Prompt 1

Prompt: A large cat made entirely out of cloud-like material

I chose a caracal. they're not big like a lion, but bigger and fiercer than your average housecat. ^_^ And I love their faces/ears/head shapes!

Mug Rug

Today I sat around with a bunch of weavers. I grabbed one of the cardboard looms we'd put together for the kids and a skein of yarn and made a mug rug! I like the goldenrod color next to the gray-blue.

My first go at making homemade postcards and farther exploring the use of mixed media and different elements to make up a whole. I made the first one and then realized that the prompt specified altered book birds, so I continued in that vein.

Z...

I had a couple of swaps...An art journal page "Z is for...." and a few more book art birds. :)

Doing this page, I learned how to do rub on letters--they're great fun! ^_^

I'm not as proud of these ATCs, but they are worth noting as the first I've used washi tape as part of their creation.

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Escapist

While Jeff and I were gone, his snake "got out" and was later found tangled in the antlers of Stanley McDeerface. The images was too vivid in my mind to pass up.  I would love to take a camera to really get a feel for how Nergal would rest herself. I think one I got a handle on that, this would make an awesome woodcut....

Smashbook pages

So I joined a smashbook page swap. I've never made any sort of smashbook. Though, one could argue that my wall of emphemera is it's own sort of smashwall.

Once I wrapped my head around the concept....I came up with the idea that empty smashbook pages are a lot like empty journal art pages. You set up the
theme and the person can add whatever.

The theme of the swap was "This is the time for...." and then we had to come up with four different words/themes for each of the pages. I think I did pretty well considering I'd never tried anything like this before.

These first four are back/front on two separate pages.

While these last four are done with one larger page folded in half to create a folio.

Funny. I accidentally put all the pictures of the interactive pages on the right.

Fallen Between the Cracks

Experimenting with color....

Here's some art I found while organizing my photos. I documented them, but they never made it to a post!

These were the valentines I made. I created a linocut and then
printed with wet chalk pastels. 

I asked my roommate for a drawing prompt-two words
She came back with "slimey balls." Oil pastel.

When I started Americorps, one of the projects during
orientation was to create and art piece that represented
your voice....