12/100 #100DayChallenge "Tagged"

 

"Tagged"
10"x8" Mixed Media

"Lollywimple" wall hanging 11/100 #100daychallenge

11/100

100 Day Challenge

12" X 38" Wall Hanging

(Finished piece will be hanging from a dowel and cord, not the clothes hanger you see here).

Zentangle designs on fabric, quilted and embellished with light glitter and miscellaneous semi-precious stones and assorted old jewelry.  (Thanks, Mama.)

Please comment below and let me know what you think.

10/100 "True Love"

16" X 16" Mixed media entitled "True Love."

Number 10 in a challenge of 100 pieces of art.  I'm 10% there!  Yea!

9/100 Fence Row

9/100 of 100 Day Project
"Fence Row"
Flowers in front of a fence.

Acrylic on decorative paper on wood artist's panel.

8/100 Hidden Valley

Hidden Valley is #8/100 in my 100 Day Project.
It's a mixed media artwork embellished with 3 handmade tiles, and a couple of decorative stones on a field of unusual papers.  Peeking out from behind is a hidden valley between two mountains.

7/100 The Lady of Shallot

100 Day Project
7/100
"The Lady of Shallot"
Mixed Media on burlap

This piece was inspired by  a call for art inspired by literature by the Columbia Center for the Arts in Hood River.  The show isn't for several months; but I wanted to get my idea down before it left me.
It's approximately 16" X 16" and hangs with a dowel and rough brown twine.

Discover Journaling --Journal Cover (Journal #1)

Cover

Inside

         

6/100 in my 100 Day Challenge:  Mixed Media Collage Journal Cover

For this project I chose to make a cover for a journal, which will be an on-going project as I make and decorate the pages to fill it.  I used an old cardboard 3-ring binder and covered it with map paper, then assorted decorative paper, finally the words: DISCOVER JOURNALING across the front.

For the pages, I cut assorted colored and patterned cardstock to the size needed to fit the interior, and used a hole punch to prepare the pages to go into the journal.  (The cardstock pages are not shown here.)  My intention is to decorate and give a theme to each page.  The pages will be future projects to be completed sometime in the next 94 days of this challenge.

I'd be interested in hearing your comments on this or any of the projects I have posted, so far.  Or on the idea of an 100 Day Challenge in itself.  Or any problems you might have with this site. 

Silk Bowl

5/100 in my 100 Day Challenge  "Silk Bowl"

This is a bowl made entirely from silk I painted for some of my scarves.  I decided to see if I could mold the silk and get it to hold it's shape for a bowl.  This bowl is approximately 10" or 11" across at the widest point.

I know I said mostly collages for my 100 Day Challenge; but this idea popped into my head the night before last and so I decided to try it out and I'm pleased with how it came out; though I struggled a little in my attempt to stiffen the fabric sufficiently to stand up to gentle use as a decorative bowl.

It is more of a decorative piece than a functional one.  You wouldn't want to eat soup out of it.  I don't think it could stand up to that much moisture; but I'm working on an idea that might work to solve that problem.  We'll see.  That'll be another project at another time.

"Rock Art" 4/100

4/100 of 100 Day Challenge

This is called "Rock Art"

Jan 7, 2017

Set of 4 - 4" X 4" Panels

Mixed Media Collage

The 4 panels are meant to be hung together, but don't have to be.  

Each collage has a background of various papers and acrylic paint in brown, tan, and red tones with a touch of black.  Each panel has a rock that has a petroglyph common to the Columbia River Gorge painted on it and a few small feathers.  What you can't see very well in this photo is the additional petroglyph done in a gold gel medium.  (Sorry about my cell phone camera, again.)

"River Run" 8" X 10" Mixed Media Collage Jan 6, 2017

3/100

"River Run"

8" X 10" Mixed Media Collage

Jan 6, 2017

Reminds me of the Gorge, though it's definitely my impression, not an exact rendition.  

I am amazed at how each day an idea comes to me before I head into my studio to create.  Most times it comes the night before in either a dream or when I am in that "between" state that is neither sleep nor wakefulness.  Last night, I got two ideas: one of which I completed today and the other will be for another day.  

My project today, which is not quite finished (needs time to dry and get another coat) is not a collage.  I'll post it as soon as it is complete.  Seems like I will be going in a variety of directions as I follow the ideas I am getting.  I can see how doing something for 100 days straight is never boring, always a challenge and definitely an education.

100 Day Challenge 2/100 "Fire in the Sky"

"Fire in the Sky"

16" X 16" Mixed Media Collage

Jan 5, 2017

What with all the snow and having to shovel and plow several times a day, I've gotten behind on posting my 100 Day Challenge in Art; but, never fear, I've been doing the art, I just haven't had time to photograph it and post it daily.

This collage is extremely 3 dimensional.  Several areas are raised above the flat surface of the panel and the addition of sparkly stars as well as gold beads that look like amber sticking out at all angles from the picture, give it a definite 3-D look.  

I wish I was a better photographer.  The boldness of the work just doesn't show up when I use my cell phone to record my work.  Oh, well, perhaps I'll get a better camera someday.  One can only hope.

100 Day Challenge

I read about #The100DayChallenge today and decided to take the challenge myself.  

It involves doing (in this case) art, or writing or whatever you want to do for 100 days and posting daily a picture of your completed project on Instagram.

I, of course, chose art and specifically collage.

Above is #1 of 100 -- 99 to go!

8" X 10"

I challenge you to 100 days of something you love.

Are you up to it?

Email me if you decide to do it, too.  We can encourage each other.