tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-75858084618561736002024-03-13T12:53:57.959-07:00Easily AmuzzedKarenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13061197620467539128noreply@blogger.comBlogger27125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7585808461856173600.post-61325279683517181362011-06-10T14:30:00.000-07:002011-06-10T14:33:24.348-07:00Summer of Color - BlueMy printer is driving me NUTS! It's obviously PMS and not speaking to my computer--no way, no how. Since my printer is an "all in one" it's now an "all in one FAIL". I now have to scan to a flash drive and then download the picture onto my computer. Grrrr... Because I am not big on taking that much time to do anything technical, I have not been posting my art lately. Said art has consisted almost exclusively of zentangle swaps. I LOVE to zentangle--there is a finished project quick! Just my style.<br />
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When Kristin at Twinkle Twinkle blog announced she was hosting a "<a href="http://twinkletwinklelikeastar.blogspot.com/2011/05/announcing.html">Summer of Color</a>" I knew I had to jump in. A push was needed! Every monday she gives us "the color" and the sky's the limit from there--at least that's my interpretation. Any sort of art, any sort of medium. And the bonus of it all is that there are prizes (I LOVE prizes!!!) in the form of art supplies (I LOVE art supplies!!!).<br />
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The first weeks color was blue. Hmmmm.... not a color I usually choose to work in. Oh yea, the "push", right. Hey there's that blue page in the journal that I made--sounds like a great place to start.<br />
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There are stacks of ephemera in my studio that I don't ever use because "I really should get it color copied"--that way I could use it in multiple pieces of art, right? Well, having put the PRO in procrastination, it never gets copied or put into art. "Push". I opened up one of those children's books with such amazing bright colors and cut right in. What a rush! A sense of freedom! Scary!<br />
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Paint, glue, papers, stencils, markers, glitter & dirty hands. So much fun. Thank you to Kristin at Twinkle Twinkle blog for the push. I'm looking forward to 9 more weeks of COLOR.Karenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13061197620467539128noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7585808461856173600.post-25292942480472418952011-03-05T16:02:00.000-08:002011-03-05T16:02:11.575-08:00Chunky French HouseOne of the swaps I joined was for a "chunky house". These are sturdy little houses decorated for a particular theme. As I was getting a bit bored with ATC's, I thought this would be a fun challenge. It was a challenge for sure! The cardboard I used was very curly and I had a hard time keeping it flat even with medium/paint/gesso on both sides. We were asked to do 2 French Themed houses for one partner. I wasn't sure if they were supposed to be linked together, but I like them that way.<br />
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<a name='more'></a>Karenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13061197620467539128noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7585808461856173600.post-80285994471891310802011-02-20T18:13:00.000-08:002011-02-20T18:16:19.125-08:00Teesha Moore's Collage Class!!!WOW!!! What a great day at <a href="http://www.teeshaslandofodd.com/">Teesha</a>'s Art Annex in Seattle. I am so inspired to do more collage. <a href="http://www.teeshaslandofodd.com/">Teesha</a>'s art is so fun and whimsical with lots to explore in each piece. She had us moving from the moment we stepped in the door. She loosened us up with some round-robin style collage with our table mates. Then a simple collage scene. She taught us some great techniques and explained to us what her favorite tools are and why. Teesha also shared some of her own collage pages and some fun imagery for us to use in our own art. Do I sound enthusiastic? I am!<br />
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Here are a couple of the projects that I worked on while at the class. I have not filled in the journaling part--that will happen another day. <br />
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Given the swap theme, I just had to put all those shiny little foil wrappers to good use. Here's the run down:<br />
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<ul><li>background (stripe) is the inside of an envelope (from a bill, of course!) painted red</li>
<li>foil and "Kisses" banner is pretty obvious :-)</li>
<li>the little cherub girl is a copy of my Great Aunt Ora's Valentine stash--i'm guessing from the 1930's</li>
<li>The hearts are made from some old book pages painted and tied on with pearl cotton</li>
