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HOW-TO FOR BOTH ADULTS AND KIDS!

HUNDREDS OF FULL-COLOR PHOTOGRAPHS TO INSPIRE YOUR CREATIVITY.

Use the many techniques and ideas in your own mixed media art, journaling, even for scrapbooking.

My Etsy shop is called guhinp, and here's the link to the book:

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CONTEST WINNER ANNOUNCED, & ART BOOK EXCERPT!

The name drawn at random to win a copy of this book is Shauna's! 

(But anyone can order the e-version here at a low, low price!)

Shauna, please email me privately with your address, and congrats! I hope you like it.
(My thanks to the others who kindly left comments, and my hope goes out to you that you might win in a future giveaway here.)

NOW, AN EASY PROJECT FROM THE BOOK!

This photograh illustrates the art element of shape.

Shapes are flat, two-dimensional areas that are enclosed.

Cut a spare print into strips, all in one direction. They can be either vertical or horizontal, depending on the subject matter.

The strips can vary in thickness, too!

Then reshuffle the pieces, flip some upside down, and move them out of order.

Discard any pieces that don't enhance the new composition.

When you like the new arrangement, glue the pieces onto archival matboard or foamcore.

Which one do you like best? 

     

COLLAGE PAINTINGS ON CANVAS

This piece appears, step-by-step, in the Stackpole book, 

Painting with Mixed Media.

Collage painting by Paula Guhin.

Another artwork from the same book, below, uses the grid system.

11x14" painting/collage 

See the book to view the steps that went into making it. Images, fabric, text, and acrylic paint on canvas.

PAINTING PAPER: A PANOPLY OF FUN METHODS!

                                        The sampler pictured above is from the book Creating Decorative Paper. 

Painting with Rollers or Brayers 

This technique is simple and effective. The results can be stunning.

A brayer is a printmaking roller that's very handy for creating special effects on paper or canvas, but you can use a regular old paint roller or a sponge or foam roller, too.

1. Spread old newspapers on your work surface. 
2. A large piece of glass or plexi (with the edges taped for safety) can serve as the flat surface upon which to spread your paint or printing ink.
3. Roll the brayer in the paint/ink until it's well-covered thinly, not too juicy.
4. Roll a straight or curvy application on your paper of choice. Repeat. Leave some areas unpainted if you wish.
5. Add a different color to the glass and mix it with the previous color if desired. Or clean the brayer and the glass and try another color entirely.

(Here, a few sparkles of the original white paper have been left untouched...er, unrolled!)

I plan to post several more easy variations using paint rollers very soon, so please check back!  

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The book is packed with many gorgeous, inspiring pages on how to use spare photos, photocopies, and other images in your art.

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The winner of this blog candy must, of course, contact me with his or her mailing address.

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Contest...Freebie! Blog Candy for my Blog Followers!

This is my way of saying thanks to the kind people who follow my blog, and to encourage new ones, of course. Nothing for you to do except BE a follower! I will put all the screen names into an impartial drawing (my husband won't look, I promise) on the evening of December 26, and announce the winner here. Of course I will need the winner to email me his or her USPS (snail mail) address, to send out the prize, a framed artwork, shown below. This piece also appears on page 133 of the book, Image Art Workshop.
I will ship the artwork internationally if the winner is not from the U. S.