CCCC Art Stars: Barbara's new experiments, March, 2012

Thursday, March 22, 2012

Barbara's new experiments, March, 2012

I have discovered some new artists on the internet and have been experimenting with some of the techniques used by these artists. One artist in particular encourages PLAY and just having FUN with your art. .....imagine that! It is something I tell my students all the time, in fact when they walk in my classroom I encourage them to become 5 years old again, before they started school and someone was trying to tell them the right and wrong ways of making art. I have 5 grandchildren and it is always so inspiring to watch them create. They don't worry about composition, or colors, or whether something looks like it is "suppose" to. They just create for the pure JOY OF CREATING! So I have spent a few days playing, having fun, not worrying about what the art looks like, but letting the JOY OF THE PROCESS fill my heart. It has been wonderful. I hope you enjoy the product of this play........but more than anything, I hope they encourage you to fill your work space with all your "art stuff" and just start filling the pages with the joy of your heart and imagination........like when you were 5!

These pieces use watercolor, colored pencil, markers, ink, stamp pads used to "paint" the backgrounds, foam block prints I make myself using stamp pads to ink the plates instead of block printing ink, some commercial stamps, and one try with torn paper collage added to the mix!

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