</ul>Here's the link to <a href="http://www.swap-bot.com/">Swap-Bot</a><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>Karenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13061197620467539128noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7585808461856173600.post-46137961440255974022010-11-28T20:13:00.000-08:002010-11-28T20:13:00.737-08:00two more ATC swaps<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb2xErAtKF17Ql-HTQ0M3LT66WwFsASkbIaLFYwVH0r3zz67Fk8304mWPIriyAF9bqZnI_42DGN0A1OOz6hPM_ZYL_PsIwPF7p7yj5YrELErQ9-VnmXxJgWH-Yok065_2wUtzoFJcU6UGD/s1600/11-28-2010+07%253B51%253B38PM2.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb2xErAtKF17Ql-HTQ0M3LT66WwFsASkbIaLFYwVH0r3zz67Fk8304mWPIriyAF9bqZnI_42DGN0A1OOz6hPM_ZYL_PsIwPF7p7yj5YrELErQ9-VnmXxJgWH-Yok065_2wUtzoFJcU6UGD/s320/11-28-2010+07%253B51%253B38PM2.PNG" width="236" /></a>The first one swap is themed "Moon" and the only rule was that it have at least one moon on it. Watercolor crayon & silver acrylic mixed for the background and a bit of stamping thrown in. The moon is torn watercolor paper from some stash. A bit of golden metallic paint for moon glow and Derwent Inktense (love them!) pencils for shadow. Not due until 12/3. I was thinking how totally early I was mailing this out--but that is this coming FRIDAY. December already!<br />
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The next ATC swap was "Snowman". It was fun making the little guy. When it came time for eyes, I just did see him with eyes. Maybe he's asleep for the night? I hope my swap partner won't mind! Same recipe as the moon ATC although there is some glitter glue stars on the one.Karenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13061197620467539128noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7585808461856173600.post-25126226573954186722010-11-25T12:27:00.000-08:002010-11-25T12:27:26.654-08:00Butterfly Swap from Willow<a href="http://willowing.ning.com/">Willow</a> does a monthly ATC swap that I joined. The Butterfly theme was fantastic. I received my 2 Butterfly ATC's from my partner, Anne. They are adorable.<br />
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I am really getting into this ATC swap thing. Such a great way to share art!<br />
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The green ATC has a watercolor background. After it dried completely, I quickly painted it with mod podge and did a transparency transfer of the butterfly. The wording was printed on yupo and then added with mod podge. Some gel pen dots, a bit of glitter glue bling and some of my favorite ribbon to finish.<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I also did the landscaping. Painted the inside of envelopes--you know, the type you get your bills in. They have the first layer of texture already down. These were painted with acrylic wash then stamped with gesso.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Next, a bit of color for the houses (and more waiting...)</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Maybe another coat of fixative? The watercolor crayons are coming up and the paper is starting to disintegrate. Hmmm... that helped a bit. More decoration with markers & gel pens. How about a little mod podge to really get it all glued down? That helped--but it also smears the gel pens and the 'permanent' marker. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Finally. A finished product that I really like!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Next project... Butterfly Swap. Only one person to send to, but I'm already experimenting with different ideas. Not as many layers this time for sure!</span>Karenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13061197620467539128noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7585808461856173600.post-49567456288569482262010-11-12T17:27:00.000-08:002010-11-12T17:27:56.701-08:00Watercolor Pencil<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheMJT7S9_ciL88CcOoa15LiGX2vzuzK4VrLtNY2Eb9CQ2Qu-OmBUwWB7UYRGDhyphenhyphen4TijABt_yAolTCKWAeBDyHxnKgEtiFoVY1BbMG3mfX1OvuCjZzVMWKsSibi8jlnp_RAiGCqZVx1l2cW/s1600/Cozy+House+watercolor+pencil+OCT+2010.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheMJT7S9_ciL88CcOoa15LiGX2vzuzK4VrLtNY2Eb9CQ2Qu-OmBUwWB7UYRGDhyphenhyphen4TijABt_yAolTCKWAeBDyHxnKgEtiFoVY1BbMG3mfX1OvuCjZzVMWKsSibi8jlnp_RAiGCqZVx1l2cW/s400/Cozy+House+watercolor+pencil+OCT+2010.JPG" width="326" /></a></div><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Utube has so many fun videos on art. I can't remember the name of the woman who did a demo on the little house, but it sparked my interest. I also had read something about value in keeping your art interesting to look at--brights, lights, darks. The white gel pen helped.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The house was great inspiration for my swap-bot ATC exchange.</span><br />
