Melanie Testa's Blog, page 24
July 1, 2010
Journaling 102
This is a tutorial of sorts. In this tutorial I would like you to embrace the concept of resists for paper. In a very broad sense a resist is anything that blocks or preserves an area in your painting. You could simply lay a piece of paper over your page and paint off the edge and call it a resist or you can explore the friskets and tapes available at your local art store. Getting to know what is available and how to use then is half the fun. I have created a video that shows the creation of ...
June 29, 2010
Quilting Arts-In Stitches!
There is a new eMag out there and I am part of it!
This is special. Super special and I think it will set a standard for what to expect in digital subscriptions in years to come (my humble opinion). This is a video magazine, with links to artist web sites, interactive popup prompts and tips and downloadable pdf projects. It think i is brilliant, and not just because I participated! You can see interviews of Jane LaFazio, Beryl Taylor and many others.
Read What Pokey has to say about it here...
June 28, 2010
Hot, hot, hot and a little humid too.
You may remember this little guy from posts far and away. Unfortunately, the plant from that post passed away. I took the arid desert approach to watering and it didn't fare well. This time I have come to a more enlightened plant like place, This Ponytail Palm will do much better and looks quite dashing in its new planter, don't you think?
The African Violet from last year has told me exactly how it would like to be treated and I have learned to listen. She blooms for the second time in my...
June 23, 2010
Friday!
Let's Exchange some Art, ATCs Tags and Mail Art starts on Friday June 25 and I would love to see you there. The class covers making creative papers using our own handcut and carved stamps, making and using stencils and using those paper in ATCs, Tags and Mail Art to be exchanged among members of the group. The class costs 45$, which I think is a great value, especially considering it can be done in your jammies!
Here are some other teaser posts, click here, here and here.
June 22, 2010
Wax Pot, Jack Pot!
Last month, when I went to PTown, I found these odd little mixtures of Tjaps and Wood Blocks. I snapped them up and customized them with handles for ease of use in the soy wax pot. Yesterday I was able to use them for the first time and here is an example of my first try. So far so good.
I will be teaching soy wax resist at Art Unraveled in Arizona and Create in Chicago in less than two months! I would love the chance to meet you!
June 20, 2010
Reconstructions
I have been quietly obsessed with clothing reconstruction. There was a slight outbreak of this same obsession last year at this time, after finding this tutorial on the web. But I was busy and didn't give it a concerted effort. This year I am trying pretty darned hard to get it right. Last year I cut corners, did a bad dye job and then the thing went flat.
This year, I have been trying to get it right. So here is how its been going. I acquire a man's shirt. I cut the collar off, cinch, pin...
June 19, 2010
The crest of the wave has arrived.
This week has been a flurry of blogging activity! The Art Sparks and I have created a virtual Tsunami of Tutorials for your inter-tainment. Today Gloria Hansen gives us Painted Shibori, and I am going to DO THIS THING!
Can I say "Yum"? And I am sorry but I can't say the word Shibori without getting all pirate and sneering, "Shibori me timbers, matey!"
Alma Stoller has created a tute on How to Recycle a Magazine, paper and stitching Oh My!
Judy Coates Perez just upload a tute on Printing on...
The Winner announced.
I am excited to say that out of 73 posters to my Joggles Class give away, Michelle Guthrie is the winner. I asked my Husb to pick a number between 1 and 73 and he chose 16!
Congratulations Michelle!
As for the rest of you, thank you for participating. I will send an email informing all of the winner. I hope you will consider enrolling in the class. You can see the samples for the class here, here and here.
June 18, 2010
The Wave Continues!
The Tutorial Tsunami continues to roll along!
Kelli Nina Perkins shoes us some Spoon Poetry
And Tracie Lyn Huskamp shows us how to make a Nature Inspired Greeting Card.
This has been a lot of fun to do and we are not done yet.
