texture challenge

this weeks textures can be found on my flickr page

no matter where i go i always find texture......my eye just goes to it

telephone pole, rusted mail box, stone wall, peeling paint, park bench

at the flea market, auto garage, graveyard ......everywhere..anywhere

i always have my little camera in my purse just in case

someone asked me how i start a project
i create a new blank file add in all 6 textures and then bring in a photo maybe 2
i "turn off" all but one of the textures and try on all the blending modes
saving the ones i like and then moving on to the next texture
then i try 2 or 3 or all 6 to see what they look like
most of the time it gets a bit busy
this time i actually liked what happened
above all six layers and the blending modes i used

above six new textures i created by combining several of the textures
and playing with the blending modes
over the next week i will play some more to see what i can create
for this challenge, i will post results on march 11th
so if you want to play along go to my flickr page and download these textures
email me your results and i will post every ones projects

kumihimo and wine

now that i have mastered the "round" kumihimo disc it was time to tackle

the square version

once my friend carmi gave me the "coles notes" i was good to go
an hour later i had enough to make this double bracelet for my niece

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easy peasy or so i thought until i was invited for dinner and crafts

at my friends house, we should have opened the wine after the demo!!lu made a wonderful meal !!!

encaustic class

for today's class it was all about texture and glazes

first i covered the board with pages from a science book

once i chose a color palette of greens, yellow, grey and blue

i add light washes of color so that some of the paper would show through

circles, drips and a tracing wheel highlighted with burnt umber oil paint

cheese cloth and oil paint to create more texture

texture challenge part 2

another wonderful submission from eden for my texture challenge

a few people asked about my project so above i have all the elements i used
2 of my photos, 4 of the encaustic textures found on my flickr page
some text and a clipping mask from shadowhouse
below right and left are variations using different blending modes
from the original middle project

so even when i think i have finished a project
i always go back the next day with a clear head and
play some more, you just never know what can happen
and a month from now, when i am bored or don't know what to work on
i will try adding another photo or some element
to change it again
i always save the pdf flie so i can remember what i did

texture challenge

for our 7th texture challenge i offered 6 of my encaustic textures

i love how they can change any photo

above i used 4 of the textures on 2 photos

with some text and a layermask from shadowhouse

marion

kathleen holley
glory
johanna

kathleen amt
rosie
juilet

deb
marilyn

kaylene

joanne

pin it!!!

OMG!! i love pinterest

my niece who spends hours on her phone told me about this

app for my i phone

you can find so much inspiration there

black and white ball

if you get a chance head down to

propeller centre of the visual arts
feb.16-27

works of arts from over 30 artist

featuring all mediums

including one of my photos seen below

"reflections"
10 x 18 metalic print