So here are a few from my gallery.

I made this first one, playing off the idea of a really big altered playing card:



With all of these, including the one above, you can see images too big for atcs.





This is found poetry:



I found these cat and dog images on napkins (again, too big for atcs) and I had some fun cutting up text from large-print romance novels.





There are more in my gallery and I'll be off to the studio in a few minutes.

[dsign49]

You really got us off to a great start....Make me want to start looking for the over sized pictures.

[JoyFlower]

Great examples! Lunch time here... I want to leave work and go play! I do have some cardboard here that's cut to size. Maybe I'll sketch a couple pieces to paint later.

[JoyFlower]

Hi JoyFlower! I'm waving at you from the other side of the country!

I have to knock out some chores then I can get to it.

Ugh. Responsibilities! can't wait to see your pretty creations!

[CynthiaSillitoe]

Responsibilities are a pain. My childhood BFF and I tease each other about how much we wanted to be adults. It was one of our worse ideas.

I didn't mention this, but my muse and I haven't been speaking. Luckily she turned up.

Come play. That's all this is. Don't make it harder than that.

[KESagers]

Oh nice Cynthia!

I am a die-cutting fiend right now. Getting pieces ready to assemble.

Hope you are having a good lunch Joy!

[CynthiaSillitoe]

Cut those dies!

[dsign49]

I have some to scan and will do it in awhile. CynthiaSilllitoe those cards a very good. I don;t think I can do that good.

[CynthiaSillitoe]

I'm sure yours are great! Come on in, the water's fine.

[HHC]

Hey Cynthia! Great tip ins!

I have some I started in SeARTle in 2016-ish? If I can find them I'll try to finish them up for trade.

[dsign49]

I finished 3

[nightowl_too]

Hello everyone. I'm here, finally ready to do some art. Don't have a plan yet. Guess I'll just see what happens

[CynthiaSillitoe]

Dsign, see, those, are terrific! HHC, it would be great if you could play! Nightowl, that's always my approach.....

[nightowl_too]

Well, here is what happened...

[KESagers]

I like it Nightowl_too!

Cool collages dsign49!

I have four completed (a similar series) but I think I should let the gel ink dry overnight and I'll scan them tomorrow.

Time to go to bed - have good eve everyone!

[theweavershand]

ive been dying to do some good old fashioned sketching but ive been too terrified to actually start. maybe, since i cant really do a lot of painting and gluing right now due to my sewing project, i should bite the bullet and get sketching. ill let you know if i end up with anything worth showing, let alone trading!

[KPinAK]

Wow, Nightowl--that was just spontaneous? Beautiful!

I've only seen/traded hd/hp tipins so far, so it's fun to see the collage tipins. I really like how you can use bigger components in the collages at this size.

KE, we need to see some digital!!! I'm hoping for some of your flower Closeups :-)

[JoyFlower]

Oh goodness! CYNTHIA - I'm loving the black and white! DESIGN49...coffee? oh yes! And NIGHTOWL - what a gorgeous bird! What a great creative start for this a-thon.

After a regular work day, then taking grandgirl to visit her great grandparents, I managed to paint ONE 4x6. Mixed media with a corrugated cardboard base, oil pastels, washi tape, acrylic paints, pencil and ballpoint pen. - I've mostly been doing watercolor lately so it was really fun to have the acrylics out to play!

[theweavershand]

she is fabulous, Cheryl!

cant even come up with a decent idea for something to sketch. im going back to my sewing.