Donna Downey's Blog, page 65

headed back down under

australia here i come.....

i'm so looking forward to my big trip down under at the end of the month. i will be teaching some of my brand new workshops in perth, brisbane, and sydney. i cant wait!

i hope to see all my aussie friends. here are all the details to register...

August 30-31st - Made with Memories

Shop GO77
Rockingham Shopping Centre
Rockingham
Western Australia
(08) 9591 3188

Sept 3rd-4th -Joybells Scrapbooking

11 Maleny St,
Landsborough, Qld 4550
Australia
phone: 07 5494 8498
info@...

inspiration wednesday + video

i really need to take this time away to create today...sometimes i feel like the days go by and i have accomplished NOTHING. i needed to find my center, art helps me do that!

watch this weeks video...

supplies used:

inspiration journal
Liquitex gesso
GOLDEN fluid acrylics

transparent pyrrole orange
green gold
hansa yellow hue
teal
diarylide yellow







GOLDEN matte medium
pump spray plastic bottles
MONTANA paint pens

black15mm
white 15mm
white 2mm


charcoal pencil
masterson water well...

collage monday

I AM IN LOVE!! i know i say that every week but when i look at this page i can't even believe it came out of me!! it looks very reminiscent of Pam Garrisons work and i LOVE her work. if i told you this page started with a bunch of jenni bowlin black alphabet letters stuck randomly on the page would you believe it??? well it did! the real headliner of this page is that joint compound...ooooh HAPPY HAPPY HAPPY!!!!









stick down random alphabets and see where they take you!

inspiration wednesday + video

i truly feel overwhelmed...i am cranky, a bit manic and feel like i could sleep for a week

that is why today's message is an important one for me.

(and i have to say the white flakes are making me happier the more i look at them...cool stuff!)

watch this weeks video:

supplies used:

inspiration journal
Liquitex gesso
GOLDEN absorbent ground
Twinkling H2Os




pink azalea


lemondrop


apricot nectar


african jade


teal zirconsnapdragon


masterson water well
Black dr martin's india ink
l...

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collage monday

i liked the freedom so much of lasts weeks pages i decided to try it again. simply just freehand drawing with a black Montana marker over my upcycled table paper. i layered in lots of paint colors and a raw umber glaze, a bit of joint compound and a hint of fluorescent to make it pop! (love that pink and magenta fluorescent paint together!!) I gotta give a shout out to Mindy Lacefield for introducing me to fluorescent paint it makes me so happy!

repeat!! if you liked it once, do it again!...

collage monday

challenged myself this week to draw a face like Dina Wakley, freehand and in black paint. i surprised myself actually! i like her a lot. the background started as my paper covering from my work table, so the color you see inside her face was there first as the mess i had left behind from projects before. this is a new habit of mine to use my table paper until it is saturated with color and then adhere it in my collage journal.

the quote is hard to read but says, "allow yourself to be a begin...

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deadlines = anxiety = PURGE!

there are a dozen things i SHOULD be creating...
there are a dozen things i WANT to be creating...

and what am i doing? rearranging and organizing my (home) studio.

when things are too cluttered i find i cant think.

the clutter and the looming deadlines make me anxious...so i purge and reorganize!

some of you have seen my tiny studio space at home and know there arent many places to move, but i thought turning my work table so that i am now facing the window while i work will not only give m...

inspiration wednesday + video

felt like changing it up a bit and playing with my PanPastels. PanPastels make painting easy, quick and for some reason they make me feel free. i can do things with PanPastels that i couldnt think about doing with paint and the fact that they are erasable...AWESOME!

watch this weeks video...

supplies used:

inspiration journal
Liquitex gesso
GOLDEN acrylic ground for pastels
PanPastels

hansa yellow - tint, tone, shade & extra dark
bright yellow green - tint, tone, shade & extra dark
chromi...