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I'll post some progress pix soon.Karenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13061197620467539128noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7585808461856173600.post-23036660405685240932010-11-03T08:39:00.000-07:002010-11-03T08:40:39.643-07:00Krista Vernoff "Commit to Thrive"<div style="text-align: center;"><object height="295" style="background-image: url(http://i3.ytimg.com/vi/FtWTyVnUMkA/hqdefault.jpg);" width="480"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/FtWTyVnUMkA?fs=1&hl=en_US"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/FtWTyVnUMkA?fs=1&hl=en_US" width="480" height="295" allowscriptaccess="never" allowfullscreen="true" wmode="transparent" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></embed></object></div>Karenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13061197620467539128noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7585808461856173600.post-48842819446204394192010-10-30T20:22:00.000-07:002010-10-30T20:22:44.500-07:00Butterfly Effect<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-2ZvDOYBCTzjlnCtXi3SbDggGhEdqSWFcMJqW1ssHxT8VYr1CrdQwnuyAy4XGPgWa-ngHS7C6p7V3unAGLEYrdtVQXZgsmTHf4JDNXvOLx7uv6pI4u2ZEq6fsqwBno13lMCGw3lasM-hy/s1600/thebutterflyeffectjpgtwodressesstudio.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="228" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-2ZvDOYBCTzjlnCtXi3SbDggGhEdqSWFcMJqW1ssHxT8VYr1CrdQwnuyAy4XGPgWa-ngHS7C6p7V3unAGLEYrdtVQXZgsmTHf4JDNXvOLx7uv6pI4u2ZEq6fsqwBno13lMCGw3lasM-hy/s320/thebutterflyeffectjpgtwodressesstudio.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Trudi at<a href="http://twodressesstudio.blogspot.com/2010/08/butterfly-effect-open-is-calling-you.html"> Two Dresses Blog</a> is collecting butterflies for <a href="http://hmh.org/ed_butterfly1.shtml">The Holocaust Museum's Butterfly Project</a>. I am excited to join in. There is still plenty of time to help out--spread the word. Let us all never forget the atrocities.<br />
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Now to decide what medium to use...Karenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13061197620467539128noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7585808461856173600.post-48757077486553618952010-10-28T07:57:00.000-07:002010-10-28T07:57:36.641-07:00Fun times at cousin Liz's wonderful home!<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The kids & I took and extended road trip to visit </div><a name='more'></a>colleges (OSU & U of O) and also spent a couple days in Eugene visiting my Aunt Norma & Uncle Jim as well as hanging out with Liz & Larry. Liz's garden was phenominal, as always. Elise did a camera safari and captured some great pictures of some beautiful blooms and friends. Visiting the Deck Retreat is always a breath of fresh air, inspiration, and love!<br />
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Her art teacher had them do zentangles today in class and this is what she came up with. AWESOME!!!Karenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13061197620467539128noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7585808461856173600.post-41479834720021193322010-10-13T10:10:00.000-07:002010-10-13T10:10:01.918-07:00Fall is a time for letting go.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8AqaDbT6rhoxqP3MDG2Y8NwD9YoEQaqM9YWrfh3sJdmFozgIvF026-L0roDiBvi5IwLWdWM336tVqCeM-atJgkMhxCkGOOiquavkmeIRL_Vl_Itbs6R_JSeOOODTzlCia68LSjvZtraH3/s1600/OCT+2010+Fall.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="290" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8AqaDbT6rhoxqP3MDG2Y8NwD9YoEQaqM9YWrfh3sJdmFozgIvF026-L0roDiBvi5IwLWdWM336tVqCeM-atJgkMhxCkGOOiquavkmeIRL_Vl_Itbs6R_JSeOOODTzlCia68LSjvZtraH3/s400/OCT+2010+Fall.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I love this saying. I know there is more too it, something about "like the trees dropping their leaves..." The leaf prints were made as samples while I was teaching for Renaissance School at Camp Waskowitz outside of North Bend. The kids enjoyed the project and I loved helping them out--I'm only sorry that the teacher, Ms. Kane, broke her foot in order for me to get the opportunity. Back to the process... the leaves are done with a watercolor & dish soap printing method. Then I tore them from the original sheet and adhered them to the background. The background was made from a left-over paint wash and then rubbings with watercolor crayons. Added a bit of graphite water soluble pencil around the leaves and then sprayed with fixative. I tried to do the wording with the graphite pencil as well, but didn't feel dark enough so I went back in with a marker. Final touch was white gel pen dots. It still doesn't feel quite finished, but it probably will be!