Dina Wakely and Samantha Kira are two very accomplished art journalers living in Arizona. And they have hatched a wonderful challenge.
You can read all about it here. Essentially, they are challenging you to get out of your art journal and start playing on canvas! The challenge is to complete two canvases (larger than 8×10) each week. Click here to see what I did last week.
This is what I did this week:
Let's talk about the one on the left first. I took this canvas that I did last week…
…and covered it with gesso. I couldn't decide whether or not to cover the face.
But in the end, I did.
I added some texture and let it dry.
And this is what it became:
I'm not sure if it feels like "me" but I like it. I'm letting it percolate.
The second, smaller canvas, started the day looking like this:
I made it in January and it's kind of a mess. So I peeled off the dimensional parts and gesso-ed over it and made this:
It just didn't feel right. The flowers look stiff and weird. So I flipped it over and added some black and white paint!
Much more "me."
Both canvases still feel a little unfinished, but that's part of what this whole experiment is about, right? Just trying stuff and seeing what happens!
Thanks for stopping by!
incredible work and a beautiful art. I love it!
Ruth xo
incredible work and a beautiful art. I love it!
Ruth xo
incredible work and a beautiful art. I love it!
Ruth xo
incredible work and a beautiful art. I love it!
Ruth xo
Looks like great fun to play and to “get it all out’, whatever it is . . . both canvases feel “darker” than the stuff I think of as you, though . . . Like Picasso, you’re playing in a new phase! I think I’ll be brave and try that too!
Looks like great fun to play and to “get it all out’, whatever it is . . . both canvases feel “darker” than the stuff I think of as you, though . . . Like Picasso, you’re playing in a new phase! I think I’ll be brave and try that too!
Looks like great fun to play and to “get it all out’, whatever it is . . . both canvases feel “darker” than the stuff I think of as you, though . . . Like Picasso, you’re playing in a new phase! I think I’ll be brave and try that too!
Looks like great fun to play and to “get it all out’, whatever it is . . . both canvases feel “darker” than the stuff I think of as you, though . . . Like Picasso, you’re playing in a new phase! I think I’ll be brave and try that too!
Takes guts to just say NOPE – not what I like! Thanks for the generous examples.
Takes guts to just say NOPE – not what I like! Thanks for the generous examples.
Takes guts to just say NOPE – not what I like! Thanks for the generous examples.
Takes guts to just say NOPE – not what I like! Thanks for the generous examples.
Very courageous and inspiring. I love your end results. Thanks for sharing. You’re what I would call an art hero. xx
Very courageous and inspiring. I love your end results. Thanks for sharing. You’re what I would call an art hero. xx
Very courageous and inspiring. I love your end results. Thanks for sharing. You’re what I would call an art hero. xx
Very courageous and inspiring. I love your end results. Thanks for sharing. You’re what I would call an art hero. xx
How clever to reuse the canvases when you don’t feel that the pictures are “just right”.
How clever to reuse the canvases when you don’t feel that the pictures are “just right”.
How clever to reuse the canvases when you don’t feel that the pictures are “just right”.
How clever to reuse the canvases when you don’t feel that the pictures are “just right”.
All of those pieces turned out very beautifully.
All of those pieces turned out very beautifully.
All of those pieces turned out very beautifully.
All of those pieces turned out very beautifully.
Ok, so I have to say that I love ALL of them…even the ones you re-made! What were the main ingredients you used? (sorry for the not so artsy term-ingredient-I’m new at all of this!) Are these mostly acrylics and oil pastels? LOVE THIS! Your colors inspire me and I always make it a point to poke around your site before I sit down to my laptop to work on my book-which is totally unrelated to art. Thanks for the inspiration.
Ok, so I have to say that I love ALL of them…even the ones you re-made! What were the main ingredients you used? (sorry for the not so artsy term-ingredient-I’m new at all of this!) Are these mostly acrylics and oil pastels? LOVE THIS! Your colors inspire me and I always make it a point to poke around your site before I sit down to my laptop to work on my book-which is totally unrelated to art. Thanks for the inspiration.
Ok, so I have to say that I love ALL of them…even the ones you re-made! What were the main ingredients you used? (sorry for the not so artsy term-ingredient-I’m new at all of this!) Are these mostly acrylics and oil pastels? LOVE THIS! Your colors inspire me and I always make it a point to poke around your site before I sit down to my laptop to work on my book-which is totally unrelated to art. Thanks for the inspiration.
Ok, so I have to say that I love ALL of them…even the ones you re-made! What were the main ingredients you used? (sorry for the not so artsy term-ingredient-I’m new at all of this!) Are these mostly acrylics and oil pastels? LOVE THIS! Your colors inspire me and I always make it a point to poke around your site before I sit down to my laptop to work on my book-which is totally unrelated to art. Thanks for the inspiration.
I love that you completely re-work canvasses Julie! I would never have thought of using canvas as opposed to an art journal, but why not? Yours are so cool – inspirational – and I really love the butterfly house! =)
I love that you completely re-work canvasses Julie! I would never have thought of using canvas as opposed to an art journal, but why not? Yours are so cool – inspirational – and I really love the butterfly house! =)
I love that you completely re-work canvasses Julie! I would never have thought of using canvas as opposed to an art journal, but why not? Yours are so cool – inspirational – and I really love the butterfly house! =)
I love that you completely re-work canvasses Julie! I would never have thought of using canvas as opposed to an art journal, but why not? Yours are so cool – inspirational – and I really love the butterfly house! =)
Whoa, your painting blast me off.
Your post always such an inspirational for me.
Whoa, your painting blast me off.
Your post always such an inspirational for me.
Whoa, your painting blast me off.
Your post always such an inspirational for me.
Whoa, your painting blast me off.
Your post always such an inspirational for me.
I used mostly watercolor crayons and a china marker. The small one has a bit of black and white acrylic at the end.
I used mostly watercolor crayons and a china marker. The small one has a bit of black and white acrylic at the end.
I used mostly watercolor crayons and a china marker. The small one has a bit of black and white acrylic at the end.
I used mostly watercolor crayons and a china marker. The small one has a bit of black and white acrylic at the end.