when life gets annoying, make art. Tombow Markers, a little H2O and a Pitt S pen sprinkled with lessons and inspiraton from Joanne Sharpe and Marie Browning.
May24
May15
Alphabet Mania
So for the last several weeks I have disappeared into the world of Joanne Sharpe’s Artful Alphabets, though not exactly what I expected – it was very fun, funky and a great learning experience.informative. I was suprised and happy to learn something a little different than I thought I was going to!. Joanne obviously has a gift for sharing and teaching.
At the same time I took, Marie Browning’s Tombow Marker Lettering Class . No less amazing and wonderful, Marie is also a marvelous teacher and these Markers are really fun. I shied away from markers in the past, no more !
Two teachers, two styles and now, I am a lettering fool. I have SO many pieces to share and I need to sit down, scan them and show you.
If you need a little ‘break’ from other stuff going on this time of year, I highly recommend either or both.
Artfully yours,
Ann
Mar15
Layering MicaColors
I am addicted to layering color ! (and art supplies, but that is entirely another issue…) Check out the instructions for this fun piece at the USArtQuest Blog.
A little more letter love, and some MicaColor Layering...
and have a very art-full day.
Mar11
Monday, March 12th Prills Frills Blog Hop
Happy Monday and welcome to Prills Frills – the Blog Hop. Visit each blog and comment to win your choice of 6 prills colors ! Winner will be announced at USArtQuest on March 18th. Be sure to enter by Midnight on March 17th …
Here are three cards made with the new prills. They are a pearl-like embellishment that you can add to give your work extra texture.
The “spring” card was constructed by making three Easter eggs and painting them with MicaColors. Using Perfect Paper Adhesive and a small brush, designs were painted onto two of the eggs and the Prills were added for texture. The purple egg was placed under a stencil mask, 101 Artist’s Cement was applied with a palette knife and then the Prills were added.
Paint the eggs with MicaColors
Apply Artists Cement Heavy through a Mask
For the Shell Card, PPA was applied to a rubber stamp and then stamped onto black card stock. The ivory Prills were added and allowed to dry before fussy cutting and then adhering to mulbery paper. A piece of twine was used to close the card.
The blue card was a direct to paper application of the PPA with a brush. This is an fun and easy technique that a child might enjoy. You could paint one large easter egg on a card with the PPA and add several colors of Prills. They are perfect for kids becuase they are non-toxic and will accept color (not that you need to because there are many colors available.
Hope you enjoyed these three ideas and you find a fun way to play with the Prills. Continue on your Blog Hop to see some other ideas and for your chance to win !
1. USArtquest
2. Terri Sproul
5. Ann Krier (You are here !)
7. Joe Rotella
8. Lea Cioci
Mar8
The prills are coming, the prills are coming
Get ready for an exciting USArtQuest event on March 12th…
The awesome designers of USArt Quest bring you their Prills Frills…. Beginning March 12th you can hop, comment and enter to win some Blog Candy:
Your choice of 6 colors of USArtQuests exciting new product: Prills !
Mar2
MicaColor Magnets
so once in a while, the practical Art takes over the Fun Art. This month for my USArtQuest project, i made some magnets. Of course they have lettering on them… my newest love. Head on over to the blog to see the easy steps and hang your Art on the fridge!
Feb21
More letter love 101…
These are just a few of the lessons combined in ‘my’ style
Feb16
US ArtQuest meet Letter Love 101
Mixed Media Studio Cloth Letter Love
I love to combine materials and ideas and this month for my design team project with US ArtQuest (you can go there to get the directions)…I used some Studio Cloth, the sewing machine, and some Mica Watercolors and created something a little Ann, a litte Joanne and really rich in color and sparkle.
I added to the art sandbox journal that i keep. I hated the thing under it, so I made it pretty by adding this with a little Perfect Paper Adhesive.
Hope it makes you smile.
Feb11
Letter Love 101
The amazing Joanne Sharpe, coincidentally located in a suburb of Rochester right next to where I grew up, has this amazing, very doable online class. So we have had 11 lessons to date and here are some of my highlights: I had to skip lesson with the circle thing, it made me dizzy – aka I hate compasses …..
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- Letter Love
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- Letter Love Abstract.
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- Letter Love Composition
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- Doodle Letters
Like this:
Jan30
Fun, New technique
I like experiments. Here are a few and on Thursday, Feb.2nd you will be able to learn how on the USArtQuest Blog !
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- Hearts and Flowers
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- Watercolor Abstract 2: Image illusion and not so traditional stenciling
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- Water Color Image Illusion I
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- My Four Valentines – watercolor abstract
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- the Jerry McGuire Card