</span>Karenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13061197620467539128noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7585808461856173600.post-30799472534835343632010-06-26T19:39:00.000-07:002010-06-26T19:39:04.253-07:00Women in Art<object height="385" width="480"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/nUDIoN-_Hxs&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/nUDIoN-_Hxs&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object>Karenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13061197620467539128noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7585808461856173600.post-81907562504773411932010-06-26T17:30:00.000-07:002010-06-26T18:27:25.101-07:00Jodi Ohl's Art Journaling Class, using collage...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCguLNrt2srRQoFcSyVeEtEWmsIcGluf93PeehvwEs2RZ7htdgd3LSE2DC3KwTph9bMIXy2PHw-aMTueYpVQmrEgobzZUPA3GIcKVqI2Ycih4g5cWwMcYcOcwTyPqkqjtQK_ilPz9d0P6I/s1600/Art+Journal+Collage+Elise.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="318" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCguLNrt2srRQoFcSyVeEtEWmsIcGluf93PeehvwEs2RZ7htdgd3LSE2DC3KwTph9bMIXy2PHw-aMTueYpVQmrEgobzZUPA3GIcKVqI2Ycih4g5cWwMcYcOcwTyPqkqjtQK_ilPz9d0P6I/s400/Art+Journal+Collage+Elise.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>This was not my favorite challenge--probably because is was MORE of an actual challenge! I wanted to use this picture of Elise and some of the antique doilies from my Great Aunt Ora. I liked the background, but struggled to get the picture to look a bit less realistic without making my sweetie look like a psycho. Gel medium is not the adhesive to use with a project you want to draw over. Next time I'll use more text boxes instead of just writing on the page. The big "E" is also from my Great Aunt Ora's stash--it's an iron on pattern for embroidery.Karenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13061197620467539128noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7585808461856173600.post-8769241040445317112010-06-26T17:21:00.000-07:002010-06-26T18:26:10.303-07:00Jodi Ohl's Art Journaling class, using acrylics...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;">Then we moved on to acrylics. I really like the different techniques she taught to get depth in in the background. She gave us several options on how to journal on the page. I chose the word "Choices". A lot of the journaling did not show up on the scan, but there is some quotes on choices. This is my "meditative" word for the year. Trying to break some habits and make better <i>choices</i>.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4kDOAJkJlPARH9MDVXB60s2qd46QTZOw6nJqAklZMEgZ15nQQVqSuMB8FXq5gp7e2AOj4xFdj9hAxLOPslt8DKwjVdnGCcvRNj7QtMEGDtc6_y0ZdvecIAgwMyU3tFRspHYk7shGaUqXR/s1600/journal1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4kDOAJkJlPARH9MDVXB60s2qd46QTZOw6nJqAklZMEgZ15nQQVqSuMB8FXq5gp7e2AOj4xFdj9hAxLOPslt8DKwjVdnGCcvRNj7QtMEGDtc6_y0ZdvecIAgwMyU3tFRspHYk7shGaUqXR/s640/journal1.JPG" width="464" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4kDOAJkJlPARH9MDVXB60s2qd46QTZOw6nJqAklZMEgZ15nQQVqSuMB8FXq5gp7e2AOj4xFdj9hAxLOPslt8DKwjVdnGCcvRNj7QtMEGDtc6_y0ZdvecIAgwMyU3tFRspHYk7shGaUqXR/s1600/journal1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a>This is another page done with acrylics. I have not done any other journaling on this one yet, but I really like the color combo. The circles are outlined with a graphite water soluble pencil that Jodi recommended to make items pop out..<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp8e_KMoKFfDjNLzmG-VO0jjko-qvPJaC-jH_n84pHoER3of46pg_r81vNtc-wshMJwxT9J7vUWy6EL9GTqs5aurvHGOXhrVuUPAf4rIYQiDzMEF3Ymy-Z107CF6L0N-T2ebGQeyXvWf53/s1600/Acrylic+Spring+Art+Journal.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp8e_KMoKFfDjNLzmG-VO0jjko-qvPJaC-jH_n84pHoER3of46pg_r81vNtc-wshMJwxT9J7vUWy6EL9GTqs5aurvHGOXhrVuUPAf4rIYQiDzMEF3Ymy-Z107CF6L0N-T2ebGQeyXvWf53/s640/Acrylic+Spring+Art+Journal.JPG" width="464" /></a></div><div><br />
</div>Karenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13061197620467539128noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7585808461856173600.post-4561972606154278952010-06-26T17:16:00.000-07:002010-06-26T18:25:06.763-07:00Jodi Ohl's Art Journaling Class Continued...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: right;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYijlQ7RXNNC5xV4Jm7x3SH61-hf_ib3Lwj55EjToIaSni1JrWmqV2fZr49HW1HI9QBNJBq95KmIoXjFLLOhMwwKTSpXsSbPvJ0aL3OAM0nJLfbZSQ4Nr8MwjYTsdcjMjp0Lq10CP-Xszv/s1600/Art+Journal+Watercolor.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="290" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYijlQ7RXNNC5xV4Jm7x3SH61-hf_ib3Lwj55EjToIaSni1JrWmqV2fZr49HW1HI9QBNJBq95KmIoXjFLLOhMwwKTSpXsSbPvJ0aL3OAM0nJLfbZSQ4Nr8MwjYTsdcjMjp0Lq10CP-Xszv/s400/Art+Journal+Watercolor.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;">Our next project was to pick a few colors and do a water color wash on the paper. Once it dried, see if there were and shapes that popped out. Use the shapes to make designs ( I saw a fish) or just outline them. Make some journal boxes and do some doodling. Fun project.</div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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