Donna Downey's Blog, page 5
February 13, 2017
Curator Tips | Stephanie Schütze
Today I want to show you a mixed media Painting The Blue Jar I created with collage, paint and pens and the awesome stencils petit pot, keyhole splatter and je taime. Of course I also have a video tutorial for you how to create this. Do you remember the little cat from my last video? Here she is. But I couldn't make up my mind to adhere her. What do you think? Does it fit her into this painting?
Material:
Products from Donna Downey Studios:
Stencils "petit pot", "keyhole splatter" und "je taim...
February 10, 2017
Find Out Fridays - Birgit Koopsen
Birgit loves to get her hands dirty and experiment with all kinds of media, combining contrasting colors and working with stamps, stencils, inks, acrylic paints and markers.
She began with scrapbooking and later fell in love with mixed media, art journaling, and eventually mono printing and layered collage canvas art. Today she teaches and demonstrates in her home studio as well as in workshops around the world.
She has taught online classes and works as a freelancer for magazines and...
February 7, 2017
Artist Gang Tuesday...
Hello there lovely artists. Welcome to another week of Artist Gang inspiration. I am Tanyalee and I come to you from Hobart in Australia where the sun is shining and summer is in full swing. Today I am sharing with you a project that is a bit different to what you might be used to here. I am stencilling and painting onto fabric, and then stitching on top of that to add highlights. The resulting fabric sample can then be made into whatever object takes your fancy, but I made a pencil pouch an...
February 6, 2017
February 3, 2017
Find Out Fridays - Tonja Sell
I love working in a way that allows me to make creative decisions as I go.
I usually have a direction in mind when I begin a piece, but rarely do I have many details or specifics worked out: I may fall in love and respond to the gesture of a pose; a pattern on some fabric may catch my attention, or perhaps I'm stuck with a feeling of an environment. I allow myself freedom to explore, and the piece grows from there. I usually start either with an abstract under-painting, or with a loose...
January 31, 2017
Artist Gang Tuesday...
Hello everyone!
I'm so excited to share my first project for this amazing team!
I created a journal page in my black journal.
I hope you will like it and you will enjoy the process in my video below :)
√ follow our public facebook page
Supplies :
https://www.donnadowney.com/collections/daniel-smith-watercolors/products/daniel-smith-extra-fine-watercolor-15ml-tube-quinacridone-pink
https://www.donnadowney.com/collections/daniel-smith-watercolors/products/daniel-smith-transparent-pyrrol-or...
January 30, 2017
Curator Tips | Stephanie Schütze
Hi There, it’s Stephanie here today with another Tips & Technique video tutorial for a layered wax effect without encaustic.
Today I want to show the second part of the possibility to add a wax effect to your paintings, drawings and projects, without using encaustic wax. This is about a layering technique. You can create this effect with the Ink Brush Pens from Pentel, other Pens and the Girlie Grunge Art Medium (a decoupage adhesive). Next time I will come up with stencilart by using great...
January 27, 2017
Find Out Fridays - Annie Lockhart
Hey Y'all...
What a fun & creative project to be part of! I got out of my comfort zone creating with new products, and in the creation of my very first cinematic production! :)
Thanks so much for the invite, Donna!
I was raised in Texas, just outside of Houston, and now divide my time between my tiny town in Missouri, and my sweet island home off the coast of Texas! (TexMo!). I've worn many hats during my creative adventures...interior design, catering weddings, painting, & mixed media...
January 26, 2017
NEW Online Encaustic Workshop to Announce!
Encaustic is one of the oldest forms of painting using wax layers applied hot and then reheated to fuse the layers together. In this course students will explore encaustic by gaining a core understanding of fundamental technique, and different styles of application and design. By the end of this course students will have a strong baseline understanding for launching themselves into encaustic art.
Once registered, students will gain immediate access to the online classroom. The online classr...
January 24, 2017
Artist Gang Tuesday...
Hi Arty Souls:) Sylwia here with my first tutorial for Artists Gang:) I am so excited to be on this team:) In this project I wanted to create a Fairy, or rather Uni Fairy Jar:) I used Donna's 'Petit Pot' stencil and I draw my signature Uni Fairy on watercolour paper. I used my favourite watercolors by Daniel Smith to paint a fairy. After that I decided to take few words form 'She chooses' stencil to add the message:) I hope you will enjoy the video tutorial!!! And see you soon!xx Sylwia (Tan...
