Monday, December 31, 2018

The End of December Already?!?

Warm New Year's Eve Greetings Everyone!

It's official, New Year's Eve is here! I hope you had a wonderful year. I had an awesome one! With lots of help from my sweet, smart husband, I published my first book, "Book 1: 61 Days of Barbee's Index Card Art," which has my collection of 2017 summer index cards from Tammy Garcia's Daisy Yellow Art Index Card A Day (ICAD) Creative Challenge. Tammy's an amazing art guru who's led us on a multi-year journey exploring how many ways we can dress up an index card to address her imaginative prompts! My first book is available here in paperback or Kindle, if you haven't already picked up a copy. It's a positive, happy book and will leave you feeling inspired! I am working on Book 2 now which will hold my collection of 2018 summer index cards, as well as special tips and techniques. By the way, Tammy Garcia's fantastic Daisy Yellow Art website, available by clicking here, has many free and paid workshops as well as several prompt series and a plethora of instructional, fun videos, so be sure to check it out and sign up for her year-round free Facebook Group.

With the New Year comes our hopes and dreams for 2019. December was a busy month but I took time to do a few pieces of art which I'll post below on this last day of the year. These were for a Facebook Group I belong to called "Rediscovering Your Creativity Through Mixed Media Play" led by another of my favorite mixed media artists, the very creative, Carolyn Dube. If you don't belong to this group, I recommend you sign up. It's free and fun! Carolyn's website which you can access here also has a bounty of free and paid information and workshops with many YouTube Videos that are informative and fun.

The first art journal page I created in December bears the quote "Big Wishes Cost As Much As Little Ones," the idea of which came during a card I did for the 2018 ICAD Creative Challenge. Because big wishes cost the same as little ones, I have several GARGANTUAN wishes. I wish for (1) unconditional PeAcE, (2) FoOd for every living creature, (3) ShELteR and clothing enough to bring each creature comfort, and (4) LoVe to bring every creature joy and happiness - ALL of these are very much deserved by all the creatures great and small living on our dear Mother Earth. These super HUGE wishes cost as much as tiny ones, so I'll continue wishing HUGE and praying for them into, and throughout, the next year.

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"Big Wishes:" This piece was created for the "Art Play Prompt" given by Artist Carolyn Dube on 9 December on her Facebook Group "Rediscovering Your Creativity Through Mixed Media Play." The prompt was to use a book page. I created a background by rubbing several bright colors from my mini distress ink pads into my small (8.5x5.5 inch) Dylusions Art Journal with a small applicator that fits on my finger. I cut the tree top star and the snow from old book and glued them on using a glue stick. Some random stamps were added to the background to grunge it up. I colored the tree, star and snow with watercolor pencils then used a black Copic Liner Pen and a white Signo pen to add details. 



"Deer Santa:" This piece was also created for the "Art Play Prompt" given by Artist Carolyn Dube on 16 December her Facebook Group "Rediscovering Your Creativity." The prompt was to use a triangle. There are plenty of triangles in here - can you count them all?  I created the background and colored in the elements the same as "BIG WISHES" above  and drew some ornaments, clouds and details with a black Copic Liner Pen and a Signo White Pen. 


"Happy Faces:" This face surrounded by flowers (many of which also happen to have faces) was another piece created for the "Art Play Prompt" given by wonderful Artist Carolyn Dube. The prompt was to use a post note and was given on 2 December. I created the background and colored in the elements the same as "BIG WISHES" then outlined and added details with a black Copic Liner Pen and a Signo White Pen. The large flower face on the bottom right didn't turn out the way I wanted, affording me an O.O.P.S. (Carolyn's acronym for an "Outstanding Opportunity Presenting Suddenly"). By using the post note, I was able to cover up the face I didn't like and draw a new face over the top of it on the post note. You learn something new every day!


"Christmas Blessings:" This piece was also created for the "Art Play Prompt" given by Artist Carolyn Dube on 16 December in her Facebook Group "Rediscovering Your Creativity." The prompt was to use a triangle and this was the second journal page where I addressed that prompt - lots of triangles here, ha ha! I created the background and colored in the elements the same as "BIG WISHES" and outlining and details with a black Copic Liner Pen and a Signo White Pen. 

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