Friday, August 10, 2012

I am a beautiful creative mess!!

This is definetly a self-titled piece lol, yes this is what I think I am ... A BEAUTIFUL CREATIVE MESS, need I say more.  I had so much fun creating this!  There are a few things I would do different and quite honestly I might go in and add some things later BUT I'm still happy with how this turned out considering it was my first official canvas.  I am working on doing what I love without judgment...Art without judgement, martial arts without judgement, exercise without judgement...well you get the idea lol.    I have to say that I am finding this mixed media thing to be completely freeing, I find myself creating and playing in a way I never let myself with scrapbooking, I'm not sure why but here it is and I am loving it.  I feel like a little kit just experimenting and playing with inks and paper and pens...so fun.  I can't draw so that will definitely be one of the skills I will be working on improving.  A few things about this canvas that you should know first the lettering was all done with OLD stickers, I mean old!  Some of the Creative Memories stickers, some I got at a dollar store and another set all at least 6 years old maybe older. I used the technique shown in Christy Tomlinson's tutorial on the Do What Matter's Most Canvas, I like the look of the letters this way, by using them as masks it gives it a whole other look and dimension.  The rest as done with just acrylic paint and different found items I used for texture.  Oh and since I am new at this I have just been using your basic black sharpie, I don't want to invest a ton of money on expensive tools...YET!

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